opticuscro
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The movie is a complete disappointment from start to finish. Dolph Lundgren barely manages to walk, let alone run, which makes his attempt to lead an action film of this scale almost painful to watch. The most awkward part is his girlfriend, who looks at least forty years younger than him the age gap is so glaring it destroys any sense of realism or chemistry. The story itself is shallow, rushed, and nonsensical, with gaps big enough to drive a truck through. Special effects, gun flashes, and visual touches look cheap and amateurish, more like a student project than a professional production. I forced myself to watch half of it, but it quickly turned into an unwatchable mess. Overall, Exit Protocol feels like a failed attempt at an action thriller that never should have been made.
Well now... so this is primarily very dramatic with very little action, the story drags on and is monotonous, I definitely don't like it. Another thing that I don't like are those sex scenes, why do this in a movie of this caliber. The third thing is that there are some religious affiliations in Loksli's family, I didn't even understand what religion it was. Tarditionaly for today christians were shown as monsters in the first couple of episodes. If folklore about Robin Hood is known for something, it is neutrality and fearless fight against evil and corruption, here it is somehow worded in such a way that you don't know who the villain is, the characters are equally unwatchable and unnatural. This is actually a pretty awful high-budget adaptation of Robin Hood. Sometimes I wonder why spoil the existing one, you could have made a series about an unknown hero from that period if people didn't look for a parallel between the hood and this series, then it would be ok, this is pure nonsense, you have a story based on which you make a series of English folklore about Robin Hood, you distort the story beyond recognition, sexualize the characters, insert various other characters that have never been mentioned (I respect artistic freedom, but it doesn't work for me). What is the point of distorting something beyond recognition and claiming that it is actually the story. I do not recommend this to any fans of medieval adventure-action, especially to those who are fans of Robin Hood folklore, if you watch this you will be disappointed. As for me, you don't have to record any more episodes, I stopped at the third one and have no intention of watching any more.
In the first 20 minutes, we actually see how Becky is severely dysfunctional, along with a very slow development of the plot in other scenes, without any explanation about anything, thats totally not interesting. But after some time, the plot starts to unfold. The movie is ok, it's watchable, it's not a masterpiece, but it's watchable. One man army system of the film, in this case one women army, although it is a bit exaggerated that the heroine is too young, so such undertakings do not suit her. Visually and sonically, it's done excellently, the fight scenes are surprisingly good, so I dare to say the story too (a story with minor flaws, but nothing terrible). There are scenes full of blood and violence, I'm not a fan of such depictions, so I rewound it. In any case it ok movie!