I am having a really bad night with films; having just finished watching my 3rd absolutely load of rubbish film in a row...this one, 'RELENTLESS (2021) and a swedish film called, 'RED DOT' (2021).

The acting in 'The Gardener' was stiff (due to an awful script) and the fight choreography rates as some of the worst I have ever seen...and I have seen a lot! Charles Bronzi (the headliner star) - the Charles Bronson lookalike - is making films akin to Charles Bronsons, "DEATH WISH" series of films from director Michael Winner. The difference is he doesn't have that same on screen presence that Bronson had and the films are badly scripted/directed rubbish etc! Gary Daniels is the other star and as per usual, with his screen appearances, he was dull and unimpressive. He is a well known Martial Artist and has made films of that ilk for many years now. I have no idea what he is really like as a fighter - as I have never seen him fight in real life - but he is an extremely boring fighter in his films; with no originality or decent onscreen style whatsoever.

The result of both parties being in this film is therefore a guaranteed tedious load of dross!

If you have nothing to do go and find something else to do...but don't watch this if you are needing some good cinematic entertainment!

The movie opens with a home invasion gone bad and the owners are killed. We are introduced to a seemingly wealthy family with some financial issues and an Eastern European gardener who look like Charles Bronson. He fought in a war. Not too much to figure out. Home invasion. Then came Bronson.

Very boring and predictable.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Needless to say that when you sit down to watch a movie like the 2021 action drama "The Gardener", it is almost solely because of Robert Bronzi's resemblance to Charles Bronson.

And having seen a couple of Bronzi's movies so far, I have to say that I wasn't really expecting much from writers Ben Demaree and Jeff Miller. But still, I opted to watch it and give it a chance on the off chance that it might be a surprise.

As it turns out then "The Gardener" was not a surprise. At least not in a positive way. Yeah, this movie from directors Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews was just downright generic and boring. The storyline was so bland that you could leave the movie for a long period of time and come back later, and still be up to speed with what was going. "The Gardener" brought nothing new to the action genre, and it was actually a swing and a miss.

Not only was the storyline bland and boring, but so were the characters and the dialogue. I didn't feel anything for the characters in the movie, and as such it was matching the storyline well enough I suppose. And the fact that the dialogue was staggering and felt forced just didn't help much either. And I can't claim to have been bedazzled by the acting performances in the movie either.

For an action movie then "The Gardener" was frightfully devoid of proper action contents. So if you sit down to watch this 2021 movie with the intention of being in for a proper action movie, then you will be sorely disappointed.

My rating of "The Gardener" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.