Triple Threat Blu-ray Review

Triple Threat Blu-ray Review

Story

This breakneck thriller teams over half a dozen of the world’s biggest action stars for the martial arts film event of the year. When a hit contract is taken out on a billionaire’s daughter (Celina Jade) intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate, a team of wanted mercenaries (Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen) must take on a group of professional assassins (Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael Bisping) to stop them from hitting their target. Also featuring Iko Uwais and Jeeja Yanin.

Review

Triple Threat caught my eye as soon as I saw that both Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais were in the cast. Iko Uswais has been in some of my all time favorite action movies and Tony Jaa always delivers exceptional action movies as far as I'm concerned. You add in Michael Jai White who has become the go to guy for movies like this and throw in retired UFC fighter Michael Bisping to deliver some of his patented charisma and you got a loaded action movie cast. I knew right away that this movie would have amazing fight choreography if not much else and I was not wrong.

Honestly the plot is pretty thin but you don't watch these movies for a complicated story line, you're watching for the top notch fight scenes. Triple Threat delivers plenty of that and what actually surprised me was how violent it got in certain scenes. There is one scene in particular that still sticks out in my mind even days later that involves a grenade launcher and that is all I'm going to say about it. For those of you who are here for the action and the gunfights, you will not be disappointed.

The performances are pretty bland and there is a serious lack of character development. There are a few scenes here that felt unnecessary only because the dialogue just didn't work for me. Unfortunately for this story to resonate with us on an emotional level it really did need some great dialogue and character development. We do get some super cheesy lines that we've come to expect in action films through the years and I'm happy to report that none of them felt out of place. 

The cinematography was actually a lot better than I was expecting. The opening of this movie takes place in the jungle and it took me back to watching Predator as a kid, the green of the forest served as a great backdrop and looked amazing on screen. Of course the camera work in most of the action scenes was satisfying and I never felt like I was missing any of the action.

Video

I mentioned the opening scene taking place in the jungle and honestly it was probably the best looking part of this movie. The green just popped out and looked amazing. The rest of the movie looked good and there are no visual issues to speak of. A lot of movies of this genre usually have a noticeable color pallet and this is no exception, that is not a knock on this movie. I only mention that because other films can be wildly inconsistent with the tones but this one does not suffer from that issue.

Audio

The audio was clean and all the gunfights were mixed well enough to where I could decipher between different gun types and where the bullets were coming from. The fight scenes were extremely satisfying and every punch and kick landed with a solid thud. City scenes had everything you could expect from the sounds of passing cars to bar patrons chatting it up. This blu-ray had zero noticeable issues on the audio end from what I heard.

Extras

• Interview with the cast
• Trailers

Language

• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles

• English and English SDH

Final Thoughts

Triple Threat is what you've come to expect from similar films, great action, chaotic gunfights, and underwhelming character development. If you're looking for a fun popcorn movie then look no further than Triple Threat.

Triple Threat is available on Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD now from WellGoUSA.