HMX
Joined Jul 1999
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From the get-go, Anson Mount's acting was terrible. It continued to be terrible throughout the movie. Fortunately, the acting of everyone else in the movie was quite good. In particular, Robert Vaughn was excellent. All the actors but Anson gave very believable performances and made their characters more than 2-dimensional at the least. The acting saved this movie from being a 1 or a 2 / 10.
As for the plot, it was a bit contrived, something like you'd see from "Law and Order", but I have seen worse. There were a number of loose ends never tied up, and a few places that didn't really explain things very well. A number of the questions stemmed from the questions arising about the main character played by Anson. It makes one wonder whether his acting was sufficiently terrible, or whether it was a combination of bad acting and poorly done character development in the script.
Cinematography was adequate; it wasn't bad, and wasn't fantastic, but it certainly didn't look like some horrid soap-opera shots.
Overall, the movie was bland, save for some of the acting. I rented it on dollar movie night, so I didn't feel cheated, but I wouldn't pay more to see it.
As for the plot, it was a bit contrived, something like you'd see from "Law and Order", but I have seen worse. There were a number of loose ends never tied up, and a few places that didn't really explain things very well. A number of the questions stemmed from the questions arising about the main character played by Anson. It makes one wonder whether his acting was sufficiently terrible, or whether it was a combination of bad acting and poorly done character development in the script.
Cinematography was adequate; it wasn't bad, and wasn't fantastic, but it certainly didn't look like some horrid soap-opera shots.
Overall, the movie was bland, save for some of the acting. I rented it on dollar movie night, so I didn't feel cheated, but I wouldn't pay more to see it.
I was really disappointed to see that the rating system only went down to a one, because this movie deserves less than that. What were people thinking when they gave it anything over a 2? Dan Jones from Cleveland was completely correct when he said this movie was one of the worst he'd ever seen; this gets added to my list of movies that I'll never see again (including most of those that Dan named). The value of a video cassette drops 500% when this movie is taped onto it.
Absolutely no plot, half-s***ty special effects, half-OK special effects, and completely half-a**ed effort. The acting could suck a golf ball through a garden hose (to quote a better movie), there was no continuity and the dialog was bested by Stallone in Rambo.
Unfortunately, my friends dragged me into the theater (I will NEVER see a movie on their recommendation again). The only thing that made the movie bearable was my friend making fun of the movie much in the fashion of Mystery Science Theater loud enough for the whole theater to hear (e.g., when the clown appears on screen "My, my, Joker, you've put on weight!"). Everyone who hadn't walked out was laughing, either from my friend or the horridness of the movie.
Take my advice: the movie is not worth $5. It isn't worth someone paying you to see it. I would not see it again for any amount of money. Every copy of that movie should be tossed, reel and all, into a vat of concentrated nitric acid for about 3 weeks. In short, it is a waste of electricity to play the movie; it should be erased from existence.
Absolutely no plot, half-s***ty special effects, half-OK special effects, and completely half-a**ed effort. The acting could suck a golf ball through a garden hose (to quote a better movie), there was no continuity and the dialog was bested by Stallone in Rambo.
Unfortunately, my friends dragged me into the theater (I will NEVER see a movie on their recommendation again). The only thing that made the movie bearable was my friend making fun of the movie much in the fashion of Mystery Science Theater loud enough for the whole theater to hear (e.g., when the clown appears on screen "My, my, Joker, you've put on weight!"). Everyone who hadn't walked out was laughing, either from my friend or the horridness of the movie.
Take my advice: the movie is not worth $5. It isn't worth someone paying you to see it. I would not see it again for any amount of money. Every copy of that movie should be tossed, reel and all, into a vat of concentrated nitric acid for about 3 weeks. In short, it is a waste of electricity to play the movie; it should be erased from existence.