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Section 8

  • 2022
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
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Dolph Lundgren and Ryan Kwanten in Section 8 (2022)
After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
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After avenging the murder of his family a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.After avenging the murder of his family a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.After avenging the murder of his family a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

  • Director
    • Christian Sesma
  • Writers
    • Chad Law
    • Josh Ridgway
    • Brandon Burrows
  • Stars
    • Ryan Kwanten
    • Dolph Lundgren
    • Dermot Mulroney
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    4.3/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • Christian Sesma
    • Writers
      • Chad Law
      • Josh Ridgway
      • Brandon Burrows
    • Stars
      • Ryan Kwanten
      • Dolph Lundgren
      • Dermot Mulroney
    • 36User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ryan Kwanten
    Ryan Kwanten
    • Jake Atherton
    Dolph Lundgren
    Dolph Lundgren
    • Tom Mason
    Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney
    • Sam Ramsey
    Mickey Rourke
    Mickey Rourke
    • Earl Atherton
    Scott Adkins
    Scott Adkins
    • Leonard Locke
    Justin Furstenfeld
    Justin Furstenfeld
    • Ajax Abernathy
    Maurice Compte
    Maurice Compte
    • US Attorney General Martin Savoy
    Tracy Perez
    • Liza Mueller
    Robert LaSardo
    Robert LaSardo
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    Brandon Burrows
    • Detective Robert Subcott
    Geoffrey Blake
    Geoffrey Blake
    • Senator Jim Graham
    Paul Sloan
    Paul Sloan
    • Roland Brunner
    Mary Christina Brown
    Mary Christina Brown
    • Agent Morrow
    Jessica Medina
    Jessica Medina
    • Miss Martinez
    Jay Montalvo
    Jay Montalvo
    • Alejandro Castillo
    Kimi Alexander
    Kimi Alexander
    • Ashton Atherton
    August Burrows-Caldwell
    • Boy on the Bus
    Keith Compton
    Keith Compton
    • FBI Agent
    • Director
      • Christian Sesma
    • Writers
      • Chad Law
      • Josh Ridgway
      • Brandon Burrows
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    5Top_Dawg_Critic

    A waste of some iconic acting talents.

    The directing was amateur hour with the abysmal slow-mo and faded flashbacks - and terrible cast direction. Most of the second-rate characters felt like it was their first acting gig, and I know they're better than that, so this is the perfect example of the director failing to direct his cast properly. Although Ryan Kwanten acted his heart out, he was poorly showcased from the directing to the writing, that was riddled with cheesy dialogue. The screenplay, even with the few entertaining twists and action scenes, was too generic and cliched, and lacked suspense, intrigue and thrills. I wanted to see more of Mickey Rourke, and I'm not even sure if Scott Adkins' character was needed, but he surely needed to be in this film much more to enhance the action. I feel he should've been cast for Kwanten's character, the entire backstory and current one would've been more believable and suspenseful had there been more fight scenes. There were far too many plot and technical issues, most fifth-grade drama class errors. Eg: the briefcase with maybe 5-6 rough stacks having 3 million in it was a joke. Never mind Lundgren's full-auto handgun with the endless ammo. If you're a fan of the iconic actors, it's an ok one-time watch if you're bored, just don't expect to see that much of most of them, or any decent non-generic story.
    5chris-h-3

    Better than you'd think based on who is in the cast

    There is the basis of a decent film here, yes it has all been done before but the opening half hour or so is all pretty engaging (although you do feel they just let Mickey Rourke do and say whatever he wanted).

    Then it started to get a bit silly, and then very, very silly. To the point it is barely making sense and they are having to have characters have one sided conversations on telephones to gloss over plot confusion - It just lost all credibility for the sake of slightly better writing.

    That said it is clearly made on a budget and it goes well to hide some of this, clearly the whole film is shot in L. A. but watching it does a good job of making out that its characters travel around the US and beyond. The action scenes are fine too, sometimes a bit confused to follow but this actually gives it a bit more authenticity, I felt.

    The cast are pretty good overall though two or three are so one dimensional, due to the writing, that they don't come off so well. Its a shame the last half hour or so wasn't as well made as the first and that it feels it needs to have plot twist after plot twist.

    Ultimately its better and has a lot more to offer than you might expect, even if it is a bit disappointing overall.
    3imseeg

    Make an action movie OR make a family movie. Do not try to combine both because it will end in a disaster.

    Beware: NOT a Mickey Rourke movie. NOT a Dolph Lundgren movie. NOT a Scott Adkins movie. Why not? Because they only have a few minutes of screentime.

    Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren produced this movie, with (unfortunately) disastrous results.

    I really love a good old fashioned action B-movie and I really like these old, tough action movie stars like Mickey Rourke and Scott Adkins.

    But this movie is partly a sentimental movie about family bonds, partly an action movie. And it fails at being both.

    If they only had stuck to a 100% action movie and IF they had replaced the leading (unknown) actor with one of the other great actors (Mickey Rourke, Scott Adkins) then this movie would have some merit for the B-movie action fan. Now it turned into a terrible, sentimental dreck of failure.

    Mickey Rourke and Scott Adkins deserve to star in better movies than this one. Come on guys, you all rock. Now get together again and give us fans something we can really enjoy!
    3RedKidBytes

    Kill my family and I make you dead

    An unrustling narrative, devoid of any worthy substance, relying on the expected norms of the genre, bringing nothing new, or original to the screen.

    Packed up with the fight, war, and action celebrities, missing Arnold or Sylvester-type charismatic and charming characters, makes the hole thing a bore.

    The film starts with an unrealistic fight sceen from Afghanistan where the Afghan soldiers speak in the middle eastern dialect, instead of the Afgan Arabic. The US moves into the neighborhood knowing it's a setup, in humvees with all windows open letting the fresh air and bullets in. Ultimately, getting many killed.

    Usually, viewers find predictability in scenarios where many other films explored the same thing with a number of similar outcomes. This is one of those you will say I knew this was going to happen.
    5tateya-67453

    Actually a bit better than expected

    I didn't have a bunch of expectations going in, but I like Lundgren and Rourke enough to give this movie a shot. I admit to not seeing some of the plot twists coming, and that was great. I also agree with the other reviewers about the silliness of some of the movie, the endless lack of ammo, and bad shooting. However, it is for entertainment, and I was entertained. I like that Lundgren had a part to play in the behind the scenes in this movie, and overall it was engaging enough for me to keep watching it. I wouldn't watch this movie twice, but I enjoyed it watching it once. Just don't look for academy award winning anything, but the veteran actors do a fine job fleshing this movie out.

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    • Trivia
      The photo of Ryan Kwanten's characters father that Mickey Rourke is mourning is a real photo of Joey Rourke, Mickey's brother who died of cancer in 2004
    • Goofs
      Opening sequence takes place in "Mosul, Afghanistan". However, Mosul is in northern Iraq.
    • Connections
      Referenced in I Must Break This Podcast: Section 8 (2022)

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    • Release date
      • September 23, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Section Eight
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Firebrand
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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