Avengement

Avengement is a 2019 British action crime film directed by Jesse V. Johnson, with a script from him and Stu Small. The film stars Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran, Kierston Wareing, Leo Gregory, Beau Fowler, and Louis Mandylor.

It was released in the United States on May 24, 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Premise
While released on furlough from prison, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. It's an epic, bloody battle to search for the soul he lost years ago on the streets of an unforgiving city.

Cast

 * Scott Adkins as Cain Burgess
 * Craig Fairbrass as Lincoln Burgess
 * Thomas Turgoose as Tune
 * Nick Moran as Hyde
 * Kierston Wareing as Bez
 * Leo Gregory as Mo
 * Beau Fowler as Vern
 * Louis Mandylor as Detective O'Hara

Release
The film was released in the United States on May 24, 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films in a limited release.

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 7.06/10.

Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and stated "Avengement is Adkins-Johnson's best film yet: a clever reinvention of their formula, which puts all the usual bone-crunching into a more mythic context." Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty scored the film a B, and said "If you like watching an endless string of prison brawls and pub fights connected by the thinnest of narrative threads, then you'll be in heaven."