Years after taking the blame for a rescue mission turned sour and nearly being killed himself, Michael Bishop is working as a body guard for an arms dealer and his wife. When the same assassin kills them both he is forced to investigate a possible conspiracy within the intelligence services, eventually joining forces with FBI Agent Louise Castle to get to the head of the plot.
I watched this film a few nights ago when I noticed the cast I thought I hadn't seen it before and didn't realise that I had until the final ten minutes when one scene triggered my memory. That is an indication of what I thought of this film it is wholly unmemorable. That is not to say it is awful, merely that it isn't very good and you'll be unlikely to ever watch it again unless, like me, you forget you've ever seen it. The plot is OK but not delivered as well as one would have hoped but still passes the time without doing anything too special. It occasionally has moments of action but mostly it just putters along. Certainly anyone looking to see martial arts action on the strength of Dacascos (as I was) will be mostly let down.
The twists in the plot are good but not as shocking or as dramatic as they should have been again due to the delivery. The climax is good on paper but somehow it simply doesn't come off perhaps the complex plot was not developed and explained as well as it needed thus making plot twists less dramatic.
On paper the cast are good but in practice they are not. Dacascos is someone I always enjoy but he is not a great actor. Here his best moments come when action is called for. Moss is interesting to watch post-Matrix, she is OK but I wonder why she wasn't credited on this film after all she WAS credited on Lethal Tender around about the same time and it wasn't any better than this. Continuing the list of well known faces, Todd (Candyman) was a good bad guy and lifted his scenes, Graham Greene and John Neville were given little to do and did appear to be slumming it a bit (esp Neville in a horrid camp role).
Overall if you are looking for a way to pass 99 minutes and aren't too bothered about forgetting as soon as you stop the tape then this is OK, otherwise you'd best leave this. On paper it all looked good but the delivery is weak and the film suffers as a result.
I watched this film a few nights ago when I noticed the cast I thought I hadn't seen it before and didn't realise that I had until the final ten minutes when one scene triggered my memory. That is an indication of what I thought of this film it is wholly unmemorable. That is not to say it is awful, merely that it isn't very good and you'll be unlikely to ever watch it again unless, like me, you forget you've ever seen it. The plot is OK but not delivered as well as one would have hoped but still passes the time without doing anything too special. It occasionally has moments of action but mostly it just putters along. Certainly anyone looking to see martial arts action on the strength of Dacascos (as I was) will be mostly let down.
The twists in the plot are good but not as shocking or as dramatic as they should have been again due to the delivery. The climax is good on paper but somehow it simply doesn't come off perhaps the complex plot was not developed and explained as well as it needed thus making plot twists less dramatic.
On paper the cast are good but in practice they are not. Dacascos is someone I always enjoy but he is not a great actor. Here his best moments come when action is called for. Moss is interesting to watch post-Matrix, she is OK but I wonder why she wasn't credited on this film after all she WAS credited on Lethal Tender around about the same time and it wasn't any better than this. Continuing the list of well known faces, Todd (Candyman) was a good bad guy and lifted his scenes, Graham Greene and John Neville were given little to do and did appear to be slumming it a bit (esp Neville in a horrid camp role).
Overall if you are looking for a way to pass 99 minutes and aren't too bothered about forgetting as soon as you stop the tape then this is OK, otherwise you'd best leave this. On paper it all looked good but the delivery is weak and the film suffers as a result.