The Enforcer is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Richard Hughes, starring Antonio Banderas, Kate Bosworth and Mojean Aria. An enforcer tries to take down his own mob when a runaway he is protecting is kidnapped and trafficked for cyber sex.
Cast Antonio Banderas as Cuda Kate Bosworth as Estelle Mojean Aria as Stray Alexis Ren as Lexus Zolee Griggs as Billie 2 Chainz as Freddie Mark Smith as Doom Luke Bouchier as Paycheck Aaron Cohen as Joe Kika Georgiou as Medina Kostas Sommer as Ronnie Fedec Christos Vasilopoulos as Silvio Vivian Milkova as Lola Natalie Burn as Olivia
Release The film premiered in select theatres and On Demand in the United States on 23 September 2022.
Reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 32% of 22 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 38 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.
Dennis Harvey of Variety called the film "stylish but shallow" and praised the performance of Banderas. Dustin Chase of The Daily News graded the film a "D-" and called it a "cheap film that never tries to make the most of a limited budget." Tara McNara of Common Sense Media rated the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote that while it "isn't a great film by any stretch of the imagination", it has "exciting" adjustments and has "some heart".
Sumner Forbes of Film Threat gave the film a score of 5.5/10 and wrote that it "struggles to set itself apart from the crowded pack." Julian Roman of MovieWeb wrote that the film "surpasses typical genre films with a modicum of depth."
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