Army of One (2020) | Film Review

(First viewing via VOD) - I’ve seen a lot of action movies in my day. From the biggest of budgets to the lowest of tax write-offs, and everything in between. It’s a genre that’s near and dear to my heart, because it’s a genre of film I share with my father. I have fond memories of watching cheap action movies on VHS with him after the ladies in the family went to sleep. So when it comes to action, no matter the quality, I’m always willing to give it a shot. 

Army of One is a pretty low budget action movie… and you can tell. It’s so low budget, one of the main villains named Butch sports a large black tribal tattoo on his shoulder that is clearly drawn in with what looks like sharpie markers. I mean, you could see the streaks within the tattoo. The film’s IMDb also boasts a piece of trivia that one of the one shot fight scenes in the film only took the actors one hour to rehearse, and they “nailed it” on the first take. So yeah, this is about as low budget as it gets.