Samaritan

Samaritan

26/8/2022 1h 42m 6.7/10

Overview

Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.

Director

J.J. Perry

Top Billed Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Joe Smith

Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Cyrus

Moisés Arias

Moisés Arias

Reza

Javon Walton

Javon Walton

Sam Cleary

Dascha Polanco

Dascha Polanco

Tiffany Cleary

Sophia Tatum

Sophia Tatum

Sil

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

8/29/2022

6/10

"Sam" (Javon Walton) lives with his mum in a run down housing project in Granite City (no, not Aberdeen) where he is frequently bullied. After the timely intervention of his neighbour "Mr. Smith" (Sylvester Stallone) the youngster starts to believe that his rescuer may be none other than the eponymous super-hero who went missing some twenty years earlier. Could he be back to save the city from terminal decline at the hands of his "Nemesis"? Well despite the reticence of "Smith", the young man is determined that he can cajole his newfound friend into saving society. As the pair start to bond, we realise that this young man is decent and has potential and that his elderly chum has quite a few skeletons in his closet - though perhaps not quite the ones anyone is expecting. Sadly, though the young Walton is quite effective, the underused Stallone is just going through the motions and the story is an amalgam of loads of other DC/Marvel style affairs with some fairly pedestrian writing underpinning a disappointingly under-developed story. The ending has a twist but it's not really enough to redeem the rest of this rather predictable effort that, though it looks fine, is all pretty forgettable fayre from all concerned.

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