The Gardener

The Gardener

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Needless to say that when you sit down to watch a movie like the 2021 action drama "The Gardener", it is almost solely because of Robert Bronzi's resemblance to Charles Bronson. And having seen a couple of Bronzi's movies so far, I have to say that I wasn't really expecting much from writers Ben Demaree and Jeff Miller. But still, I opted to watch it and give it a chance on the off chance that it might be a surprise. As it turns out then "The Gardener" was not a surprise. At least not in a positive way. Yeah, this movie from directors Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews was just downright generic and boring. The storyline was so bland that you could leave the movie for a long period of time and come back later, and still be up to speed with what was going. "The Gardener" brought nothing new to the action genre, and it was actually a swing and a miss. Not only was the storyline bland and boring, but so were the characters and the dialogue. I didn't feel anything for the characters in the movie, and as such it was matching the storyline well enough I suppose. And the fact that the dialogue was staggering and felt forced just didn't help much either. And I can't claim to have been bedazzled by the acting performances in the movie either. For an action movie then "The Gardener" was frightfully devoid of proper action contents. So if you sit down to watch this 2021 movie with the intention of being in for a proper action movie, then you will be sorely disappointed. My rating of "The Gardener" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

The movie opens with a home invasion gone bad and the owners are killed. We are introduced to a seemingly wealthy family with some financial issues and an Eastern European gardener who look like Charles Bronson. He fought in a war. Not too much to figure out. Home invasion. Then came Bronson. Very boring and predictable. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.