DIAMOND DOGS (Shimon Dotan & Dolph Lundgren, 2007)

[Geoff]

The uk cover tho is awful!!!

[Nathan]

I think so too, the American one doesn't look so much like Dolph but the UK one is far too cluttered and very photoshopped. Plus I love my US edition, it's got a great slipcase too.

[Geoff]

Not seen that one, got my German one onw a fair while ago now.

[Jox]

I find that quite hilarious: the 3mins behind the scenes featurette (aka EPK-Electronic Press Kit in professional lingo) was rated "12" by the British BBFC board!
http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.ns ... enDocument

[The_Canadian]

BTW, this is unusual but worth mentioning, the American and Canadian release of Diamond Dogs are from two completely different companies, about three months apart!

Good news is we don't get that shitty computer-generated cover!

[Jack Caine]

I understand that this movie is apparently REALLY bad, but how good is the action? Does Dolph dispatch alot of henchmen? Good novelty death by any chance?

Also, is this the horrible UK cover? If so, I truly agree with the criticisms wholeheartedly.

[Nathan]

Okay well. It's not as bad as people make out IMO. It's a good 90 minutes but don't expect anything like Missionary Man. There is an explosion, a few cool kicks from Dolph, it's quite brutal, there is a documentary style to it but in my opinion it wasn't annoying, it is very cheap, there are some funny moments but overall it's an enjoyable watch I think. Clearly very very cheap but the locations are nice and you could do a lot worse. It's better than Retrograde etc. Hope that helped. Just don't expect too much and try to enjoy. I can't remember about the novelty deaths but I don't think so.

[leigh1975]

It's not THAT bad, to be honest with you. It sits in Dolph's middle period (between Silent Trigger and Direct Action; It's not horrible, just a little flat and clumsy in editing. Action is quite solid, and if I had to summarise, I wold put it as better than output like Agent Red, Detention, Last Patrol and Stormcatcher, but not quite as good as stuff like Sweepers, Bridge of Dragons, Direct Action and Hidden Agenda. I say give it a shot, I'd call it a frustrating missed opportunity, but one that still entertains.

[Nathan]

You couldn't have summed it up better than with the last sentence.

[Jack Caine]

Thanks for the reccommendation, fellas! My doubts have been reduced--I'll give this puppy a rent soon. As long as the action is very hardcore and satisfying, I'm game. However, are the gunshots tough sounding or kinda cheap and weak like the Desert Eagle in Showdown in Little Tokyo?

[Jox]

However, are the gunshots tough sounding or kinda cheap and weak like the Desert Eagle in Showdown in Little Tokyo?

I'm not sure so I cannot say plus everybody ears things differently and with various degrees of sensibility. Tough sounding? A gun is a gun isn't it?
I guess your question comes to "is the production sound used or has a proper sound mix been done with design and foley?"

[leigh1975]

It's OK, a little generic, but basically a solid FX mix on the gunplay.

Sort of on topic, I think the 48 Hrs films and Red Heat have the best gun FX EVER!!!!

[Jack Caine]

By cheap gun sounds I mean the *tick*-type ones like the house siege in SilT. For some reason those bug me--I prefer ones like how Dolph's beretta sounded in The Mechanik; hard-sounding.

Wait actually nevermind. I just watched that house shootout from SilT and I actually like the gun sounds. For some reason I remember them being more like little click-type sounds. Forget the gunshot comment.

[Nathan]

I know the gun sound you are talking about. First time I saw that scene in SILT, I thought wtf...but it's actually pretty cool. Totally chaotic movie, classic cheesy fun though. Let us know what you think of DD.

[Warchild]

I saw Diamond Dogs DVD at the store the other day, it was too expensive i'm going to wait a while till the price drops, the DVD cover though looked amazing.