Underrated Movies from the Masters of Action Cinema by Tom
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2022/09/ ... on-cinema/Dolph Lundgren – Silent Trigger
Dolph Lundgren at the height of his VHS era pull, stars in a film directed by Russell Mulcahy, fresh off a series of underperforming theatrical releases such as Ricochet, The Real McCoy and The Shadow. Dolph is pictured on the artwork with a massive sniper rifle, promising plenty of carnage. What is delivered is a surprisingly esoteric psychological thriller, largely confined to one building (aside from flashbacks), with only four central characters.
There’s plenty of simplicity to the main plot, where the shooter and his spotter await a target they’re to take out from the confines of their isolated tower building. They have a complicated relationship from the previous job and Lundgren is edgy and paranoid after a career of killing people for faceless overlords. If it were made today it might have been directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, or perhaps made by Robert Eggers and Robert Pattinson for A24. The film still has an odd friction between loftier artistic sensibilities and delivering a Lundgren action vehicle. Despite the inconsistencies, it’s still pretty interesting when it works.
Love this idea, didn't think of it before but you're right, I don't know if Refn ever saw ST but he would probably dig it:
If it were made today it might have been directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, or perhaps made by Robert Eggers and Robert Pattinson for A24.