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Release Date: 20 May, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
Critical Mass Reviews
Treat Williams versus some bad guys
Treat Williams and Lori Loughlin try to foil a terrorist group which is setting up shop inside a nuclear facility. Udo Kier (of Blade, and Shadow of the Vampire) leads the terrorists.
Look, this isn't going to win any Oscars, but it's passable action fare. Sure, there are plot holes. Also, some of the violent action is unrealistic, and it looks cheap. Still, Loughlin and Williams give solid performances, and lots of the movie is especially well done. A scene where Williams and Loughlin watch two terrorists dumping a couple of bodies is very spooky, even chilling. Udo Kier's icy stare is still on the mark.
Regarding the scene in which the politician character is tossed through the air by an explosion: another reviewer sniffed that he only got a little fake blood on his nose. Sir, the character ended up dead. It's not like the character wiped the blood off his nose and walked away. It was INFERRED that he suffered trauma to the head and body. Must everything be spelled out for some viewers? The final edit didn't show his entire body, maimed head to toe. So what? Would you be more satisfied if you saw fake blood over the ENTIRE body? Does that make for a better movie? This is an action movie. People get shot and fall down. If they don't get up, they might be dead. That's the way it goes. If you're expecting an action movie with visuals as good as The Bourne Identity or as much gore as Blade II, you're out of luck.
Again, Fred Olen Ray has used a small budget to wisely craft a decent action flick. Williams and Loughlin play their parts well, and the film has more than its share of worthwhile moments.
I only wish that Fred Olen Ray had provided a commentary track for this DVD. His commentary tracks on Active Stealth and Venomous are laugh riots.
Ken Miller
Apparently they couldn't even make their own movie...
I saw the preview to this and I saw clips of Terminator 2 and Universal Soldier in it. I told myself "that footage can't possibly be in the movie". I had to rent it to see.....and it is. Oh my God. What has the world come to that they have to edit in other action scenes from superior action movies into other movies to make them more exciting. The entire swat shootout from Terminator 2 is featured here and so is the semi / bus chase from Universal Soldier. How low could artisan entertainment sink to to allow this to happen. It's a shame that once decent actor Treat Williams has sunk so far and is forced to act in rip-off cinema like this to make a living. If you want great action, go buy Terminator 2 and Universal Soldier for the original footage and not this low budget footage stealer.
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