Samaritan movie Review

Sylvester Stallone Flexes His Muscles to Carry a Generic Superhero Story

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While Marvel still dominates the superhero market, every other studio still tries to get a piece of this very profitable cake by constantly releasing movies and series about superpowered people.

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The latest film in the genre is Samaritan, starring Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone as a retired superhero trying to hide away from his glory days while his city is drowning in crime.

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Promising yet another gritty and dark take on the genre

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Samaritan sadly fails to bring anything new to the table, turning an inventive concept into a generic superhero story.

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From the very beginning, we are presented with Samaritan’s rich background, as two superpowered twin brothers take opposite paths in life

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with one becoming the titular superhero while the other builds a reputation as the terrorist villain Nemesis.

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They both die in a fire during their final confrontation, 25 years before the movie's events.

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