An evil Silicon Valley rich douche is beating on his girl – time for
Put that brain to the side, you won’t be needing that here! Gregg Hurwitz’s Buy a Bullet is a free Orphan X short that’s as simple as you can get: one-dimensional bad guys vs singular justice in the form of unstoppable and perfect hero archetype.
And the bad guy really is almost cartoonishly villainous. Besides beating up women, he literally says stuff like “I want to ruin you so no one else will ever want you” and “Hell ain’t a place. It’s a state of mind.” HAHAHAHA! Are you – why isn’t he also cackling while jumping up and down in his cape and top hat twirling his pencil-thin moustache?? Not that Orphan X is such an original creation either – he’s just Highly Skilled Generic Action Man.
The title is a rando gruesome reference to the Rwandan genocide where Hutu tribesmen asked if their victims wanted to buy a bullet to kill them or get hacked to death instead. And this story is connected to that factoid how…?
Still – it’s undeniably satisfying seeing Evan ruthlessly punish the bad guys so effectively. It’s like any revenge fantasy done well like John Wick – it’s silly, mindless and absurdly black and white in its morality but it’s entertaining nonetheless.
Buy a Bullet is a fine short action sequence in Hurwitz’s decent Orphan X series.
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