Dangerous is a 2021 action thriller film directed by David Hackl and starring Scott Eastwood, Tyrese Gibson, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand, and Mel Gibson. The film was released in theatres and on-demand on November 5, 2021. It received negative reviews from critics.
It takes some chutzpah to name your siege thriller “Dangerous,” and unfortunately, there’s not enough of it in the Scott Eastwood actioner of that name. Eastwood plays Dylan Forrester, a sociopathic parolee who, when he returns home to bury his younger brother Sean, must also dispatch a team of treasure-seeking mercenaries, led by officious baddy Cole (Kevin Durand, of course). And if that wasn’t enough, Dylan also has to convince his estranged family that he’s not as creepy as he seems. That last item takes some doing, since Dylan’s mom Linda (Brenda Bazinet) refers to Dylan as “that thing.”
To be fair, Dylan is a medically certified sociopath, with a well-foregrounded prescription for lithium pills and an ankle bracelet, too. Dylan’s also a murderer: he has a dedicated FBI Agent Shaughnessy (Famke Janssen) on his tail after he slips out of his ankle bracelet, and also warrants some fatherly concern from distracted, pseudo-sensitive psychiatrist Dr. Alderwood (Mel Gibson).
Dylan’s struggle to live with his split personality disorder is ultimately irrelevant to the plot of David Hackl’s “Dangerous,” which follows Cole’s siege of Sean’s final resting place, a remote hotel on Guardian Island. As Dylan, Eastwood dispatches armed heavies in action scenes that are presented in over-edited, muddy/brown hand-held medium close-ups. He learns to uncritically accept himself for being a killer, but one of the good ones. There are a lot of weird and intriguing qualities to Dylan’s story, but very few of them pay off in a way that suggest he’s a force that must be reckoned with.