Double Threat movie review

MOVIE TITLE: Double Threat

This action-comedy is now available on streaming.

RATING: PG-13

LENGTH: 1 hour 32 minutes

MOVIE REVIEW MOM GRADE: B

IN A NUTSHELL:

With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother’s ashes. The film is directed by Shane Stanley and written by CJ Walley.

If you want to see an award-winning action movie, you might be disappointed. If you’re up for a slapsticky flick with action, humor, and romance, you might get a kick out of this.

THINGS I LIKED:

Danielle C. Ryan does a great job with impressive action stunts, as well as physically transforming her demeanor to show two different personalities.
Matthew Lawrence has been in the business for a long time, getting his start with his brothers in a popular TV show called “Brotherly Love”. He and Danielle C. Ryan previously starred together in Mistletoe Mixup.
The action sequences have a lot of silly choreography, but also some pretty cool moves. They’re not very realistic, but always amusing.
I’m getting tired of female vixen villains that never smudge their makeup, but Dawn Olivieri’s character “Ask” made me laugh quite a few times.
I appreciate the lack of F-bombs.
The title is kind of cute, given that the female protagonist has a split personality.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

The villains are pretty lame, although entertaining at times.
The storylines don’t wrap up with a bow. Instead, there’s a cliffhanger that alludes to a sequel.
The plot is pretty ridiculous, so just don’t expect much.
Some of the scene transitions jump abruptly.

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

Lots of sexual innuendoes
People are murdered. We see blood.
We see a topless man and a woman in her bra. They both have impressive abs, by the way.
Some profanity.
An unmarried couple goes at it with shirts off on a pool table. We see skin, kissing, and moving hands.