“Savage Dog” (**1/2 out of four) was a not-bad historical action melodrama set in Indochina in 1959 which was a land beyond rule involving various feuding sects and a merciless government and how one warrior (Scott Adkins) attempts to break out from this oppression. Ambitious attempt at a martial-arts action story and a grand epic melodrama misses the mark in terms of context and script but has enough action and hand-to-hand combat to make it watchable. Best if taken purely as an action picture although there are pretensions the movie would like to be much more. Well directed by veteran action choreographer Jesse V. Johnson who obviously watched “Bloodsport” a few times before filming this.