I was
bored one evening and looking through Netflix to find something to
watch and then i saw him, Wesley Snipes on the cover of a movie and i
thought to myself, this could be interesting.
Secret
Ops agent Marcus is sent to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and
they who are financing him.
In
our lead as the Secret Ops agent Marcus we have Wesley Snipes(who is
known for his work on Blade, Passanger 57, Demolition Man). Snipes
doesn't really look like he cares about what he's doing here. It feel
like he's there just for a payday and that's really not a good way to
play a character. His character is more or less what i wrote earlier.
He's a trained agent who knows how to fight and shoot. He has no
character-arc or growth. So Marcus's assignment is to gather intel on
Frank Smith(played by Robert Davi who is known for his work on
Predator 2, James Bond: Licence to Kill, Die Hard), who is an arms
dealer, and John Redvale(played by Quinn Duffy who is known for his
work on The Corporate Ladder, Playback, The Nutty Professor), who is
an hedge fund manager. Marcus gets himself hired as Frank Smith's
bodyguard and goes with him to the Redvale building where Frank Smith
is going to get $100,000,000 in cash. The car with Marcus and Frank
Smith gets attacked by unknown men. Marcus's mentor Dietrich and
several other CIA agents are in a helicopter above as backup but the
other agents kill Dietrich and starts a plot to steal the
$100,000,000. Marcus and Frank Smith survives the attack but a new
problem presents in the heat of the battle with Frank Smith is having
a Heart Attack. Marcus drives to a hospital with the agents,
Floria(played by Zoë Bell who is known for her work on Death Proof,
Bitch Slap, Django Unchained) and Zander(played by Gary Daniels who
is known for his work on Tekken, The Expendables, The Mark), and
their team hot on their heels.
As
you might have understood by reading what i wrote over this is not a
groundbreaking story in anyway. It doesn't try anything more than
what it says on the box and it's kinda predictable. So here you have
a predictable story with very flat and boring dialog and characters
without any development, all this makes for a very boring movie. The
pacing of the movie get really broken because of the editing of the
movie with some unnecessary flashbacks and some very weird fades here
and there. The whole movie is literally in a flashback which means
that you know Marcus is going to be fine. I don't know if it would
have made the movie better if he died but not knowing is important
when you are watching a movie like this. They removed all suspense
with showing us that he will be ok at the end. So how is the action?
It's kinda ok. It's sometimes slow and awkward but it's not the worst
i have seen but it's far from enough too save this 98 minute train
wreck.
So
just to get this out there, i have nothing against Wesley Snipes. I
even like some of the movies he's been in but this is not one of
them. It lacks imagination, good editing and a real script. Some of
the actors feels like they don't even wanna be there. That with the
lack of tension and bad pacing makes this a movie you really don't
need to see.
TL;DR
Bad
dialog, ok action, weak story with no surprises. The pacing is off
and that's impressive since it's only 98 minutes long. No need to
watch this.
My question for you:
Is there really a place for this kind of straight-to-DVD movies
still?
What is your favorite Wesley Snipes role?
Please
leave a comment(negative,positive, suggestions or/and answers).
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