Direct ActionI watched this movie tonight and to my disbelief it was actually good. Much better than the previous Dolph's i have watched lately (
Bridge of Dragons, Direct Contact &
The Peacekeeper). What i liked was the way it was shot; the viewer can see everything that is happening on screen, its a pleasant watch. I cannot stand movies like The Bourne Ultimatum, that have action scenes where the camera moves around and chops and changes from one camera to the next just to make it appear that the main star can actually fight. Well, Dolph can fight, we all know that, so they just put a camera on him and let it role. Very pleased with that side. I'm not sure whether they did that because they could only afford one camera or whether they knew Dolph could kick ass without cheating with camera usage. But i dont care, it was good.
I liked Dolphs hair, nice and slick. It was a low-budget movie, but that didnt matter. I would rather watch a low-budget movie where a) the director cares about the story and style of the film and b) you can see that the little money available went a long way.
Now i'm not fully positive about this film, but it was very much better than the others of late.They could have picked a better title for it as
Direct Action is a little generic, doesnt really help people pick it up and buy it. Acting wasn't the strong point either. It had nice martial arts in it, it was violent and quite well paced. All in all it was a good film. I do wish they didn't use this cover i have (a), though, as he doesnt look like this at all! Instead he looks like this (b).
DTV Grade: 9/10
(10/10 on DTV movie grade would be about 5/10 on a normal movie grading system)
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