Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

adonis98-743-186503 When a madman kidnaps a young boy and rigs him with explosives, Ray defies his captain and takes matter into his own hands. Now he must beat the clock and save the innocent child. Countdown was mostly packed with WWE Wrestlers trying to act and beating up bad guys than being an actual good and entertaining flick but i will admit i do admire the fact that at least Kane tried a bit to do something different after those terrible 'See No Evil' flicks but i'm sorry Dolph Ziggler is no John Cena or even at least as amusing and cool as The Miz. (3/10)

david-sarkies Honestly, this movie is pretty bad. It is full of cliched characters and the plot is so unoriginal it literally made my eyes bleed. The only reason that I haven't given it a 1 is because the acting was half decent, which is somewhat surprising considering a bulk of the actors happen to be 'professional' wrestlers. Then again, they are wrestlers, and as we know, the whole wrestling scene are little more than scripted acts with no actual skill involved. Actually, I worked that out pretty quickly when one of the scenes was actually set at a wrestling match (and the sergeant was inordinately buff). Oh, and don't even get me started on the racial profiling. So, we have this cop that can't work with anybody else and likes to do things his own way (pretty cliched, I know), and he busts open a Russian gun smuggling ring but it put on suspension because he shot his partner just to prove that he was not a cop. Anyway, another Russian sends him a message with a video of a boy held hostage with a bomb strapped to him, and says that if he doesn't get millions of dollars he will blow the kid up. Oh, did I also mention that the bomb has a timer, so when they shoot the kidnapper, they then have to race against time to find the kid and defuse the bomb. Yep, pretty cliched. Oh, and there are some pretty unrealistic scenes in the film as well, particularly when he bursts into the Russian consulate, shoots up half the guards, and then not only beats up the ambassador but shoves a pen in his leg. Sure, the Russian crime boss comes after him later, but for some reason I don't think that has anything to do with the consulate because he had already upset him earlier in the movie. Oh, and not to forget that the Russian consulate happens to be a front for a gun smuggling operation - you see what I mean by racial profiling, the thing that I get from this film is that basically all Russians are crooks. Yeah, there really isn't anything about this film that sets itself apart from the multitude of other police dramas out there. Okay, I won't actually say that it is boring, but really, it certainly didn't suspend my disbelief. Oh, and need I mention that once the film is all done and finished, he actually doesn't get into any trouble, despite the fact that he beat up half the police in the station, and even kicked his captain in the nether regions. You see what I mean?

zardoz-13 "Turistas" director John Stockwell delivers an improbable but entertaining action thriller "Countdown" that qualifies as a genuine guilty pleasure. This WWF financed abduction opus concerns a mad Russian bomber who has strapped an explosives device to seven-year old child and demands a bundle of dough for his life. "Countdown" generates a sufficient amount of suspense and tension despite some uninspired performances. The derivative Richard ("Expendables 2") Wenk and Michael ("November Man") Finch screenplay manages to create some white-knuckled excitement as an iconoclast Seattle detective, Ray Fitzpatrick (Dolph Ziggler), scrambles against the clock—about five hours or so—to locate the adolescent against nerve racking odds. Stockwell proves himself a fair hand at staging the action with some competence. "Countdown" could have been twice as pulsating in the hands of a director like either "Bourne Supremacy" director Paul Greengrass or "Nightwatch" helmer Timur Bekmambetov. Make no mistake, Stockwell doesn't malinger, but "Countdown" should have been an exercise in white-hot mayhem. Indeed, towards the end, Stockwell succeeds in ratcheting up the pace. "Pound of Flesh" lenser Cliff Hokanson captures the action from evocative camera angles, while composer Claude Foisy accentuates the pace with a sizzling orchestral score. The cast struggles to convince us that they are the real thing. Given several years, Ziggler could develop into a capable actor. In the meantime, he handles the demands of the physical action with just enough verve to compensate for his superficial acting. Ziggler surpasses his pedestrian but attractive co-star Katharine Isabelle who isn't believable at all. Glenn 'Kane' Jacobs musters more credibility as Ray's superior. The opening scene is somewhat interesting because our audacious detective shoots his undercover partner to make a believer out of the arms dealer that he is trying to bust. Altogether, "Countdown" contains enough kick and tick to land somewhere between routine and above-average. The Seattle scenery is a feast for the eyes.

Tony Heck "We have a bomb strapped to a kid somewhere in the city that only an unidentified dead man knows the location of, and we have 6 hours and 42 minutes to find him." Ray (Ziggler) is a detective who hasn't been the same since he lost his son. He keeps crossing the line and is finally facing suspension. When he finds out that a young boy has been kidnapped and strapped to a bomb he ignores his suspension and sets out to find him before its too late. Now, facing a deadline Ray and IA officer Julia Baker (Isabelle) put their differences aside in order to save the boy. This is a movie that has a great plot, it is very tense and exciting to watch it unfold. The one thing it is missing are the actors to really pull off the drama needed. Going in, since this is a WWE movie that is to be expected but it still seemed to hurt the movie. That said though, this is perhaps the best WWE movie to date. Overall, a movie with a great and tense story that actually makes up for the lack of dramatic acting and is actually pretty good in spite of itself. I surprisingly give this a high B.