DIRECT CONTACT (Danny Lerner, 2008)

[dolphage]

I was there (outside the barn set: closed set) when they shot it, I'm pretty sure more has been filmed.

All right! That´s a collectors edition I´d invest in! She was hot! Plus, instead of being terrified of being chased by an entire army she was more kinda sulky, like a spoiled pretty girl, wich is a pretty awesome reaction to those circumstances.

A fight with General Drago has been left out because they ran late with the Pare fight so they went with "just shooting" Drago the next day.

Ah, man! That sucks. I would have scheduled it so that the climax would have been prioritised in the shooting. Call me crazy!

But anyway like for the whole movie a big issue is the editing (not mentioning the cutaways with the library footage) and that Lerner and his editor can't even choose the best coverage and make the best out of it. Otherwise it could have seemed like a pretty big set piece for this kind of movie...

I couldn´t agree more. There is a MUCH better and bigger movie lurking (deep) under the surface of this flick. It could have been a truly great action movie. Now, it´s for B-movie enthusiasts and Dolphamaniacs only.

[Mosquito]

But anyway like for the whole movie a big issue is the editing (not mentioning the cutaways with the library footage) and that Lerner and his editor can't even choose the best coverage and make the best out of it. Otherwise it could have seemed like a pretty big set piece for this kind of movie...

I couldn´t agree more. There is a MUCH better and bigger movie lurking (deep) under the surface of this flick. It could have been a truly great action movie. Now, it´s for B-movie enthusiasts and Dolphamaniacs only.

Now imagine this was public domain and anyone had access to the complete footage. Imagine someone with high skills would take it, cut it again and send it to another round of post-production. *sigh*

But anyway. I'm glad that it's still good. So much better than Diamond Dogs or that unbelievable Last Warrior or some other works of the last 15 years.

[Mosquito]

By the way: What did you guys think of the end? That last scene is so over the top, but I guess that was intentional irony. Just a few seconds too short (maybe they had to cut it in order to prevent the credits to show that were on that stock footage?) but very funny.

[Jox]

I don't even think there was any irony, the director is that naive... This scene wasn't even in the script. As for trivia, it was horribly cold and windy that morning it was filmed, Dolph was just this military shirt and so they gave him this big ugly jacket and yet the actress was waiting in the limo in this little gown...

[MikeR]

For those that wanted to know.

According to IMDB Pro, interest in DC has fallen back after last week's spike. It is now down at rank 259. I guess Jox's hunch about the leaked torrent was correct.

M.

[Jox]

KINOWELT has unveiled their DC features
http://www.kinowelt.de/dvd/direct_contact_uncut

Fotogalerie; Trailer; Wendecover

[Jack Caine]

Wow, that's actually a really awesome cover. Shame that it's not the same as we have in America...

[Luigi]

Anyone know what is up with the uncut. A friend of mine have seen DC and he told me it had a lot of violence and graphic scenes in it, so I'm just curious if anyone knows what is different with the uncut?

[Jox]

That's just a German thing because they're so used to cut everything.

[Mosquito]

That's just a German thing because they're so used to cut everything.

Well, over here they cut the violence, in the States they cut the nipples.

[Jox]

True but they're wrong too: the only thing that is allowed to be cut is the bullshit

[Mosquito]

True but they're wrong too: the only thing that is allowed to be cut is the bullshit

Gosh no. Imagine the many 10 minute movies you'd end up with!

[Jox]

Not following. ("cut the BS" is a figure of speech, just trying to be funny)

[dolphage]

True but they're wrong too: the only thing that is allowed to be cut is the bullshit

Gosh no. Imagine the many 10 minute movies you'd end up with!

Not following. ("cut the BS" is a figure of speech, just trying to be funny)

When you guys get into this stuff I am always excited! I´m not joking. I love this.

And, I don´t want to speak for "the Mosque", but I BELEIVE she was joking aswell. As I understood it the point of the joke was that many movies consist mainly of "bullshit", so if you "cut the bullshit" from those movies you would end up with very short movies indeed.

(BTW; Dolph "fckng" Lundgren rules)

[Mosquito]

And, I don´t want to speak for "the Mosque", but I BELEIVE she was joking aswell.

You can read me like a book.

(BTW; Dolph "fckng" Lundgren rules)

Word.