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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘XTREME’ on Netflix, A Gory, Propulsive Action Thriller With Barcelona As Its Battleground

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If you want blood, you got it. Xtreme (Netflix) crests on a wave of henchman body counts, but as a revenge thriller it also elicits strong work from its single minded cast — the hero, a wronged hitman, his small team of supporters, and of course the handful of baddies he’s devoted his life to destroying. What? They did it to him first! 

XTREME : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Gist: Xtreme is titled Xtremo in its original Spanish livery, so it’s crafty to keep the ‘X’ as the lead for the domestic Netflix version. Like the crossed Samurai swords that figure into its plotting, this is a film that slices off extraneous elements and gets right to the guts of the matter. In this case, that’s Maximo, or Max (played with sturdy gusto by Teo Garcia), who works as a hitman for a Barcelona crime family. Xtreme opens almost exactly in the middle of a gun battle as the hubris of Lucero (Oscar Jaenada) leads him to forsake the delicate relationships his aged crime boss father developed with other families in the “conclave.” Lucero kills first, doesn’t ask questions later, and is okay with fear as a motivator. And this is in spite of his dad having sent him to Japan to learn about respect from the Yakuza . Not only that, but Lucero resents how his father favored his adopted siblings, enforcer Max and financial whiz Maria (Andrea Duro). That ends badly for dear old dad.

Leaving no loose ends in his quest for control, Lucero lays waste to Max’s personal life, forcing him into hiding. Two years go by, and he befriends Leo (Oscar Casas), a loose-limbed smart aleck street dealer whose supplier turns out to be connected to Lucero’s operation. Leo reminds Max of what he lost in the violence of Lucero’s hostile takeover, and as he and Maria continue to lay their revenge trap for their psycho loose cannon brother, Leo’s presence is both hindrance and help to their damaged souls.

There is violence at every turn in Xtreme as Max punches, kicks, shoots, and otherwise destroys lowly bad guys on his quest to reach Lucero. But those bad guys give as good as they get, too, with a bunch of bad guy-on-bad guy violence. Apparently, Barcelona’s drug trade is brokered by Spaniards, Chinese, and Russians, with supply chain support from Colombia, and everybody is greedy, untrusting, armed up, and devoid of scruples. And as the showdown with Lucero looms, Max keeps finding fresh ways to dispatch the muscle sent to silence him, even as he protects Leo and his trusty vintage Porsche 944.

What Movies Will It Remind You Of? Remember how those Russian goons should never have killed John Wick’s dog? It’s like that. Once Max is set off by a truthfully very much more awful murder by Lucero’s chief goon, Xtreme is set on its one-dimensional course of destruction. It’s conducted with style, brutality, and stylish brutality, but still, it’s one-dimensional. Lucero’s henchmen in the final sequence even wear black tailored suits over white shirts in a nod to the Wick saga. And if it’s more Keanu Reeves references you want, well, that third act fight sequence also features hundreds of 5.56mm rounds chewing into cement pillars a la The Matrix .

Performance Worth Watching: Toss up! In revenge thrillers of Xtreme ‘s ilk, the gunplay and bloodshed aren’t really warranted unless the bad element unleashing all of this carnage truly drips with a particular kind of psychopathic sleaze, and X has its scum down pat with pretender boss to the crime family throne Lucero, played by Oscar Jaenada, and Sergio Peris-Mecheta as Lucero’s murderous right hand Finito. These two blend the gruesome with gallows humor and just the right amount of preening — check out Lucero’s costly but style-devoid threads — to make their screen presence much more than emptily violent.

Memorable Dialogue: Maximo is a man of few words, so let’s let his sister Maria lay out what drives them as she attempts to console their young friend Leo. “They killed his son two years ago,” she says of Max. “They killed my father, too. I completely understand your pain. It’s the same one that breaks and destroys us every single day. It doesn’t let you move on or forget.”

Sex and Skin: Maria takes a shower. It’s blurry. There’s some manner of suggestion here that, as adoptive siblings, something more might be happening between Maria and Max, but that is never explored.

Our Take: As Max, Teo Garcia has his stolid gaze fully calibrated. He doesn’t need to elaborate very much — we see him fight, we see him train; we see him give a shit when Lucero’s underlings bust up Leo’s guitar hand. But when Max finally does vocalize his intentions, there’s clarity there, too. “Running away isn’t my style,” he tells Maria, as if we ever thought it would be. There’s also this. “There’s only one plan,” he tells her as henchmen descend on his auto shop hideout. “I’m going to kill them all.” And he resolutely loads a magazine into a nail gun.

That brief bit of dialogue opens a one-two punch of fight sequences in Xtreme that propel it to its final boss moment with bloodsoaked glee. Gun fights are one thing, and Xtreme definitely has a few of those, particularly the one that takes place almost entirely wreathed in the smoke of a disco’s dance floor. But a movie like this must concoct novel death blows for true street cred, and it doesn’t disappoint in that. When those goons hit him at home, Max retaliates with said nail gun, heavy-duty bolt cutters, billy clubs, the seatbelt of a subcompact, the notched posts of a car seat headrest, and the momentum of the car itself as a guy is thrown through the windshield to land in a heap underneath a hydraulic lift. You can imagine how that goes for him. And none of this mayhem is to take away from Max moments in earlier fights, such as the dagger he puts through one henchman’s neck, only to remove it and toss it into another attacker’s forehead. Or how about picture hanging tacks? John Wick might’ve killed a guy with a pencil, but Max is ready to wreak havoc with pretty much anything sharp and handy.

Our Call: STREAM IT. Gird yourself for blood spatter, bones cracking, and shots fired. But Xtreme knows exactly what kind of movie it’s making, and amplifies the representative elements with style, dark humor, and murderous pizzazz.

Should you stream or skip the gory, propulsive Spanish action thriller #Xtreme on @netflix ? #SIOSI — Decider (@decider) June 9, 2021

Johnny Loftus is an independent writer and editor living at large in Chicagoland. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, All Music Guide, Pitchfork Media, and Nicki Swift. Follow him on Twitter: @glennganges

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Xtreme | aka Xtremo (2021) Review

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Director: Daniel Benmayor Cast: Teo García, Óscar Jaenada, Óscar Casas, Andrea Duro, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Alberto Jo Lee, Luis Zahera, Juan Diego, Andrés Herrera, Nao Albet, Cesar Bandera, Isa Montalbán, Joel Bramona Running Time: 111 min. 

By Paul Bramhall

For the past 20 years fans of the Hong Kong action genre have been asking which country is going to take on the mantle of creating martial arts infused slices of cinematic goodness. So far the answer has tended to come from close to home – Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia have all attempted to stake a claim with varying results, however in 2021 an answer has come from further afield. It’s unlikely anyone was expecting Spain to throw its hat in the ring, but 37 years after Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao descended on Barcelona for Wheels on Meals , the city is once again the setting for a tale involving plenty of fists, kicks, and monkey wrenches to the face.

Xtreme is the passion project of martial artist and sometime filmmaker Teo García. A re-imagining of his 2006 short film of the same name, which saw him star, co-direct, and choreograph based on an idea he came up with involving mafia in-fighting. 15 years later, and García is still very much front and centre – he stars and choreographs the action (with assistance from Genaro Rodriguez, Eric Nieto, and Jose Álvarez-Boze), as well as bringing back Óscar Jaenada ( Rambo: Last Blood ) as the villain of the piece. For the feature length outing though directorial reigns have been handed over to Daniel Benmayor, a director best known for the 2015 parkour actioner Tracers which starred Taylor Lautner.

The story involves a criminal gang in which the elderly patriarch is soon due to handover the reigns to the next generation. García plays the adopted son who wants out of the crime game to spend more time with his young son. Jaenada plays the biological son who’s recently returned from Japan and thinks he’s a yakuza (I assume Spain and Japan were running a gangster exchange program), right down to hiring a Japanese bodyguard. Apart from cultural appropriation, he’s also a ruthless bastard and deeply jealous of the fact his father would prefer for García to take over the family business. Naturally, this jealousy not only leads to him killing his own father, but also placing the order to wipe out García and his kid. Little does he know that his brother survived the hit, and for the past 2 years has been making plans to take revenge, plans which are about to come to fruition.

All the ingredients are there for a lean little action flick, however Xtreme punches itself in the face early on by introducing a high school kid played by Óscar Casas ( The Orphanage ). Running drug deals for a rival gang to support his poor family, when his boss orders him into Russian territory that quickly sees him on the receiving end of a beating, he’s saved from further harm by a passing García. Enamoured with his saviour, Casas follows García to his abode (a mechanics garage, just to show how gritty his life has become), where we see him busting out the moves on a wing chun dummy and bench-pressing car engines. Thanks to generic plot device #437, because Casis plays the guitar like García’s son used to, the pair form a friendship, which at one point leads a character to point out to García that he’s “risking 2 years of work for someone you don’t even know.”

It’s one of the few lines which makes sense in Xtreme , and the pivot to frame events from the perspective of Casis is hugely detrimental to any emotional investment we’re expected to feel for the characters. Confounding things further is his horrendous acting (I’ll say García isn’t much better, but at least he remains stony faced throughout). In particular the initial reaction when he first comes across a tragic event made me laugh out loud, and is a legitimate rewindable moment for all of the wrong reasons. Needless to say Xtreme would be considerably more enjoyable without Casis onboard, and also much leaner (the 110 minute runtime is easily 20 minutes too long), however since he plays such a pivotal part in the narrative it’s unlikely we’d have a movie without him.

Of course the action genre is one of the few where a lack of emotional investment can be forgiven if the product does exactly what it says on the tin exceptionally well. Xtreme is an interesting beast in this regard, with the action drawing its influences from the likes of The Raid and its sequel , classic John Woo (you guessed it – dual fisted handgun action!), and hints of both Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan’s choreography style. What it fails to do is never feel anything more than derivative, therefore missing that crucial element of putting its own distinctive stamp on the sources that influenced it (clearly a missed opportunity to further develop the flamenco style displayed by Jackie Chan in The Young Master !). As a result, what we’re left with is watered down versions of scenes which will seem immediately familiar to anyone that’s seen the classics.  

The initial raid of García’s home in the opening obviously takes its influence from the blistering corridor fight in The Raid , transferring the setting to a hallway and living room, and similarly copying the editing and sound design. Thanks to the copy-cat style of filmmaking the scene is actually an effective one, however cracks begin to show during a bathroom fight scene, where the editing incorporates frequent cuts that change the angle the fight is being shot each time. The result is disorientating, as fighters that were placed in certain positions in the frame during one shot are suddenly changed in the next, effectively ruining the flow and causing a disconnect in the visual comprehension of what’s going on.

While the fight scenes are lengthy, and frequently involve García facing off against multiple opponents, the limited choreography feels like it doesn’t always justify the lengthiness. In particular during a protracted battle in García’s garage which involves plentiful power tool usage and blunt instruments, the excitement comes more from the gore than the actual choreography, missing the balance that the likes of The Night Comes for Us did so well. We do get one standout fight though, which goes to a one on one between García and Alberto Jo Lee playing Jaenada’s Japanese bodyguard, in which Jo Lee’s Korean background takes front and centre as he unleashes a whirlwind of taekwondo kicks in quick succession. It’s a high point, and delivers the adrenaline rush that has so far been missing.

The movies that influenced Xtreme  also come through in its overall tone. The relationship between Jaenada and his father clearly echoes that of Arifin Putra and Tio Pakusadewo in The Raid 2 . We get an identical hair shaving scene and even some nail gun action à la The Man from Nowhere , and all the talk of the mysterious ‘conclave’ feels more than a little similar to discussion of the High Table in the John Wick franchise. What I found particularly interesting is that more than once during Xtreme  I had to remind myself that Garcia isn’t playing an undercover cop, and is in-fact a gangster looking to take revenge on his brother, a fact that I found harder to buy into the more the plot progressed.

If Xtreme  could be accused of taking itself a little too seriously, in the finale it really jumps the gun, transitioning from an average Netflix actioner to become an absurdly hilarious exercise in machismo. Kicking off by García calling Jaenada to heavily breathe down the phone and nothing else (comedy gold), things only get better as we watch Jaenada go into full on yakuza mode (which involves him looking like a demented Iggy Pop tribute act) as he prepares his katana for a fight which will naturally take place on a table with bright underlighting. The extended final fight eventually involves García teaming up with Andrea Duro (who’s only being mentioned now since she only seems to be there to make one of the stupidest decisions ever committed to film, and disrobe behind a shower door) for a strangely tensionless and dull 2 vs 1.

Passion projects are strange things, and there are similarities to be made here to Bruce Khan’s Revenger . Both García and Khan are of a similar age, and both have made a movie based on an idea that they come up with. Unlike Revenger though, ultimately García’s movie gets too lost in the shadows of those that have inspired it. At one point García is described as a mix of “John Wayne and Bruce Lee”, which perhaps alludes to the type of production he wanted to make. As it is though, I’d be more inclined to go with “Steven Seagal and Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson”, and it’s there that Xtreme  may well find its audience.

Paul Bramhall’s Rating: 5/10

10 Responses to Xtreme | aka Xtremo (2021) Review

Yeah the bathroom fight and some of the overall editing during the fight sequences in the film were a mess, but to be fair they were still better than even some of the output from more martial arts movie prolific countries like Korea with “Fist and Furious” and even some of the latest Hollywood efforts like “Mortal Kombat” and for every fight in Xtreme that was bad like the bathroom fight, there were others like the fight with the Japanese henchman and the swordfight at the end with some BEAUTIFUL clean long takes and fluidity that kept me entertained and I really liked the soundtrack (Black Betty song will never get old for me, especially love how throughout the film different characters play the accoustic guitar notes and I thought it was a nice way to tie it in a neat circle by the end of the film with a sort of surrogate son for Max in Leon) and I don’t know, I found it hard to hate this film, it carries with it a certain 80s action movie swag and nostalgia that I couldn’t help but admire and some choice few kills in the film are absolutely amazing like I’ve never seen anyone get killed by a fucking CAR HEADREST, that was super inventive, that whole car bit was very cool with some slick camerawork and action, never seen a picture hook used as a shank either, that was quite creative as well, I also really liked how in the training montage towards the beginning, nearly all the various martial arts we see Max practice are actually then continuously used throughout the film, be it wing chun, dual knives, the garage items he crafts, there are just small setups like that that payoff really well imo, but yea the film does also fucking DRAAAAAAAAG with very little nuance from characters or much emotional connection, the supporting characters are very one-note without much depth or originality, the chick was hot though, although lmao the Netflix description describes Maria and Max as brother and sister and literally within the opening of the film, we clearly find out they’re not, but my god would that have made some of the sexual tension between them awkward as fuck lmao.

Thanks for the comment Andrew! It seems as much as you found ‘Xtreme’ hard to hate, I found it hard to like! There was something really off between the relationship dynamic of the trio, almost like the character Óscar Casas plays should be a lot younger, but the fact that there’s only 7 years between him and Andrea Duro compared to the 20 years between Duro and García just made the whole surrogate son angle come across as ill advised.

Regarding the action, overall I thought it displayed the classic downfalls of a martial artist that wants to strut their stuff onscreen and chooses to choreograph themselves – we get to see a lot of what García can do, but it never really feels like he’s in danger of being overwhelmed, even when he looks bruised and battered (the same could be applied to Bruce Khan in ‘Revenger’ , but he had an Indonesian stunt team at his disposal who were willing to sell the hits more than anything on display in ‘Xtreme’, which made up for it). Time for a re-watch of ‘Dead Reckoning’ me thinks.

Well Paul, this may not have met your approval, but it sounded like you needed a palette cleanser after watching Poor Man’s History of Violence.

Xtreme is a mess, but I could see the glimpses that would have made this a better movie if they were all capitalized on. Some of the action scenes were better than others, and I liked picking out all the influences for Teo Garcia’s passion project.

He doesn’t have the cosmetic look of a “movie star,” but that’s refreshing. We need more guys like him in front of the camera and not pretty people all the time. I agree that Oscar Cassis was pretty bad, and I think too much was asked of him in the acting department. A kid who’s suffered that much tragedy shouldn’t still be an annoying smartass.

I would say the movie is just as watchable as Revenger, and I hope it still continues the trend of 50 somethings who can still pull off martial arts.

Hey Andrew, please put some paragraphs in there, text-walls give me vertigo!

Sorry Mike, will do in the future, AND NO PAUL ! GODDAMNIT NO ! ONCE WAS ENOUGH !

While I agree with just about every criticism in this review, this would be closer to a 7 out of 10 for me personally, because even though I agree that the action was inconsistent, I found it so on a scale from “still better than most major studio action movies” to “great”, and there was a *lot* of it. Can’t go wrong with quantity and an overall decent quality.

I get that watching this with a critical eye reveals a lot of minor (IMHO) problems in action design, performances, plotting, etc., but I didn’t think the movie really ever committed any the “fatal flaws” that tend to pull me out of flicks like this, such as an unforgivably bad plot twist, egregious use of CG in a key action moment, etc. I liked the relatively straightforward revenge plot, and while the editing wasn’t always the best, I did think the cinematography was consistently quite good.

Granted I’m judging Xtremo less on the spectrum of action movies across the decades and more on what we’re getting nowadays, but I have a soft sport for any modern action movie that (mostly) manages to stick the landing when it comes to trying to pay homage to oldschool action-revenge movies while putting some actual love and care put into the proceedings.

Paul, Paul, Paul. A 5/10 for *this* movie? I think you’re being way too hard on a film that, as far as I know, has kinda come out of nowhere—meaning, I don’t think Spain is exactly known for their deep well of martial arts titles—and is really quite good. I found myself quite entertained by the plentiful and well-choreographed action, and thought Teo García made for a pretty believable tough guy seeing as how his face looks like it was carved out of granite.

Sure, the gun fights are rather poor (does Teo ever once take cover when bullets are flying at him?), and you’re right to criticize the editing during that bathroom fight, but the visuals and locales are stylish throughout, and, holy crap, Alberto Jo Lee can kick like nobody’s business. I agree that most of my issues with the story would be solved if the character played by Óscar Casas was much younger—maybe 15 or 16 instead of a full-blown adult. Regardless, for me this would rate closer to a 7/10 or 7.5/10.

PS-I also recently watched ‘Lost Bullet,’ another Euro-action flick on Netflix that I would highly recommend; it’s more of a car chase kind of movie but there’s one ‘Raid’-esque fight scene in a police station that is very very well-done.

“…Teo García made for a pretty believable tough guy seeing as how his face looks like it was carved out of granite.”

This is the kind of line I wish I’d came up with myself. 🙂 For me this was a case of a glossy package let down by too many small to medium sized issues, which in isolation wouldn’t impact the overall quality too much, but when all of them are consolidated into a 110 min package are just too difficult to ignore.

By the sounds of it Óscar Casas bothered you much less than he bothered me. His performance is without doubt the single biggest factor that impacted my opinion of ‘Xtreme’, closely followed by that of main villain Óscar Jaenada, who’s exaggerated hyper-violent wanna-be yakuza actually worked for the most part, until the final fight scene when he actually had to step up. For all the hilarious pomp and ceremony we witness between him and his katana prior to the fight kicking off, the actual confrontation itself was a wet leaf, and it was clear that screenfighting isn’t his forte.

Overall I’d probably be up for seeing Teo García again, but I can’t shake the feeling that he’d make a more impressive villain than a protagonist.

(Also, I hope you caught my not-so-subtle hint that you should review Lost Bullet, my friend!)

Hint taken. Review written! –

https://cityonfire.com/lost-bullet-2020-review/

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Parents need to know that Xtreme is a 2021 Spanish action movie in which a retired hitman gets revenge on his boss and stepbrother two years after betraying him and killing his family. This movie is extremely violent. Dozens of characters are killed or maimed in a variety of ways and with a variety of…

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Graphic action movie violence throughout. Characters shot and killed at point-blank range. Stabbing deaths, including close-ups of stabbing deaths through the neck. Guns, machine guns, grenades, knives, swords, hand saws, bolt cutters, wrenches, nail guns, pots, and pans, among other things, all used as weapons during the fight scenes. Fighting with punches and kicks. Lead teen character, a drug dealer at the start of the movie, gets his hand slammed in a car door repeatedly by his boss for stealing money. Shortly after, the drug dealer's boss gets his hand slammed repeatedly in a nightclub men's room stall repeatedly. Characters choked to death. Dead bodies. Decapitated head in a bag. Pistol-whipping. Stabbing in eye. Yakuza slices off his own finger with a blade. Car explosions. Man catches fire.

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Frequent profanity. "F--k" and "motherf--ker" used. Also: "a--hole," "p--sy," "bitch," "s--t," "bulls--t," "apes--t," "bastard," "ass." Homophobic slur used. "Retards" used.

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Parents need to know that Xtreme is a 2021 Spanish action movie in which a retired hitman gets revenge on his boss and stepbrother two years after betraying him and killing his family. This movie is extremely violent. Dozens of characters are killed or maimed in a variety of ways and with a variety of implements -- everything from machine guns and guns, to knives and swords, grenades, nail guns, handsaws, and wrenches. Much of the violence is also quite graphic, as characters are stabbed in the eyes, throat, and forehead and shot in the head at point-blank range. The teen lead character, a drug dealer at the beginning of the movie, gets his hand slammed in a car door repeatedly by his boss for stealing money; while gravely injured, his hand miraculously heals up a short time later. Decapitated head in a bag. In addition to the constant violence, there's constant profanity, including "f--k" and "motherf--ker" and a homophobic slur. Cigarette and cigar smoking. Shot drinking, characters get drunk. In Spanish, with English subtitles. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the Story?

In XTREME, Max is a Barcelona hitman who is helping his stepbrother Lucero with one last job before retiring. After finishing the job, Lucero betrays then kills his father, tries to kill his stepsister María, and then sends hitmen to Max's house, where Max barely survives the attack and is presumed dead by Lucero and his henchmen, but his young son is brutally murdered. Two years later, Max lives an isolated existence inside of a car repair garage, training and working out and planning his revenge on Lucero, who has remained hidden in Japan, learning the ways of the Yakuza. Max's plans are soon altered when he meets Leo, a teen drug dealer who deals drugs only to help his poor family. Leo keeps getting sent to deal drugs in a nightclub owned by the Russians, where he's certain to be gravely injured. After Max saves Leo from a brutal beatdown, Max decides to train Leo in self defense. But when Leo gets his hand repeatedly slammed in a car door by his boss, Max reemerges to avenge Leo, an action that reveals to Lucero and his crew that Max is in fact still alive. Soon, Leo's family is brutally murdered by Lucero's men, and Leo goes into hiding with Max and María, who must now alter their plans on getting even with Lucero, who is returning to Barcelona for a conclave of crime bosses. If the crime bosses agree to Lucero's demands, Lucero will then be deemed "untouchable" and Max, Maria, and Leo cannot kill him. The three victims of Lucero's treachery must find a way to get vengeance before it's too late.

Is It Any Good?

This is a bombastically violent but thoroughly enjoyable revenge fantasy action movie. Xtreme is a movie so over-the-top and exaggerated, it makes pro wrestling look like a Jane Austen novel. Instead of the proverbial "tables, ladders, and chairs" of professional wrestling, in Xtreme, the viewer is treated to constant fight scenes involving everything from machine guns to handsaws, nail guns, samurai swords, knives to wrenches, and so much more. Yes, it's absurd, but no less so than, say, movie franchises with the words "fast" and "furious" in the title, and the absurdity is far more entertaining than that obnoxious franchise, with far less eyerolling over corny, testosterone-fueled dialogue.

It's not exactly breaking any new cinematic ground, but it's an action movie after all, and in terms of what viewers want from an action movie -- you guessed it: action -- Xtreme goes above and beyond. The acting is good enough, the good characters have enough development to make the viewer root for them, and the bad guys are the right level of both weaselly and vicious to enjoy their comeuppance. It's not a movie for everyone -- those more on the Jane Austen side of the spectrum as opposed to the pro wrestling side aren't likely to enjoy moments of gruesome stabbings in the throat or eyes, and while those moments are relatively rare, the general carnage is not. Those looking for action movies without so much violence are better off steering clear. But for those looking for a fun action movie that isn't smart but isn't mindless either, Xtreme is an enjoyable frenzy of unbridled vengeance.

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Movie Details

• On DVD or streaming : June 4, 2021
• Cast : Teo García , Óscar Casas , Andrea Duro
• Director : Daniel Benmayor
• Studio : Netflix
• Genre : Action/Adventure
• Run time : 111 minutes
• MPAA rating : NR
• Last updated : February 17, 2023

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This review of the Netflix film Xtreme contains no spoilers – the Spanish revenge thriller was released on the streaming service on June 4, 2021. 

If audiences are looking for a film with incredible action scenes with lots of fighting throughout, Xtreme is that film. 

The main story of this film is nothing original. Xtreme follows the bitter fallout between stepbrothers Maximo ( Teo García ) and Lucero ( Óscar Jaenada ). After Lucero grows bitter over his father’s favored treatment of Maximo, Lucero murders his father and takes over the family business. Lucero takes it just too far by ambushing Maximo and having his son murdered in front of him. After which, Maximo and sister Mario (Andrea Duro) both go into hiding for two years before they start to look for revenge on Lucero.

Revenge stories have been told in many ways over the years, for example, Kill Bill (2003) and John Wick (2014), and whilst Netflix’s Xtreme may not be as great as those films are, it still stands on its own two feet. For sure, the action sequences are the main selling point of this film. They’re insane, well made, and eye-dropping. Yet Xtreme doesn’t go too far with the violence, which may be a relief for audience members who dislike too much gore. 

Xtreme is essentially a revenge film between two brothers, one is insanely dangerous whilst the other wants payback. If you enjoy an action-packed film, which doesn’t go too in-depth with its story, then the audience will be delighted with Xtreme .

The director of the film is Daniel Benmayor, who people may remember from Traces (2015) . That should give a sense of what the film will entail — the only difference is that Xtreme is not as tame. The only fault within the film is that minor background characters such as Papa San aren’t as explored as they could have been.

Overall, Xtreme is a fun watch, in particular due to the brilliant actors in the roles. It’s a film that won’t require a deep thought process to enjoy. The ending is what one would expect from a revenge-based film, yet it can still be thoroughly enjoyed.

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Xtreme Movie Review: Immensely gratifying John Wick-style actioner

Rating: ( 3.5 / 5).

Here we are, two years after the release of John Wick Chapter 3 , looking for something similar to fill the void as we anxiously wait for the fourth instalment. Xtremo (English: Xtreme ), a new Spanish film out on Netflix, to me, seemed the perfect candidate. Though not carrying the same degree of visual panache and sophistication as the John Wick films, it comes very close in terms of intensity. Xtreme is, like those films, a lean, mean, and immensely gratifying action experience that delivers the necessary dose of catharsis and bloodshed that one usually expects from revenge thrillers. 

Director: Daniel Benmayor

Cast: Teo Garcia, Oscar Jaenada, Oscar Casas, Andrea Duro

Rating: 3.5/5

Streaming on: Netflix

The lack of a big plot or rich world-building can sometimes be a good thing. We occasionally need those minimalist actioners that focus more on the thrills than the plot. Xtreme is one such. But that said, it has a basic storyline and likeable characters to build on. We have seen the gangster father with a wayward, foolish son who puts the entire family in danger in other films before. The central conflict of Xtreme , too, is built around one such spoilt son, Lucero (Oscar Jaenada) and his father's favourite one, Maximo (Teo Garcia). The latter happens to be the don's hitman who doesn't always agree with Lucero's decisions. After a gravely unforgivable act by Maximo, the two instantly turn foes. 

The opening moments are basically the extreme version of the father-son drama in Akira Kurosawa's Ran . ( Xtreme even pays homage to the samurai genre in its third act). In the ensuing chaos, Maximo and his sister (Andre Duro) survive; his son doesn't. Two years later, we find Maximo in his garage sharpening his combat skills. We already get a little display of Maximo's abilities in the opening portions, so, after what Lucero does to him, one gets instantly excited at the prospect of seeing the seemingly invincible Maximo wreak havoc on Lucero and his gang. 

When Maximo finally does, through multiple action scenes (the bathroom fight sequence is on par with some of the best we have seen from Hollywood) in which he makes use of every tool at his disposal, it made me utter a line from that Bong Joon-ho meme: To me, that's cinema. Meanwhile, he finds an emotional connection with a teenager, Leo (Oscar Casas, the younger brother of The Invisible Guest actor Mario Casas), who also goes through hell on account of Lucero. 

Xtreme took me back to those days when we 90s' kids consumed the movies of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, or Chuck Norris (for the laughs mostly). Funnily enough, Leo uses some of these names to address Maximo. At one point, a bad guy describes Maximo as a cross between John Wayne and Bruce Lee. Interestingly, I found Lucero's right-hand man, played by Rambo: Last Blood baddie Sergio Peris-Mencheta, more menacing. Lucero, on the other hand, is that typical over-the-top villain who is entertaining regardless. 

As the hero of the story, Teo Garcia is a perfect fit. He is not one of those actors who emotes a lot, even when experiencing severe trauma. In that regard, I found him to be more like Van Damme. But I'm not complaining. The stoic, unsentimental approach worked for me. It's Leo who gets to do most of the emotional heavy-lifting, sufficient for a film of this kind. Xtreme was, for me, a perfect antidote for the pandemic-induced blues. I've already seen it twice, and I'm sure I'll see it again.

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Directed by Daniel Benmayor

Running away is not an option. Revenge is his only plan.

Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.

Óscar Jaenada Teo García Óscar Casas Andrea Duro Sergio Peris-Mencheta Alberto Jo Lee Luis Zahera Juan Diego Isa Montalbán

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Daniel Benmayor

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Iván Ledesma

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Review by Austin Burke ★★½ 2

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While Xtreme delivers on its promise of being an action-heavy film in the vein of John Wick , it is unable to provide a compelling story that will invest you beyond its stunt-work. This film is the definition of brutal, and my score does not reflect the effectiveness of the most of the action scenes. There are a handful of shots that feel poorly executed, but for the most part, the choreography is incredible. What feels off is how familiar the plot is without doing anything outside of the…

Review by Bryan Espitia ★★★ 1

Very meat-and-potatoes revenge thriller where the hero growls things like “there’s only one plan, I’m gonna kill them all” before stabbing two goons with a car headrest. Solid watch.

Review by Ed Küpfer ★★ 3

A former enforcer for a drug gang seeks revenge on his employer who tried to have him killed. Spanish action flick with a glossy coat and some nods toward John Wickian world building, but tonally this has much more in common with 80s action blockbusters than anything that was made over the last decade: it is extremely violent yet completely grit-free, I mean you could eat a meal on the surface of this movie. This clearly had quite a bit of money in it, and that shows up in the production design and sheer number of action sequences. There was a huge amount of action, which is my #1 criterion for enjoyment in these kinds of movies, but the direction…

Review by HKFanatic ★★★★

An action film with a stylish look that attractively captures modern day Barcelona, but don't be fooled by the slick aesthetic—in execution, this is much more of a throwback to Cannon Video guilty pleasures like "American Ninja." Despite his small stature, leading man Teo García is a believable tough guy since his pug-like face looks like it was carved from granite and, well, there's a scene where he kills two guys with a car seat headrest. I appear to be in the minority on digging this one but "Xtreme" rarely lets up, reliably delivering gunfights, hand to hand combat, and katana duels every few minutes till the credits roll. It's safe to say low-budget Euro action flicks are the best thing Netflix has going for it.

Review by Evan ★★★½ 1

"Your head or your heart."

If your an action junkie then I fully recommend this! It was just an absolute joy, it's pretty much like John Wick but in Spanish. It has a great charismatic lead, the fight choreography was amazing and all the set pieces were fun & badass. It's an ultra bloody and brutal revenge thriller that's entertaining the whole way through! Also the cinematography was incredible, the lighting was great and the editing and pacing were amazing.

Review by Nachtwaechter ★★½ 8

Netflix betätigt sich mal wieder als Wohltäter und spendiert dem spanischen Schreiber, Darsteller und Kampfsportler Teo Garcia die nötigen Penunzen, damit dieser eine Langfassung seines eigenen spanischen Kurzfilmes "Extremo" nachlegen darf. Die Story wurde dabei nicht sonderlich erweitert. Garcia ist Max, Vollstrecker mit Können und Gewissen eines in Barcelona ansässigen Gangstersnydikats, wird aus nichtigen Gründen (natürlich will er aussteigen, natürlich hat irgendjemand (hier: der Sohn seines Chefs möchte übernehmen und alle Altlasten abkappen!) was dagegen) seines Sohnes beraubt und sinnt auf Rache!!! Das wärs!

So wird sich im Minutentakt geprügelt und beschossen, hier und da zugestochen, die Leichenberge ersaufen im eigenen CGI-Blut. Aufgetürmt in schwindeleregende Höhen, scheint das die ortsansässigen Ordnungsbehörden wenig zu interessieren (oder auch die Drehbuchautoren) denn ein…

Review by Joshua ★★★★ 5

A super dope euro action jam. Brutal martial arts and blade to blade combat. There is some seriously nasty violence as well. The gunplay is a bit sluggish but it’s still pretty fun. Martial artist Teo García is terrific as an ex-hitman hell bent on revenge, destroying anyone in his path. Óscar Jaenada and Sergio Peris-Mencheta from Rambo: Last Blood  are our baddies and they are both fantastic. Great action direction. Stellar fights. A damn good time. Fuckin’ loved it.

Review by One Godfella 侍 ★★★★

All empty souls tend toward xtreme opinions.

Man with honour, my kinda revenge movies.

Review by Waldo ★★★★ 5

I love the John Wick films but stop it with the lazy comparisons. From Spain comes this balls to the wall action spectacle. Punching, kicking, shooting, stabbing at its finest.

Review by 🇭🇷 Dario Habulin 🇭🇷 ★★★½

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Xtreme is a type of movie that is very similiar to John Wick ones except this one happens in Spain and it has different revenge plot, but still overall the way how fights were stractured and executed and how some villain motivations were made it is obviously how this movie was inspired by franchise mentioned above, but since it was done in good way I didnt mind that to much so Xtreme is a good movie if you love revenge flicks.

Story here follows a guy who goes on revenge after one guy who killed his family but as it turns out that guy is his brother, so story to me was good, somewhat fun and…

Review by Fabian Cremer ★★½ 1

Ein Auftragskiller startet zwei Jahre nachdem man seinen Vater und seinen Sohn ermordet hat, einen Rachefeldzug gegen seinen Bruder.

Xtremo ist ein Actionfilm aus Spanien und gestern Abend tauchte er in meiner Netflix-Liste der Neuerscheinungen auf. Der Plot ist so simpel und altbacken, dass habe ich alles schon einmal irgendwann und irgendwo gesehen. Wüsste ich es nicht besser, würde ich diesen Film in den 90ern unterbringen. Stumpfsinnig mit einigen brutalen Gewaltszenen gespickt und der großen Bemühung, den Charakteren, die nur Mittel zum Zweck sind und niemandem wirklich interessieren, ein Profil zu verleihen, anstatt einfach mal zwei Stunden hart auf die Fresse.

Die Action ist ok, nicht überragend, einfach mal nur ok, was mir persönlich genügen würde vom CGI Blut was…

Review by Troy L ★★★½

"You crazy old bastard!"

My man Lucero had a .357 Magnum with unlimited ammo; I didn't see him reload it once. Hey, if I was in the movie and was told that I can just shoot my gun without reloading it, I'm going crazy on everybody. I'm dropping bodies left and right with no hesitation. You see me, just run, but you might not get too far.

But if you are a fan of Raid Redemption , Ninja Assassin , John Wick , Unleashed , and plenty of others, you will feel right at home with Xtreme . The story isn't anything you haven't seen before, so just enjoy it for the cheesy brutality.

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Xtreme – Netflix Review (3/5)

Posted by Karina "ScreamQueen" Adelgaard | Jun 4, 2021 | 3 minutes

XTREME on Netflix is a Spanish action thriller (org. title Xtremo ) that feels like The Raid meets a Jason Statham action movie. Well, almost. This Netflix movie is definitely too long, but the action scenes are extremely impressive. Read our full  Xtreme  movie review here!

XTREME is a new Netflix action thriller that takes place in the Spanish underworld. Yes, this is a Spanish movie (org. title Xtremo ) but don’t worry about any language barrier. The dialogue isn’t what carries this movie, the insane (and amazing) action sequences are.

The one downfall of this movie is its runtime. It’s a good 15-20 minutes too long with a runtime of 1 hour and 51 minutes which is far too long. The story isn’t really big enough for that and a few fight scenes could have been cut (or shortened) for a tighter movie. Ironically, it would have had much more punch that way!

Continue reading our Xtreme  movie review below and find it on Netflix now (possibly under the title Xtremo ).

The Raid , Jason Statham, and a touch of Jean-Claude Van Damme

Very early on, I was reminded a lot of the amazing Indonesian action thriller The Raid from 2011 that starred Iko Uwais ( Netflix series Wu Assassins ). This is mostly in terms of the impressive action scenes though the fighting style is different. Also, this Spanish Netflix movie is too long and has too many slow passages to actually match The Raid .

At the same time, the main character also reminded me quite a bit of Jason Statham in one of his high-intensity action movies. Not the Jason Statham who uses more humor as in the shark movie The Meg (2018) . No, the straight-up action star with awesome fight scenes and action movies with a very simple plot.

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Also, there are some scenes that go just a few seconds too far with “the drama”. When that happens, the main protagonist suddenly reminded me of Jean-Claude Van Damme. You know, in his movies from the 1990s where we got extreme close-ups of him screaming. Either from emotional anguish or because he just killed someone with a crazy kick or punch.

Hey, I enjoy them all, but I love my action served with a side of “tongue-in-cheek” humor from the guy or gal kicking butt. Something both Statham and good ol’ Jean-Claude (in later movies) excel at.

Watch the action thriller  Xtreme  on Netflix now!

Daniel Benmayor is the director of this Spanish Netflix movie (org. title  Xtremo ). He previously directed the parkour action movie Tracers  (2015) , starring Taylor Lautner right after doing Twilight , so Daniel Benmayor knows how to work fast-paced action sequences.

Teo García stars as Maximo and he’s also the one who came up with the original idea and story for the movie. Actually, the story was created with Xtreme ‘s fight coordinator, Genaro Rodriguez, while the screenplay was written by Ivan Ledesma.

Aside from Teo García in the lead, the cast includes Óscar Jaenada ( The Shallows ) and a very charming Óscar Casas ( The Orphanage ). Also, in a dark role, we see Sergio Peris-Mencheta who you might recognize from Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) or the Snowfall series on FX/Hulu . Also, he’ll be in the upcoming Narcos vs Zombies  series currently in post-production.

To me, a movie like  Xtreme  is an unapologetic action thriller. If you view it as such, it’s solid entertainment. Just don’t expect the story to be too deep. It is very much a revenge story with lots of bloody fight sequences. And hey, sometimes that’s all you need for a Friday night’s entertainment.

Xtreme is out on Netflix from June 4, 2021.

Director: Daniel Benmayor Writers: Teo García, Genaro Rodriguez, Ivan Ledesma Stars: Teo García, Óscar Casas, Óscar Jaenada, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Andrea Duro

In this fast-paced and action-packed thriller, a retired hitman — along with his sister and a troubled teen — takes revenge on his lethal stepbrother.

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Here's everyone who stars in the Xtreme  cast, and where viewers might recognize them from. Directed by Daniel Benmayor, the June 2021 Netflix release follows a retired hitman who seeks revenge against his adoptive brother, a Barcelona gangster.  Xtreme has been compared to the John Wick franchise because of its premise and stylized fight sequences.

Xtreme stars professional soccer player Teo García as Maximo, a Barcelona hitman who retires and decides to live a quiet life after a traumatic experience. Two years after that event, he befriends a local drug dealer who is continuously hassled by various crime syndicates. With the assistance of his adoptive sister, the retired hitman tracks down their adoptive brother, who killed his own father in a quest for control of "the conclave," and also ordered the death of Max's son two years ago. Xtreme was written by García, Ivan Ledesma, and professional soccer player Genaro Rodríguez.

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Over the years, Netflix has become a popular destination for Spanish filmmakers, evidenced by the success of  Netflix TV shows like Money Heist and Elite . In February 2021, the streaming service had a breakout hit with the feature film Below Zero . Even though  Xtreme doesn't have one huge name that will appeal to casual streamers, it did become a trending Netflix title upon its initial release.

Teo García As Max

Teo García stars as Max, a Barcelona hitman who retires after his son is murdered. Two years later, he seeks revenge after meeting a young drug dealer who is targeted by local criminals. García made his feature debut as Santos in the 2018 movie  Mal día para fumar . He also appeared in the '90s TV series Dark Justice , and had roles in the short films  Extremo and Seiken .

Óscar Jaenada As Lucero

Óscar Jaenada co-stars as Lucero, a Yakuza-trained gangster who kills his own father and targets his adoptive siblings, Max and María. Jaenada portrayed The Spaniard in  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Carlos in The Shallows . His other roles include Luis Rey in  Luis Miguel: The Series and Victor Martinez in  Rambo: Last Blood .

Óscar Casas As Leo

Óscar Casas portrays Leo, a small-time drug dealer who is befriended by Max. Casas portrayed Tomás in The Orphanage and Iván in  Iván's Dream . He also appeared as Juan in Hanna season 2.

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Andrea Duro As María

Andrea Duro appears as María, Max's adoptive sister and potential love interest (Leo repeatedly asks about the true nature of their relationship). Duro portrayed Camila in Juan of the Dead  (available to stream on Starz) and Mariví in Ghost Graduation . She also appeared with The Innocent star Mario Casas in the 2010 movie  Three Steps Above Heaven .

Xtreme's Supporting Cast & Characters

Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Finito (above right):  The gangster who murders Max's son. Peris-Mencheta portrayed Javier González in Life Itself and Hugo Martinez in Rambo: Last Blood . In addition, Snowfall fans may know him as Gustavo Zapata.

Rina Ota as Papa San (above left):  A crime boss who is targeted by Finito. Rina Ota portrayed Rina in  Desierto en tu mente and Aiko in The Vibe .

Luis Zahera as Urquiza:  The manager of Seven Rain, a cover business for Lucero. Luis Zahera portrayed Releches in Celda 211  (available to stream on AMC+) and Cabrera in The Candidate .

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Andrés Herrera as Rafa:  Lucero's henchman who announces Max's arrival in the climax. Andrés Herrera had a small role in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and portrayed Pedro de Mendoza in the TV series Isabel .

Isa Montalbán as Daniela:  Leo's female assistant. Isa Montalbán made her feature debut in the 2021 movie   Solo una vez and co-stars with her Xtreme castmate Casas in the 2022 film HollyBlood .

Nao Albet as Jaro: Leo's boss who is confronted by Max. Nao Albet portrayed Marcelo in the TV series  Cuéntame and Ingeniero Inglés in Super Lopez .

Cesar Bandera as Romeo:  A gangster whose son is beheaded by Lucero's crew during the first act. Cesar Bandera portrayed Equatorià in  Cerca de tu casa  and César in the TV series  Centro médico .

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