IANS Review: 'Sweet Girl': Engaging yet deceptive with its narrative

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Duration: 110 minutes

By Troy Ribeiro

Film: Sweet Girl (Playing on Netflix)

Duration: 110 minutes

Director: Brian Andrew Mendonza

Cast: Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Raza Jaffrey, Amy Brenneman, Adria Arjona, Lex Scott, Neslon Franklin and Justin Bartha.

IANS Rating: **

'Sweet Girl' is an action-packed revenge thriller that is engaging yet deceptive with its narrative.

The film begins on a thrilling note with Ray Cooper (Jason Momoa), a sparrer, being chased by the police right from a tube station till he is cornered by the FBI agent Sarah Meeker (Lex Scott Davis) on the roof of a stadium.

At the opportune moment, Ray leaps off the roof, only to land into a water body. This exhilarating action shot ensures that we expect some thrilling action sequences. This is also the prologue of the film.

Immediately after the prologue, over a montage of Ray Cooper's life, we are told, "The past is like a dream, there are memories that shape us, moulding us into what we've become

Tags: Cinema, Showbiz

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