Showdown at the Grand

Lighthearted parody of old classic action movies, which are being honored and made fun of, simultaneously. Charming. Amusing.

Lots of silly fights. Lots of stolen one liners from classic action movies. Lots of hilarious appearances by Mister Dolph Lundgren himself. And a wonderful performance by the always great actor Terrence Malick. What great men!

Highly recommended for the Dolph Lundgren fans and other B-movie action fans, provided they can appreciate a playful parody like this about this B-movie action genre.

The story: The mob is pressuring a grand old cinema owner (Terrance Howard) in selling his cinema. He refuses and the heat is on. It just happens though that the owner (Terrence Malick) is a big fan of old action movie star Dolph Lundgren and he puts up a tribute for him at this beautiful theater. And it proves that it is quite handy to have a real action movie star around when the mob is attacking you!

A cheeky fun styled film . I could easily see this being a cult classic, with years of creating new fans. It's got fun acting, stylistic scenes , great photography and classic ending. Characters that have a heartwarming fun personality you could relate to and attach herself to. You can easily put it on for a stay in Friday night matinee or end the week with it on a Sunday movie night. It's entertaining, it's fun and a pleasure to watch. I recommend giving it a chance. Great look , fun style , memorable characters , heartwarming scenes and just an overall entertaining film to watch for many years to come.

It's entertaining enough but it really doesn't have the budget or imagination to compete with movies like Grindhouse or Mars Attacks as an homage to old B-Movies.

Lundgren is perfectly cast as a washed-up action movie star and plays along with the limited material he has to work with. Terence Howard seems to treat it too seriously as if it's making a serious point about independent cinemas closing which the movie seems too arch to be doing.

It can just never get the balance between chaos and pathos right for that to happen.

There's just a constant feeling that self-refenential B-Movies were so much better in the late 20th Century and that nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Love letter to oldschool cinema and grindhouse against a capitalistic organisation and its henchmen.

Unfortunately even the short running time of app. 90 min doesn't prevent this movie from boredom and at no point the director succeeds in creating tension or suspense.

The movie is ok, the actors have fun, the director celebrates its idols, but for me this love letter doesn't work that well like "Cinema Paradiso" or "Last Action Hero".

Nonetheless, of you like some nostalgia about the old cinemas and some 70s and 80s references, then give this one a try.

Love letter to old school cinema and grindhouse against a capitalistic organisation and its henchmen.

Unfortunately even the short running time of app. 90 min doesn't prevent this movie from boredom and at no point the director succeeds in creating tension or suspense.

The movie is ok, the actors have fun, the director celebrates its idols, but for me this love letter doesn't work that well like "Cinema Paradiso" or "Last Action Hero".

Nonetheless, of you like some nostalgia about the old cinemas and some 70s and 80s references, then give this one a try.

This was pure fun and I had a number of LOL moments (Moses vs. Nazis) that was a mashup of Tarantino and Cinema Paradisio (Best Foreign Language Film 1988) with maybe a shoutout to French "Elvis" Johnny Hallyday? For me the simplicity of the story comes with a warm fuzzy feeling of being a kid watching movies on the big screen on a Saturday afternoon and walking away having been on an adventure. Shout out to Dolph Lundgren who owned his cheesy 70's b-flick character. Pure fun and I think anyone who doesn't enjoy the film is thinking too hard and needs to enjoy the ride and not try to figure out why the roll bar is too tight. I for one love independent film making for this very reason, artists enjoying making films and entertaining audiences. I was entertained.