by Nathan on 30 Dec 2015, 14:00
Watched this yesterday. It wasn't bad, some decent fights in it, well choreographed with nice long takes and wide shots. Dolph didn't have too much fighting to do but I'm guessing his limited time on set dictated that. His character was in it quite a lot though (there were a lot of supporting characters, even though Matthew Reese was the lead, he wasn't in it a great deal considering). Dolph's performance was more engaged as of late, I was surprised to see him go 'full retard' as described in Tropic Thunder haha, and I'm sure that with a more serious Shawshanky type prison drama and more character development he could have really given a great performance, given the extra opportunity. Chuck Lidell was good as the villain too and the end fight was one of the nicest lit in comparison with the rest of the film, which was patchy in places - e.g. the scenes set in one of the female characters houses were badly lit/over lit and look like they were from a student film. All in all though, pretty passable, clearly low budget (more CGI muzzle flashes but not as obvious as BOR). Looking forward to Larceny and seeing Dolph centre stage again.
"Are we having fun yet?" - Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier