Venganza
Directed by Rodrigo Valdés · 2026 ·
Venganza (2026) earns a 57% Celluloid Score — Not Recommended. Not Recommended — reception was largely negative.Audiences (66%) responded more warmly than critics (54%).
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.
Five-source breakdown
Amazon MGM Studios / El Estudio Why this score?
- Critics were divided or negative (54%).
- General viewers mostly liked it (66%).
- Celluloid Score 57% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.
Best for
- Short runtime — easy weeknight watch
- Crowd-pleaser seekers — audiences liked it more than critics
Not ideal for
- Anyone needing a safe, highly rated pick
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Is Venganza worth watching?
No — Venganza earns a 57% Celluloid Score. Not Recommended — reception was largely negative.
Critics Consensus
Billed as the most expensive action film in Mexican history, Venganza delivers genuinely elevated, John Wick-caliber stunt work and a committed against-type performance from Omar Chaparro, but critics agree the character work never catches up to the technical spectacle.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Audiences (66%) responded more warmly than critics (54%).
What is Venganza about?
Carlos Estrada, a decorated Mexican special-forces veteran, watches his life collapse when his wife is murdered by a ruthless criminal network. A sudden windfall gives him the resources to reinvent himself as Capitán Toro, arming a private strike team of former soldiers to hunt down everyone responsible, no matter the cost.
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