Ultimate Dolph

by **Jox** on 22 Oct 2005, 04:45

I got my MECHANIK DVD yesterday, and yes, it rocked my socks off!!!

It's a little early for me to talk about the film, but yes Dolph confirms is a damn talented director and THE MECHANIK is at least as good as THE DEFENDER! The only reason I wouldn't support Tom in saying is better, is that they seem to be too different to compare each other.

by **Tom** on 22 Oct 2005, 11:29

I tend to prefer revenge movies, to those siege type movies. I think Mechanik has more diverse action and locations, plus looks even more polished. Defender has more tension becasue of the type of movie it was.
Both movies can;t be faulted in any department, and it's not often you can say that about a Lundgren movie. I will say Dolph's directing has improved also and that bodes well for his next. The more films he does the better he'll get. If both movies sell well he'll get some bigger budgets to tinker with.

by **Jean Claude Lundgren** on 25 Oct 2005, 16:11

Can someone tell us about the Martial Arts in this movie?

Will we finally see him kick ass again (I mean a kick more than 120°) or will that never happen again since "showdown in little tokio"?

by **Tom** on 25 Oct 2005, 20:26

Theres a few kicks in there but nothing fancy. It;s mainly throw moves and arm locks etc.

by **bomaz** on 26 Oct 2005, 12:56

oh my god !!! oh my fuckin god !! oh ... all fuckin insults and words i can say in this situation !!! wow !! i've just watched the trailer , 30 seconds ago and wow !!!!!! i can't describe what i've seen !!!!

by **Tom** on 26 Oct 2005, 14:08

The trailer is cool, I had a similar reaction. HOWEVER, it doesn't do the film justice at all. You;ll shit a brick when you watch the film.

by **preacher** on 26 Oct 2005, 14:18

Speaking of the trailer.
is up for download?

peace.

by **bomaz** on 27 Oct 2005, 15:03

i haven't seen "the mechanik" yet , but i have a question : is the greek version cut ? because , it's only 90minutes , instead of the 94minuts announced on the IMDB !

by **Jox** on 27 Oct 2005, 19:55

No, it's not cut it's just because the Greek is PAL (25 frames per second) which makes it run a slightly faster. Because movies in theaters play at 24 frames a second they always lose a fea minutes of the total running time when telecine and converted to PAL.

by **carrie** on 27 Oct 2005, 20:08

whos in a really good mood today-oh yeah its me- my copy arrived this morning and now im almost pissing myself with excitement because i cant wait to watch it,ive got the southern comfort chilling,the ice in the freezer,the chocolate in the fridge,the phone switched off,the doors locked and all i need to do now is find a reason to send my kids to bed early and then im set, a whole 90 minute Dolphfeast Mmmmmmmm cant wait.we watched the trailer this morning and even my husband wants to watch it,he made me promise not to see it untill he gets back from his mums, he better get his arse back real quick cos i cant hold back much longer.

by **carrie** on 29 Oct 2005, 22:11

real slick film, my only complaint is where the hell was his body? no flesh on display at all,not so much of a chest shot(well not his anyway) that was very selfish of him because he new i would be watching :wink:

oh and he should have had more lines but i think that was the character he played.

by **Moltisanti** on 30 Oct 2005, 12:21

I finally got my copy and watched it earlier today, what a great film. When I first became a huge fan of this guy years ago I never thought it would be for any reason more than what he could do in front of the camera. To now see what he can for the second time behind the camera is astonishing. It really is a much different film from THE DEFENDER and you can see Lundgren's appreciation for Eastwood come through with his "man of few words" role in the MECHANIK. I also have to give credit to Mr. Hill for taking a standard story of revenge and making it come alive with a script that is as good as you'll see in any big screen action film.

The only downside to now watching THE MECHANIK is that there are no other Lundgren films lined up (that we know of). I'm so used to having something on the horizon but I'm confident that he'll continue his good streak whether he's acting, directing, or both.

by **Tom** on 31 Oct 2005, 14:52

It really is a wierd feeling. Whenever I;ve had a new Dolph film there's always been another on the horizon, now no word on anything except Dolph saying 3-4 projects. I hope we get some updates soon. We've been spoilt this year with two great Dolph films.

by **TombRaider** on 06 Nov 2005, 20:39

Next it will be released on november 15th in Russia.

by **hansson55** on 06 Nov 2005, 22:43

Something just happened to The Mechanik votes at IMDB, from only having 5 votes it went up to 40 under one night.

Ultimate Dolph

THE MECHANIK / THE RUSSIAN SPECIALIST (Dolph Lundgren, 2005)

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