... than those actors were during the shoot of this. First time I wrote my review I figured I did something wrong, forgot to press the button, but there seems to be a conspiracy here. All kidding aside and in seriousness, I do hope this will be saved. Because it's almost like watching the movie again and again when reviewing it over and over (and no I didn't copy and paste any of this from my previous "tries").
Love him or hate, Seagal has a very loyal fan-base. It's the same with other action stars from the past, which is why Expandables was such a success. But that was a pretty good movie, which of course had to do a bit with the budget. But even with a small budget you can do quite good things. This right here is neither completely bad nor any good though.
Steve Austin has some fine scenes (which make you wonder, why he isn't the real lead here, because that would've made sense) and the director managed to make Seagal look sort of good. It appears as if he is actually lifting his foot! I kid you not, all done through the magic of editing of course. The flash cuts do not serve the story, but are a good excuse to blur action scenes and/or change scenery.
The story/internal logic has so many flaws, it'll be better you shut off you brain for the entire running time. Again not talking about "real" logic, but movie logic as in, what is happening within the realm of what you get. Some Action scenes are pretty decent and there is one guy in particular (besides Stone Cold), who's a very good fighter, but only gets to shine once (almost at the end of the movie).
You're better off watching or doing something else than getting this. I'm pretty sure the trailer will have the "best" scenes in it!
Love him or hate, Seagal has a very loyal fan-base. It's the same with other action stars from the past, which is why Expandables was such a success. But that was a pretty good movie, which of course had to do a bit with the budget. But even with a small budget you can do quite good things. This right here is neither completely bad nor any good though.
Steve Austin has some fine scenes (which make you wonder, why he isn't the real lead here, because that would've made sense) and the director managed to make Seagal look sort of good. It appears as if he is actually lifting his foot! I kid you not, all done through the magic of editing of course. The flash cuts do not serve the story, but are a good excuse to blur action scenes and/or change scenery.
The story/internal logic has so many flaws, it'll be better you shut off you brain for the entire running time. Again not talking about "real" logic, but movie logic as in, what is happening within the realm of what you get. Some Action scenes are pretty decent and there is one guy in particular (besides Stone Cold), who's a very good fighter, but only gets to shine once (almost at the end of the movie).
You're better off watching or doing something else than getting this. I'm pretty sure the trailer will have the "best" scenes in it!