Author: Steve Rajyan

A writer and critic at Entertnr since 2026, Steve Rajyan also has a history in production. Before his current role he was a production assistant on an array of audiovisual work, from series pilots to commercials and short films. These days he is just as likely to be found covering the latest breaking news or penning a review for something in film or television.

There is a certain premise that has become the bread and butter of the modern action canon: the violently disposed man who makes an attempt to put his bloody history behind him, only to fail at it in the end. Hollywood has made such a habit of this that one could say they have pumped the well dry, churning out an endless run of glossy genre pieces with no friction and where neither the body count nor the emotional content carries much weight. Give that same formula to a regional cinema with some cultural heft and you will find it…

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