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The Weapon is currently available on Digital and On Demand, and will release on DVD beginning March 28. To date, I’ve only had the chance to see three films featuring actor Tony Schiena, of which two he didn’t direct. I enjoyed both of those in the years since then, with the third in question currently being his directorial debut recently released out of Lionsgate’s Grindstone label titled The Weapon – a title that would easily stand out to a fan of the film’s intended genre. The film is carried by a mostly talented cast with solid performances, coupled with a brooding tone and several brutal, competently shot action sequences with Schiena front and center. And that’s about it, really. The rest of the film’s floundering falls on poorly developed characters, meandering plot progression, and a contrived romantic side story that serves no real purpose in the film’s flawed and unengaging […]

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