Assault on Devil's Island

This movie's not great but passable I guess. Caught in on cable on late night AXN. I saw the trailer & there was a babe in it so I decided to try it & didn't regret it. The action's ok but Shannon Tweed was absolutely hot! The hottest was in the beginning of the movie when she wrapped her legs around a guy & crushed the air out of him. That was even hotter than Famke Jennson in Golden Eye!

Shannon Tweed spends much of this movie bikini-clad, and if there is a 40-year-old actress out there with a better body than hers (except maybe for Ursula Andress), I can't remember her right now. She also looks spectacular firing two guns simultaneously, and her fighting moves are quick and graceful - you don't expect a woman who made a name for herself by starring in countless soft-core erotic thrillers to be a convincing fighter, but somehow Tweed is. Of course this is first and foremost a Hulk HOGan film, and of course he HOGs the spotlight: his delivery is totally flat, but I have to admit that his climactic fight with Billy Blanks is pretty good. Carl Weathers and Martin Kove are both past their prime, but hell, they can still have a go at the action genre if they really want to. Production values are better than expected and there are lots of explosions, but Tweed is basically the only reason I'm giving this film a ** rating (could have been higher if she fought more).

Not terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but if like me you have a fancy for bad movies then check this one out... or don't.

Mike McBride (Hulk Hogan) with all his hair leads a Navy Seals team into the deepest, darkest jungles of a back garden to some Hollywood house (I'm pretty sure I seen the exact same palm trees alignment and back wall in the film Falling Down) to apprehend a drug lord.

I'm not going to get bogged down in the plot of this film, as there doesn't really seem to be one. In a nutshell it involves drug lords, corrupt Navy Seals, secret missions, a rescue operation to save the Olympic gymnast team, that seem to be the darlings and mega superstars of America and nobody follows orders.

The Special effects are delivered to a very good quality along with the action, nothing is spared on the explosions side of things, even the explosions that don't make sense. All pretty good for any film let alone a low budget one.

The Beat 'Em Up scenes should have been better, especially starring the likes of Hulk Hogan, Carl Weathers, Billy Blanks and Martin Kove, the former two are just too crocked to pull it off and come across like geriatrics at times.

The acting is hit or miss, Hulk Hogan and Shannon Tweed as Hunter Wiley are both poor, Martin Kove as Andy Powers probably thought the casting was a prank, as his acting was delivered like he couldn't believe he was actually in the movie, but he was very enjoyable to watch. Carl Weathers as Roy Brown and Billy Drago as Carlos Gallindo do a great job for what they had to work with. The rest of the cast seemed to do well, that is except for the Olympic gymnast team, they were just awful.

Overall it is an entertaining watch, I'd nearly bump it up to a 6, but that's hitting good movie territory. If you want brainless action or pure cheese this delivers. If you want depth or a B-Movie gem stay clear.

Cheese to look out for: The dubbing and editing is a big let down in this film but also gives it some entertainment of the cheese-kind, especially when a lot of Hogan's dialogue sounds like it is a narration, in the middle of gunfire his voice will appear as clear as it was delivered in the studio in Hollywood or his shed.

"Is this a real movie?" was my first thought. They blow up a lot of stuff in the film but the story is not very thick. The firefights are so bad that you just laugh. You are never in doubt who`s the bad guy is either. Its the guy dressed in black, stealing candy from a baby. No, avoid this movie is my tip.

Whilst this movie could never be called a fantastic movie it is still worth one look.

I like Hulk Hogan but what attracted me to the film initially (apart from Hogan) was the casting-we had Shannon Tweed (beautiful!) and underrated actors Martin Kove and Carl Weathers. What a team they all made.

It's a fairly routine action thriller but there are some great scenes throughout the movie particularly at the end when the team all go out to rescue the hostages.

There are a lot of other action movies out there that are fantastic but this is certainly decent enough.