''Enhanced'' is a 2019 Canadian-Japanese
action film produced, written and directed by James Mark. The film premiered at the 2019
Toronto After Dark Film Festival.
Plot
A sinister government organization hunts down mutants, and one of such is a young woman with enhanced abilities. But when she encounters even stronger serial killer who emerges on the scene, agents and mutants are forced to question their allegiances.
This is not an advertised sequel, but it is the continuation of the story from the 2017 movie "Kill Order".
Cast
*George Tchortov as George Shepherd
*Alanna Bale as Anna
*
Adrian Holmes
Adrian Holmes (born March 31, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work on the Bravo television series '' 19-2'', for which he won a Canadian Screen Award in 2017. He is also known for playing the role of Uncle Phil in the ''Fresh Pr ...
as captain Williams
*Chris Mark as David
*
Eric Hicks as Scott
*Michael Joseph Delaney as Eli
*
Patrick Sabongui as Joseph
*Elvis Stojko as officer Reves
*Stefano DiMatteo as Marco
*Jeffrey R. Smith as Danny
*Dorren Lee as Fanny
*Eric Daniel as Mehran
*Carl Bauer as Ritchie
*Kevan Kase as Joey
*Dylan Mask as Jim
*
Alain Moussi
Alain Moussi is a Canadian actor, stuntman and martial artist. He plays the lead role of Kurt Sloane in the reboot of Kickboxer (film series), ''Kickboxer'' series, ''Kickboxer: Vengeance'' (2016) and ''Kickboxer: Retaliation'' (2018), a role tha ...
as Abel
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Tyler James Williams as Ron
*Mustafa Bulut as subject 1
*Jonny Caines as subject 2
Reception
On
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of based on reviews from critics, with an average rating of .
Nathaniel Muir of AIPT Comics liked the film's fight scenes, while Kat Hughes of ''The Hollywood News'' called the film "
e big downfall" and "just a bit dull, bland, and vanilla".
Cynthia Vinney of the ''
Comic Book Resources'', compared villain in ''Enhanced'' to ''
Heroes
Heroes or Héroes may refer to:
* Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good
Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
'' while the plot is reminiscent of ''
Universal Soldier'', ''
Dark Angel'' and ''
The One'' all mixed into one film.
She also mentioned that when it comes to visuals, the film is a combo of ''
The Terminator
''The Terminator'' is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whos ...
'' and ''
X-Men''.
[
According to Joshua Rivera of '' Polygon'' "''Enhanced'' does very little with an absolutely bonkers twist".]
References
External links
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2019 action films
2010s superhero films
English-language Canadian films
English-language Japanese films
Canadian science fiction action films
Canadian superhero films
Japanese science fiction action films
Japanese superhero films
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films
2010s Japanese films
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