''Enhanced'' is a 2019 Canadian-Japanese

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produced, written and directed by James Mark. The film premiered at the 2019

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Plot

A sinister government organization hunts down mutants, and one of such is a young woman with enhanced abilities. But when she encounters even stronger serial killer who emerges on the scene, agents and mutants are forced to question their allegiances. This is not an advertised sequel, but it is the continuation of the story from the 2017 movie "Kill Order".

Cast

* George Tchortov as George Shepherd * Alanna Bale as Anna *

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as Captain Williams * Chris Mark as David * Eric Hicks as Scott * Michael Joseph Delaney as Eli *

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as Joseph *

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as Officer Reves * Stefano DiMatteo as Marco * Jeffrey R. Smith as Danny * Dorren Lee as Fanny * Eric Daniel as Mehran * Carl Bauer as Ritchie * Kevan Kase as Joey * Dylan Mask as Jim *

Alain Moussi Alain Moussi is a Canadian actor, stuntman, and martial artist trained in jujitsu, kickboxing, and karate. He plays the lead role of Kurt Sloane in the reboot of the '' Kickboxer series'', '' Kickboxer: Vengeance'' (2016) and '' Kickboxer: Reta ...

as Abel *

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as Ron * Mustafa Bulut as Subject 1 * Jonny Caines as Subject 2

Reception

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the film has a score of based on reviews from critics, with an average rating of . Nathaniel Muir of AIPT Comics liked the film's fight scenes, while Kat Hughes of ''The Hollywood News'' called the film " e big downfall" and "just a bit dull, bland, and vanilla". Cynthia Vinney of the ''

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'', compared villain in ''Enhanced'' to ''

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'' while the plot is reminiscent of '' Universal Soldier'', '' Dark Angel'' and ''

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'' all mixed into one film. She also mentioned that when it comes to visuals, the film is a combo of ''

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'' and ''

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''. According to Joshua Rivera of ''

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'' "''Enhanced'' does very little with an absolutely bonkers twist".

References

External links

* 2019 action films 2010s superhero films English-language Canadian films English-language Japanese films Canadian science fiction action films Canadian superhero films Japanese science fiction action films Japanese superhero films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films 2010s Japanese films English-language action films {{Japan-film-stub