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It had to be as the action it self never is exciting.
I went into this film expecting/hoping for a sleazy drive-in style slice of seventies exploitation, but what I got was more of a bizarre pseudo western with far too much talking and not enough action.
There are a few action scenes in the movie, but they're really crappy.
And when the action scenes fail, does the story save the film?
The story is even worse than the action scenes.
I've seen a few bad action movies in my days, but this one's just plain awful.
7. Unreliable action scenes (and not too good, either).
The problem now with "going back" to these American karate films, is that I've since then seen so many Hong Kong and Thai action films, in which the fight scenes are long, fast and jaw-dropping.
He looks and acts more like the good-natured but dim-witted sidekick in a police action movie.
The newest sequel, Jurassic Park III, has given no thought to characters, a story, or pretty much a script, and instead relies on non-stop dinosaur action, which is neither thrilling nor very interesting to watch.
The action scenes are so funnily shot, like the event planner attacked by the thief, autos riding over the cars, so on and so forth.
If, by 'originality' you refer to pathetic action scenes, overacting, gluttony in violence, blunt humor and a script beyond intellectual belief.
There are action sequences that keep repeating - and we're not talking the quickfire 1-2-3 action repeat on a particularly good kick that was made popular by eastern directors, we're talking many, many repeats of long, bad fight sequences.
Why is it that Canada can turn out decent to good movies in every genre, other then action?
I saw this on sale - NEW - at my local store for $6 and said "hey! an action film with that guy from Bloodsport and Enter the Dragon, directed by the guy who did Enter the Dragon - and it's cheap!"
First off, it's an Indonesian action movie with an American main character who looks and acts like the bastard son of "Taxi"'s Christopher Lloyd and Rambo.
There is a lot of action involving gun-play(no muzzle-flashes on those M-16s, only sound effects), motorcycles(that bust through walls), karate(where no one makes physical contact) and even some sex(where all the actors are ugly).
Isaac Florentine has made some of the best western Martial Arts action movies ever produced.
In particular US Seals 2, Cold Harvest, Special Forces and Undisputed 2 are all action classics.
You can tell Isaac has a real passion for the genre and his films are always eventful, creative and sharp affairs, with some of the best fight sequences an action fan could hope for.
In particular he has found a muse with Scott Adkins, as talented an actor and action performer as you could hope for.
The action was episodic and there was no narrative thread to tie the episodes together and move the story forward.
Two things are changed from then.First of all i am not a kid anymore,and second most of new Seagal movies are just terrible.This is on my opinion the worst movie ever made with Derailed starred by Jean Claude Van Damme.There is no plot in this movie,the plot is just an excuse to shoot some terrible action scenes which are painful to watch.I love action movies,but this is not an action movie....This isn't a movie...this is a group of irritating scenes which are connected in annoying way to kill the viewers love for the action movies.I am sorry but i don't have any respect for anyone who liked this movie.He has a serious intelligence problem then.I hope that Seagal will make some new good movies in the future.Good luck for him !
My Take: Steven Seagal is obviously too boring to be a lead in an action thriller, even a totally dull one.
There is very little action, no suspense, no hot girls.
I'll start by confessing that I tend to really enjoy action movies (military or other).
It's good in spots, has some fine action sequences in the cave in and also in the flood at the climax.
The characters were terrible, and it has hardly any action,plus even Chuck Norris stinks in this!.
If your looking for some great martial art moves from Norris don't go near this, however if you want a movie with an uninteresting story, hardly any action and bad acting look further!.
Im hoping this was made before Half Past Dead and Exit Wounds because it was rubbish, Seagal wasnt to blame it was down to the crap directing when the few action scenes took place.
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