by Nathan on 06 Mar 2013, 16:11
I had fun with this one, it was pretty much exactly as I expected. Edited and directed well, very well considering the probably remarkably low budget. Give Jesse even 15 million and he could probably do something wild with it. One of the best parts was the shootout in the store that is depicted in the trailer and Lundgren's first action scene, where although he is quite noticeably doubled, gets to do more action in this than I anticipated. Since this is a D forum I will focus on his performance but first I'd like to say that Steve did a good job here, I like the guy, he has enough charisma to make him watchable and certainly from the perspective of a DTV actor he is always competent in his portrayal of the roles. I agree with Tom that his best was in The Expendables but I also think that with films like Hunt to Kill and The Package, he isn't given a massive amount to work with. Dolph on the other hand was just down right odd in this movie. I actually didn't want him to die, even although his character was probably the baddest he has portrayed. That said, none of his characters leave you feeling totally void of any sympathy, he's great at the tortured soul/monster type character. Here his performance was quite consistent but also somewhat engrossing in the sense of, what sort of guy is this character, it was definately some of his weirdest moments on screen. But yeah, I'd like to see him play even more unhinged in a bigger movie, maybe a Statham flick, (yeah, like that'll happen.) And as for the fight between D and Austin, hmm it was probably not as good as some of the others in the movie, but it was certainly violent and I am aware of the time restrictions. Looking forward to his upcoming fights with Randy Couture and...Vinnie Jones(?) But yeah great fun, no plot really haha, but certainly well paced and a neatly "packaged" movie all round...see what I did there...
"Are we having fun yet?" - Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier