Review of Black Ops

Black Ops (2008 Video)
4/10
Not the worst movie I've ever seen...
9 July 2010
Warning: Spoilers
It comes close to being the worst movie I've seen this year. Lance Henriksen must have lost a bet or been really desperate to make his car payment to appear in this. His acting is okay, given the crap script but the male lead has all the charisma of his favorite weapon, a shovel. The girl was a stupid and pointless character, only there to star in a brief topless shower scene. And the villain? Well it turns out it's the good ole USA since nothing but the guiding spirit of an undead Nazi super-soldier could possibly explain the liberation of Iraq or the War on Terror, right? Evidently a totally different writer took over for the last ten minutes of the film or else he ran out of coke and ideas.

This might be worthwhile to rag on with friends or if you're a big fan of Henriksen (the reason I watched) or the female lead (Kate Randolph looks too skinny here), but otherwise stay away. As horror or anything else it fails. Even the gore was hilariously inept such as someone with a freshly stabbed eyesocket that looks like rubber with dried blood on it. And it reminded me a little of the old teen slasher flicks since the girl decides to shower in the midst of the gory murder and mayhem and has no gun or protection while she does it.
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