by Nathan on 23 Jul 2019, 18:38
I'm with Tom on this one. I'd go as far as to say it is Dolph bottom 3 for me.
The main problem I have is that absolutely nothing happens in it. You come out of it wondering if you've sat there for 4 hours or for 15 minutes and for some reason can't mention one thing of note. The action and script are so unbelievably limp you have to wonder why they even bothered making it.
I can't imagine they even had a good time shooting this one as it literally is one of the most flaccid and boring things I've ever watched. Dolph looks bored out of his mind.
There are really no redeeming features for this one. The location, direction, acting, camerawork, script, action (what little there is of it) and bad guys are utterly banal and uninteresting. Pretty much the full time I was scratching my head wondering why they made this. It shows no flair, passion or like anyone was remotely interested.
I could have bet money on what they would show in the trailer and in what order and even the trailer makes it look bland. Honestly I'm not surprised the DTV market is dead.
The way I see it is; these guys had fans. The producers scrimp on budget so you get a shit film. The die-hard fans still buy the shit film but the casual audience don't. The producers scrimp a little more and just get the actor in for a couple of days so they can call them the lead. The die-hard fans get pissed off and don't bother buying anymore.
It's not that Netflix or any other platform is successful because of the release platform. It's because of the quality. Look at something like Triple Threat. It's not ground-breaking but the action is fantastic. The fights are as good as anything in John Wick.
The DTV market dying is not because of the audience, it's because of the producers' disdain for the audience. The Tracker is a new low for Dolph.
"Are we having fun yet?" - Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier