You will probably find "Falcon Rising" to be entertaining the more that you are in an undemanding mood when you sit down to watch it. I'm not saying that it is a bad movie, but there are several things holding it back from being a great B movie. The faults with the movie do not concern its star, Michael Jai White. Although his acting is only adequate, he does make up for it by his strong presence and animal magnetism, and when he thrown into an action scene, he acquits himself very well. The main problems with the movie generally fall with the script. The story (which is to a large degree very predictable) is kind of padded out, and takes forever to get going (over a third of the movie goes by before White's character really starts to get down to business.) Also, the movie gives White less of a chance to show off his martial art skills or gunplay than you might think. But when the action does come, it's pretty decent, not the best I've seen but also far from the worst. So the movie ends up being an okay effort, best saved for a casual viewing experience rather than when you are really craving a lot of gratuitous violent action.

Falcon Rising is an action thriller from 2014 starring Michael Jai White in the title role, John 'Falcon' Chapman. Falcon is US Marine veteran and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. Film picks up momentum when Falcon receives a call from his old buddy Ridley who works in US Consulate in Brazil that Falcon's Sister Cindy is beaten badly and left for dead in the Brazilian Favela. Falcon travels to Brazil and visits his sister in the hospital. He also meets up with Santo and Carlo who are in-charge of investigating his sister's case. Something goes wrong right in front of Falcon in the hospital and from then on he wants to conduct his own investigation. What did Falcon's sister Cindy find and who was responsible for her state and what is actually happening in Brazilian Favela is told in an interesting mode which keeps the viewers engrossed to the screen. Director Ernie Barbarash needs to be complimented for pulling off an action yarn of this standard. Cinematographer Yaron Levy had captured the action and Brazilian favela nicely. Falcon Rising is an entertaining, thrilling and unsentimental action movie where you will be seeing good old-fashioned fight choreography done brilliantly. Good treat for action lovers.

An entertaining film, with impressive Martial arts action, Michael Jai White's skills are just dazzling! Which takes me to my second subject in this review. I recently saw the Equalizer film with Denzel Washington, and while I certainly I'm a big fan and admirer of Denzel, one of the finest actors this side of the Atlantic. But After watching Blood and Bone (A very good and engaging action thriller), and more recently Falcon Rises, I must admit that there was not a single time during the movie where I would not wish Michael Jai White would have performed the role. It was tailored for a man of his talents. Let's face it, MJW can act,he can play the silent warrior blindfolded, is an extremely skilled and athletic Martial Artist (With over 7 Blacks Belts under his belt, pardon the pun), and knows how to play the retired, traumatized, avenging hero, full of rage, to perfection. Too bad producers and directors do not give a shot to actors like Michael Jai White, still, the big opportunity might know at his door real soon, and we will have a new action hero in our movie screens. Patience, is a virtue indeed.

I grew up watching Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford action films. All of those guys are old and so we don't see too much from them anymore. We need some new and younger guys to come out and take over for the old timers.I liked this movie. It was a good old typical action flick and the action was good. It didn't have the story behind it like Indiana Jones or Rocky. It was a lot more like Rambo but it was still good. I hope they come out with more sequels to this.The acting was good. The action was good. There was enough explosions and fire fights to keep you entertained. They even threw in a little sword fighting. They covered just about everything.For everyone giving this a low rating, you must have hated Rambo, grew up in a different time or just don't like good action flicks. If you don't like the good old action flicks, then please don't rate them.