#Falcon rising amazon series

There (which the back cover lists as Sao Paulo, even if the establishing shots clearly show Rio de Janeiro), Falcon teams up with local policeman Virtually requires Falcon to travel down south to figure out what has happened. (Laila Ali) checks up on him while she's briefly in town, but she's soon off to Brazil, where she is beset with a brutal beating, something that of The robbery of a nearby convenience store that Falcon stumbles into would seem to provide him with hisīrand of 'assisted suicide' when he accosts the bad guys, but he perhaps unwillingly ends up prevailing against them. In whatĪ rather arresting opening vignette, Falcon is seen not just contemplating suicide, but taking proactive, if somewhat 'ambiguous', steps toward itĬourtesy of a game of Russian Roulette. John Chapman (Michael Jai White) who has been given the nickname Falcon, and who is an ex-Marine still haunted by his war experiences. Well as anything that this effort didn't really offer enough of anything new or different to spark a lot of interest. Supposed Brazilian locations (Puerto Rico evidently stood in for things aside from some establishing shots) and the generally excellent fightĬhoreography, but the fact that Falcon Rising never spawned any kind of follow up film that I've been able to track down may indicate as The use of a kind of weirdly international cast helps enliven things, as do some of the

#Falcon rising amazon series

Series that might have at least featured some exotic locales. Falcon Rising has the dual (and linked) ambience of being an 'origin story' for aįeaturing an action paragon, albeit of the wounded psyche variety, and the feeling of being the pilot for a kind of by the numbers television Passing similarity to at least some aspects of this film). Traumatic stress disorder who nonetheless has been able to maintain his 'particular set of skills' (to referenceĪnother action franchise which bears more than a Parazi wanted to revisit Rambo territory with Falcon Rising, since this film, like the Sylvester Stallone franchise, is focused on a veteran with post It seems pretty evident that screenwriter Y.T. Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, May 28, 2021