DOUBLE THREAT Review: Danielle C. Ryan Thrills In An Offbeat Romantic Road Actioner That Fizzles
I kept wondering at first when I last heard the name of Danielle C. Ryan upon learning about her new film, Double Threat. It definitely wasn’t The Cat In The Hat, so I looked her up briefly and noticed her screen credit in John Lyde’s 2016 prison thriller, Riot, with Matthew Reese and Dolph Lundgren. It was a film I certainly enjoyed in part due to Ryan’s performance caliber from acting and action standpoints, so looking at her latest joint from director Shane Stanley, her return to the genre makes clear sense. Going forward though, what’s a little less understandable is the level of mediocrity the script undertakes at times. We meet Natasha (Ryan), a woman who apparently has a little more bark in her bite than most people realize, including and especially Jimmy (Matthew Lawrence), an unsuspecting family law forensic accountant en route to release his late brother’s ashes […]