The Doorman stars Ruby Rose as Ali, a former soldier with a dark and turbulent past. Steadfast and a trained killer, she must move forward to reclaim her emotions and mental health. Returning to regular civilian life is a challenge as she faces P.T.S.D. and everything that encompasses.
Given a break from her family, she finds a job as a Doorman at a building that is currently being renovated. As time passes she finds that she might have more connections in the building than she previously thought. Unbeknownst to her though, dark plans were being made for the holidays. A dark man named Victor Dubois (Jean Reno) and his mercenary soldiers are coming down the chimney to strong-arm one of the tenants still in the building. Unfortunately, fate twists in thw wrong direction as Ali and innocents are put into harms away. Can she put her training in the forefront or will people die as she crumbles?
This film is a lot of fun with solid action from Rose. Whether from her previous films or training on the Batwoman series, she delivers believable fighting and gun sequences. Jean Reno is a welcome addition, but his character doesn’t reach the darker recesses of a villain. That role falls more to Borz, played by Aksel Hennie, and he is more than enough pragmatic bad guy for any story. Overall, I enjoyed the film, it set up the characters well and it pulled no punches when it came to action. Though, the writing itself was a little simplistic, with no real surprises in plot or character.
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Overall, I enjoyed the film, it set up the characters well and it pulled no punches when it came to action. Though, the writing itself was a little simplistic, with no real surprises in plot or character.