Guns Akimbo (2020)

Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

Action, Comedy

Altitude Film Entertainment, Four Knights Film, Hyperion Media Group, Ingenious Media, Maze Pictures, Pump Metal Films, The Electric Shadow Company, Saban Films, New Zealand Film Commission, uMedia, Occupant Entertainment, Cutting Edge, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, FFF Bayern, WS Filmproduktion

Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Rhys Darby, Grant Bowler

Jason Lei Howden

Jason Lei Howden

Taglines: Get loaded

hero, gladiator fight, superhero, website, bad cop, body mutilation, death match, homeless man, computer programmer, live stream, rescue from fire, viral, death game

An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. In order to survive and rescue his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, he must battle Nix, a heavily armed and much more experienced fighter.

Reviews:

Author: Ruuz
I've made no secret about my opinions on Samara Weaving, but I was more than willing to give _Guns Akimbo_ a chance anyway. I wouldn't say I regret that decision, but I was underwhelmed. I'm going to use a term here that I have not used unironically in... God, maybe, genuinely, over a decade, because I don't know how else to describe _Guns Akimbo_: _Guns Akimbo_ is fuckin' **tryhard**. It's so desperately ~~edgy~~, in a way that tries to emulate works I do love, but goes too far too clumsily. I didn't hate it, at all, but I was very **aware** of what this movie was trying to be, where a better film might have kept me to entertained to notice. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._