Not really understanding the negative reviews. Sure, it has been done before but a very solid film, great lead and his neighbour brought a heartfelt vulnerability that added weight to what could have been overly overwhelming in terms of gut wrenching.

I liked it beginning to end! Chadwick and Luke are both awesome actors.

A formulaic, yes but also pretty entertaining action thriller with a great central performance from Chadwick Boseman who we follow for majority of the running time. Deserves to be seen if your into action thrillers.

I'm surprised by the rating on here. I enjoyed it. It is a revenge movie but the story line was not horrible as some other revenge movies.

Message from the King n'est pas vraiment surprenant mais parvient à être intéressant du début à la fin grâce à notamment un très charismatique Chadewick Boseman

A decent revenge flick that smells like Get Carter and The Limey. The climax takes a really disturbing turn.

Not sure why this scores so low. It's a cleaver and gritty thriller defiantly worth watching

You know, I was a person that used to say that South Korea was the land of a million revenge thrillers. While that, to me, still holds true, I find that it is also true for a lot of places in this world. I don't wanna say that making a revenge thriller is easy, because it is not, but the idea behind it is simple. Essentially, they want you to tell a story of someone who's been wronged (or someone related to the main character has been wronged) that you don't mind these people being killed in a horrifying manner. Well, really, the latter depends on whomever is making the film. Sometimes the villains' death are not in tune with whatever it was that they did. But that's neither here nor there. Moving on to this film, it brings up an interesting question. And, really, a lot of revenge thrillers bring up this question. That question is, if put into the same, would I react the same way? Would I make those responsible for hurting a loved one pay with as much misery and pain as they put me through? It's an interesting question to ponder. Until that day comes, and it never will hopefully, then we'll just live vicariously through films like this. One thing prior to that, I must say that Chadwick Boseman has a lot of potential to be a superstar. I might be wrong and my eye for people who'll translate to box offices success might be faulty, but he's clearly a very charismatic and a very talented actor. His appearance in the Black Panther movie will only, hopefully, take him higher. But that's neither here nor there, Chadwick really is one of the few reasons why this movie gets the rating that it does. His performance might be a little stoic at times, but I think it helps with the character that he is portraying in that he is trying his very best and damnedest to feel like he's in absolute control of the situation at all times. If he loses his cool he loses control and that's when things go to shit. That's not to say that there aren't a few scenes where he does lose his cool. But, again, I think his performance is such that, I believe, Jacob (his character) is working on auto-pilot for most of the film. And that's not a negative, that's just me elaborating on his character and his need to find out what happened to his sister and what trouble she got herself into. Operating on auto-pilot allows him a degree of control. It also allows him to be as calm and sensible, as much as is possible here at least. But, of course, the film is not simple. The answers aren't given to you on a silver platter. There's a large conspiracy at play here involving pedophiles, politicians running for office, film executives, drugs, etc, etc. And I think that that's the problem with this movie. While Jacob's motivations are always related to finding out those responsible for what happened to Bianca, his sister, I think the movie gets a little too 'elaborate' for its own good. And I understand introducing various characters all tied, some ancillary and some much more hands-on, to Bianca's death, but I do think the story is a little over-complicated. And I don't mean that it's difficult to follow, because it's never difficult to follow, I just mean that too many elements are introduced that feel like it's just a way to artificially extend the film's length. I do think the movie loses sight of what's important in trying to introduce various characters that were at this 'party' where a whole bunch of debauchery occurred. This brings up an interesting question and that is how Bianca managed to get her hands on proof of the shit that happened here, which is why she was offed in the first place. Like how did she come across this? Maybe they explained it and I just wasn't paying enough attention, but it's something to ponder. The casting is strong all around, though there's a few silly lines here (like when Jacob uses the movie's title after beating up one of the Balkans). But, by and large, the casting is very strong and I cannot complain in the slightest about that. The scripting is serviceable. I don't think there's anything new about this. There's nothing that breathes new life into this genre, but it certainly gets the job done. I do think that they rely on violence to overcome for its lack of originality. I mean that much is obvious. This really just ends up being an average revenge thriller. Certainly not the worst I've ever seen, but also not nearly the worst. It falls somewhere in the middle. It's fine to watch for 100 minutes, but it's not something you'll remember in the long haul, so, really, watch at your own risk.

Boseman and Palmer are the best performers in the film, but it's a revenge tale that doesn't do anything we haven't seen before. It's formulaic, but not bad, just could've been much more.

I'm a sucker for revenge thrillers, essentially all they really have to do is not suck and I'm on board. And Message from the King sure didn't suck. Even if it did, massive bonus points for the kid playing Payday 2.

This movie was Okay good...sure something was a bit off..& the ending could have been better but other than that I think 40% is a ridiculous rating for the this movie it's more like a 75%!! But again it's rottentomatoes where only haters do the ratings!!! The IBM ratings are better!!

While counting with a great narrative. and well thought story, the movie fails to achieve a somewhat likeable pace, becoming at times slow or simply nerve racking, Chadwick Boseman portrays his character perfectly as he shows great power while confronting his major problems.

Great movie--Chadwick was awesome. Tight plot and full of suspense and lots of twists and turns.

I really enjoyed this movie. If you enjoy your films dark, brooding, violent and covered in moral ambiguity, this is a great little neo-noir. I watched it and my reaction at the end was 'wow,' as I went on an emotional journey with twists, turns and a strong story.In my opinion, it's well worth a watch.

Gripping film, with a convincing lead