If you find yourself in need of rest and don’t have a bottle
of Sominex or even Benadryl on hand then you might want to consider popping
this movie into your machine. It truly is a bad movie on all levels and while
it’s classified as an action film the odds are it will help you sleep in no
time flat.
Michael Jai White stars as special operative James Webster
who has just finished a tour of duty and returned home. At his return party his
brother seems concerned after a phone call but assures James it’s nothing and
that he’ll explain it all later. He never gets the chance as he’s murdered
during the night. Now James tried to find out who is responsible with vengeance
on his mind.
As he digs deeper into what happened James discovers a plot
involving members of the government and a shipment of drugs. How his brother is
tied in isn’t revealed until later in the film. As he continues his
investigation the drug runners try to put an end to it as fast as possible. The
head man even calls in a professional to assist him in the form of Ray Peters
(Steve Austin). The odd thing is that after calling him in his man keeps
telling him they can handle things and yet never seem able to do so.
I like Michael Jai White. I came to know his career first
when he appeared as Spawn in the movie of the same name. Critics hated the
movie but I enjoyed it. I thought he did a great job. Years later I loved his
performance and creativity with BLACK DYNAMITE, a movie I still recommend to
people. So when I see him in movies like this it pains me. He has far more
potential than it seems Hollywood is willing to allow him to live up to. That’s
too bad because he deserves better than this.
As much of a waste as White is here, Austin is even worse.
While he’s not the greatest of actors he has shown he is capable of handling a
decent role and here he doesn’t get the opportunity to do squat. He’s given
lengthy tirades to direct at the man who hired him that don’t even come up to
par with the promos he did while working in the WWE. Worse yet, he has fewer
action scenes here than almost anyone in the movie. Why hire someone who is
known for that and keep them from it?
It’s difficult to decide what the worst thing on display
here is. The script is terrible with dialogue that is below second rate. The
cinematography is passable but below standard. The sets look terrible and out
of place, especially the bad guy’s office. They show a glass building from the
outside and when we go to the office it’s a hole in the wall with an old steam
pipe heater by the windows that look nothing like the windows seen outside. The
devil is in the details and no details were even considered here.
I hate to say a movie it terrible beyond belief. I know that
the efforts of people who do things from being grips to set decorators to
wardrobe people to assistants are behind every movie made. But whoever was at
the helm of this movie let down that entire staff and owes them a deep apology.
This is one movie that I have to say you should stay clear of at all costs.
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