Set in some kind of fantasy city where a deranged, masked doctor/mob boss is being pursued by a vengeful... demon (?), Adam Chaplin, whose wife was torched alive for some outstanding debts. Adam has some hellish creature that comes out of an inverted cross scar on his back that guides him as he bare-knuckle pulverizes anyone and everyone who gets in his way...
Firstly, the gore in this one is truly over-the-top - with blood splashing sky high from just a simple punch to the face to hundreds of rapid-fire punches or kicks to the face. The violence in this movie is beyond cartoonish and goofy with guys getting their heads hammer-fisted to pieces or impaled "Cannibal Holocaust"-style on metal rods and turned into human torches (while still alive, no less) to be used as weapons. It's for ideas and visuals like this that I have to give this movie props. That being said, the movie as a whole just feels empty and bland. The color 'tint', CGI and filtered in rain effects added an unfortunate 'cheapness' to the look of the film and the storyline shifts around too much and is tough to follow. The guy with the wrestler face paint was awkwardly introduced and I had a hard time figuring out how he jibed with the overall premise. "Adam Chaplin", at the end of the day, is a watchable Italian splatter flick if you put yourself in a mindset to simply enjoy it for THAT - the gore. In pretty much every other area, however, it's not very good.
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