TRIGGER WARNING

Name: TRIGGER WARNING
Item: TRIGGER WARNING
Author: Review

"Violent, Cliched Crime Thriller"

Content: -3 Excessive sex, violence, immorality, and/or worldview problems. (Sometimes excessive content such as violence is in otherwise redemptive movies.)

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TRIGGER WARNING, produced by and starring Jessica Alba, is a crime thriller on Netflix. Alba plays Parker, a Special Forces soldier who returns to her hometown after receiving word her father tragically died in a mine collapse. Soon after arriving, Parker realizes her father’s death was no accident. She vows to avenge her father. However, she’s up against a vicious arms smuggling gang. The gang is willing to kill anyone who gets in their way.

TRIGGER WARNING is a vapid crime thriller with mediocre production values. Aside from Alba’s character, the movie relies on empty characters and cliches. The plot and characters are derivative, and the movie falls back on severe foul language and graphic violence to entertain viewers, but to no avail. There’s an emphasis on bringing evil to justice, but this moral is marred by a willingness from the heroine to mercilessly kill anyone to achieve that justice, in the name of avenging her father. On top of that, the choreography of many fight scenes is mediocre. TRIGGER WARNING has few redeeming qualities. MOVIEGUIDE® finds TRIGGER WARNING excessive and unacceptable.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Strong, slightly mixed pagan worldview, where characters are justified in their killing in the name of justice, there are some moral moments stressing true justice, but these are marred by merciless killing;

Foul Language:

More than 25 “f” words, four obscene sexual references, 32 scatological terms, 13 miscellaneous light obscenities, seven GD profanities (GD), eight profanities mentioning Jesus of God, other minor obscenities like “what the hell,” and one obscene gesture;

Violence:

Graphic and strong action violence throughout includes stabbing, slashing, throat cutting with a knife, gunfights, multiple people are shot and killed, others are wounded, a man is shot in the head and blood splatters, implied torture, and talk of murder;

Sex:

Implied fornication between two people shown in bed;

Nudity:

No nudity; Alcohol Use/Abuse: Strong alcohol use throughout, with two depictions of drunkenness;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

Characters smoke cigarettes throughout the movie and marijuana is seen being grown, smoked and used as a drug to reduce pain;

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Villains smuggle guns and are merciless.

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TRIGGER WARNING is a new action, crime movie streaming on Netflix, produced by and starring Jessica Alba.

Alba stars as Parker, a Special Forces soldier who returns to her hometown to mourn her father’s death. Parker drinks away her grief with an old friend from High School named Mike. Parker tells Mike she plans to leave after the funeral.

Despite her plans, Parker takes over ownership of her father’s bar in town and connects her father’s old friends. Parker begins to ask questions about her father’s death after visiting the place where he died in a collapsed mine.

As preparations are made for her father’s funeral, Parker realizes that his sudden death is not all that it seems. She learns that the suspicious activity surrounding her father’s death could be connected to a weapons smuggling ring and a dangerous gang willing to kill anyone who gets in their way.

TRIGGER WARNING is a graphically violent movie that brings nothing new to the action movies or crime thrillers. The plot and characters are derivative, and the movie falls back on lots of severe foul language and graphic violence to entertain viewers, but to no avail.

Also, the cliches run rampant in TRIGGER WARNING, and there are little redeeming qualities by the end of the movie. There’s an emphasis on bringing evil to justice, but this moral is marred by a willingness from Parker to mercilessly kill to achieve that justice, in the name of avenging her father.

On top of TRIGGER WARNING’s many shortcomings, the choreography of many of the fight scenes is mediocre. Also, there are several production issues that detract from what little story the movie has going for it.

MOVIEGUIDE® finds TRIGGER WARNING excessive and unacceptable.