Ultimate Dolph

Jox wrote:Romanian poster

Had the pleasure of working with this sweet funny giant of a man on my very first movie. You will be missed Tiny <3
#rip @officialtinylister
#MenOfWar

RIP Tiny Lister. We had a fight scene in a movie in Thailand. It was like fighting a mountain. Another Covid loss. If you’re one of the folks who still thinks this a hoax (after 280,000 deaths in this country alone), ... well you can go f___ yourself.

Men of War



Written by Oscar winning screenwriter, John Sayles, this marked something a little more thoughtful in the action career of Dolph Lundgren. Though Sayles’ original script would have more action and humour sprinkled in over rewrites, much of his humility remained behind. It may well be Pocahontas crossed with Heart of Darkness, but has more human range in it than most of the genre at the time, and has enough action throughout to also please genre fans less interested in the philosophical questions. For Lundgren, he benefitted from having an actors director in Perry Lang on board, whilst the whole expendable crew dynamic is actually far more interesting and involving than The Expendables franchise ever was. It may in retrospect still fall into an increasingly maligned, white hero in Asia trope, but at least treats the native characters with some humility (well played particularly by Charlotte Lewis and a scene stealing B.D Wong). As villain, Trevor Goddard may step in from more conventional genre fare as an unhinged, scenery chewing maniac, but he’s excellent regardless, as is the late great Tiny Lister as cohort turned foe as the team have a moral split. This one is very underrated, but has found a little more love in recent years. The cinematography and music is also superb, making it not a million miles from some of the epics of the time.