Retaliation (2017)

Orlando Bloom suffered the worst of atrocities as a twelve year boy; now as an adult, he is a demolition worker who is forced to come to terms with those horrors as the priest who inflicted them returns to his community. I haven’t seen Bloom in much beyond the Pirates and Lord of the Rings films, but he’s fantastic in this. He’s able to be vulnerable and strong and broken all while there is a rage just boiling at the surface. It’s an incredible performance. The poster and title, though it is also titled Romans in reference to the New Testament book, would make one believe that it’s a film about violent vengeance. Instead it’s a slow burn for Bloom to come to any sort of resolution and the ending felt very false in many ways.