Worth Falling For
Summary
Love Hurts is a fun ride with Ke Huy Quan making for an appealing lead and there are some impressive fight sequences as we’d expect from 87North. There are a couple of pointless supporting characters, but it doesn’t detract from the entertainment factor.
Plot: A realtor is pulled back into the life he left behind after his former partner-in-crime resurfaces with an ominous message. With his crime-lord brother also on his trail, he must confront his past and the history he never fully buried.
Review: So, when it was announced that Ke Huy Quan was going to be a lead in an action film, I was quite excited having been a fan of his for a long time, also finding out that 87North was producing certainly piqued my interest in this even more.
Well, I can certainly say that Love Hurts is a fun film that utilizes its lead well along with some entertaining action scenes.
As I said, Ke Huy Quan is quite likable in this role, but not to discredit Marshawn Lynch and Andre Eriksen who make for an interesting duo and provide some solid humor. As for Ariana DeBose, she’s fine with what she’s given but her character did feel slightly underwritten.
The action features some creative choreography that is most prominent in Quan’s fight with Lynch and Eriksen; this is where Jonathan Eusebio’s direction shines in this sequence with some fun and unique angles that he uses throughout this scene.
What does unfortunately bring it down is the inclusion of 2 characters who at least to me were rather pointless and unneeded played by Lio Tipton and Cam Gigandet as they felt shoehorned in when that has more to do with the writing than the actors themselves.
Overall, Love Hurts is a fun time with a charismatic lead, it moves at a fairly decent pace, and has some creative action, particularly regarding the first 2 fights.