Film Review – Term Life

Former child actor Peter Billingsley (“A Christmas Story,” “The Dirt Bike Kid”) made his directorial debut in 2009 with the comedy “Couples Retreat.” A weak effort that showcased a permissiveness with its cast and distraction with its tropical location, “Couples Retreat” didn’t launch Billingsley’s big screen helming career with promise. Seven years later, he returns to duty with “Term Life,” dropping interest in silly business to adapt a graphic novel about dangerous men. Darkly comic and action-oriented, “Term Life” has the means to take viewers on a wild ride of chases, gunplay, and threats, but the cut presented here doesn’t make much sense of the story, struggling to build momentum as editing fails to juggle numerous supporting characters and sinister motivations. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com