“Stained” (*1/2 out of four) was a wretched action melodrama which turns out to actually be a modern-day retelling of “Macbeth” about two criminals named John and Jane Macbeth (Edward Gusts and Arielle Brachfield) who scheme to rise to the top of their criminal element at all costs but soon find that the personal nature of those costs are more than they imagined. Attempt at re-telling Shakespeare in the modern day probably looked good on paper but doesn’t translate to film. After a while, you’ll likely be numbed by all the sleaze.

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