Avengement was released on 24 May 2019 on VOD and in selected theatres, where it received generally positive reviews from critics with praise for its action choreography and Adkins' performance.

Cain claims himself to be a friend of the bar owner named Lincoln and gets into a brawl, where he pulls out a double-barrelled sawed-off shotgun and holds everyone hostage.

It is revealed that Cain used to be a skilled and quick-tempered martial artist who caused Lincoln, a loan shark, and several gangsters to lose substantial amounts of money.

Cain succeeds in stealing the package from a middle-aged woman who pursues him and gets killed when she is run over by an oncoming car during the chase.

The website's consensus reads: "Avengement compensates for a lack of narrative originality with thrilling sequences of violent, bone-crunching action, elevated by Scott Adkins' brutally intense performance.

"[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

[10] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Director Jesse V. Johnson sprinkles in enough cruel twists of fate and melancholy-laced flashbacks to prevent Avengement from becoming just another disposable exercise in action sadism on a budget.

The real credit, though, goes to Adkins, who one of these days will hopefully get called up to the Hollywood big leagues and wind up surprising a lot of people — and grin while he’s doing it."

[11] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Avengement features a good balance of colorfully profane British gangster-speak and intense, explicitly gory punch-outs.

"[12] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Portraying his most complex character to date, Adkins delivers a ferocious turn that proves visceral in its emotional as well as physical intensity.