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AS GOOD AS DEAD Review: Michael Jai White’s Latest Is As Good As Awful

As Good As Dead is now available in select theaters and on Digital from Samuel Goldwyn Films The latest offering from action stalwart Michael Jai White, is for all intents and purposes is a meandering and tedious affair. As if to capitalise on the ‘bullied teen’ trope, that is more masterfully handled in ‘COBRA KAI’ (2018 to current) and its ancestor ‘THE KARATE KID’ (1984), ‘AS GOOD AS DEAD’ (AGAD) appears to borrow these themes of the teacher-student dynamic but executes it so poorly that even the excellent Tom Berenger and the underrated Louis Mandylor can’t save this from mediocrity. White has penned a barely passable script that veers between acceptable and confusing, as AGAD tells the story of a kind-hearted yet bullied Latino teen named Oscar (Luca Oriel) who is doing his best to defer the influence of his older brother Hector (Guillermo Ivan), a notorious gang member. As […]

Michael Jai White Leaves The Bad Guys AS GOOD AS DEAD In The Latest Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

R. Ellis Frazier’s had a good run this year with the campaign currently revving up for his new action thriller, As Good As Dead. Collider broke the official trailer on Wednesday with Samuel Goldwyn Films releasing it publicly a few hours later which you can view above. In the film, White plays an ex-cop looking for a new life away from his violent past. When he meets a troubled kid and vows to keep him on the straight and narrow, it’s not long before his complex past catches up with him. The film also stars Tom Berenger, Louis Mandylor, Luca Oriel and Guillermo Iván for the film’s theatrical and digital release from December 16.