Nofear wrote:I have to agree with MFS, I have had the Blu Ray now about three weeks. Although the picture quality is not the greatest, this is a simple, fight fest.
The story is pretty weak, but it doesn't have to be intellectual. Andrei, more than holds his own in this film.
Dolph for me, steals this film. He oozes bad ass. Simple!
I don't see this as a JC or Lundgren flick, I never did when I saw it a while ago. It's a film with them in it.
take it as you will, this is a very well shot action flick, the sound, score and choreography more than live up to cinematic releases.
So the picture quality ain't that great? Well as long as it's "okay" and not incredibly dark or anything, I'm fine with it. Regarding the story, yes I agree, it's very straight-forward, but when it comes to DTV-movies, I think thats a blessing, since alot of them have unneeded and annoying subplots that just becomes distracting. I also agree with that last part you wrote, it actually feels like a movie made for the cinema, atleast most of the time. What really surprised me was the minimal use of the infamous filming technique known as the "shaky-cam", the director made a wise choice avoiding that one.