Baseshment
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Philippa
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
luvrmny
I knew I was in trouble when I rented this movie. I asked the clerk when it was due back and he said, "Never mind, you keep it!" Wow! I rented it off of the 2 for $1.00 rack and I had a one half off coupon. Net cost to me was only 25 cents and I still feel I was ripped off. After struggling through the movie (I admit, *I cheated and did a lot of fast forwards), I knew, I just knew, that the lead actor and the producer would be one in the same.....Am I psychic or what?? It really threw me as to how Eli and his wife were this dude's parents...I mean, he spoke with some unidentifiable accent and Eli was just a "down home, good ole boy". I kept waiting to hear he was adopted or raised by wolves, but no explanation was given. The guy who played Eli (Alex Zonn) was the only talent in the film. The writer and director were the same person. The lead actor was the producer. The editing was chaotic. It looked like an artsy-craftsy high school project. Final project grade: D-
mostlycarbon
Honestly I wonder how a film like this gets made. I cannot imagine that at a casting call with any number of actors (besides one) that this guy was the BEST? While it was being shot could they not tell? It might have been a passable film with another lead. It's hard to tell though because I could not get past the incredibly uninspired deadpan tough-guy thing that the Lead was trying to pull off. It was almost painful to watch. As a matter of fact the film was so bad that I made this account for the sole purpose of warning others not to waste the time/bandwidth/rental required to see this movie. I've read reviews here at IMDb for a while but have never been so moved as to actually NEED to comment.
nathan-yeo
Some body got ahold of the paint by numbers manual of bad 90's str8 2 video movie. RULE. 1 one the hero must be a cop with a mysterious military pass. RULE. 2 have him be part of some secret police unit. RULE. 3 He should be the lone-wolf rainmaker of the unit. that unit should be corrupt and incompetent. RULE. 4 He should turn against that unit protecting a call-girl or prostitute, or gangster-moll. That's this movie except there's no body count, I don't remember any-one getting killed. mainly because I was to busy trying to figure out what accent he was speaking with. besides the accent he's doing this gruff Clenched-Jaw Clint Eastwood impression. In one scene he mumbles to a kid "Why do you have gold-teeth?" the kid retorts back "My father bought them for me." He then head-butts the poor lad and knocks them out. (WTF!!)(WTF)
eadverts
I give them credit for trying. It's a really bad movie though. It try's too hard. There are moments of talent showing through in the cinematography but other than that, forget it. I feel really bad for any of the actors who might actually have talent who appeared in this movie, because it doesn't show here. AND, what the hell is up with the lead actors voice? He must be reading all his lines phonetically, which would actually show some talent, but it is just a horrible performance. Did he intend to sound this way? Did he make an effort to sound this way all through the movie? The most interesting thing about this movie, is trying to figure out what the hell this guy is doing with his voice and if he can actually speak English.
