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For the first five minutes the movie, which thinks it has clever title, it might look decent with cool visual and noir vibe, then it literally falls apart with every following scenes. The plot makes little sense, the acting consist of the males trying to be as comically macho as possible while the ladies seem like they're auditioning for porn intro. The action is on another league of laughably bad with abundance of cheap and silly effects.

Story follows many different characters, who the movie introduces with amateur imitation of Tarantino style. The multi-perspective immediately falters with poor logic and overly convenient melodramatic subplots. One scene has Danny Trejo performing dramatic monologue like he's in telenovela. It tries to string together several agendas with climatic twist only to end up with severe inconsistency.

Normally, I wouldn't nitpick much about acting, but it has one of the most absurd performances even on B-movie standard. Natassia Malthe as Christine is utterly bizarre. It's like she's under the influence of anesthetic or laughing gas from dentist and trying to resist the effect during filming. Her expressions are forced and just unnaturally disrupting on almost every scenes she's in.

Most of the men are rough agents or rougher antagonists. Danny Trejo alone should suffice for gruff character, but here everyone grunt, swear and try to look humorously manly as though they are on Marlboro commercial. The ladies are painfully over acted. It doesn't matter who the character is, every girl winks or flirts, sometimes directly to the camera. I'm surprised they didn't just suck lollipop and moan instead of delivering their lines.

Action is all kinds of bad. It makes mid-tier Bollywood movies look like Oscar material for choreography. Punches and kicks miss while baddies fly across the room. Everyone is trigger happy, literally shooting anyone without little to no provocation, but they lack the self-preservation instinct to take cover. Then we have the crappy slow-mo with flare effect painted on the gun. It's mesmerizingly bad.

If there's any shining light on this black mess, it's that Johnny Messner as the lead Brian is not bad. He brings effort for his character and he would've been a more decent lead if given the right material. Dolph Lundgren is also pretty good, most of the revelation hinges on him and he did try. Still, the problem with original material persists, they just seems underutilized here.

There are a lot flaws, either in writing or choreography, yet the movie pretends they don't exist and continue to play western music or some macho gibberish. It honestly looks like spoof of action, but I fear it actually tries to be gritty. In that case, one should still view it as parody for more amusement or simply forget it entirely.

What drew me into seeing 'The Good, The Bad and the Dead' in the first place? The reasonably likeable cast, a potentially intriguing story and that it was part of my low budget completest quest and popped up in my recommended for you section. Was also a bit apprehensive, with a less than favourable rating and generally reviews that were lukewarm at best and most being very negative.

'The Good, The Bad and the Dead', when checking it out, certainly could have been much worse. There are definitely worse films about, of the genre and overall. Is it a good film let alone a great one? Not even close. Did it use its potential? No. Is it that bad? Not quite. Does it has redeeming qualities? Yes, but not many. To me, while having learnt not to trust ratings and not worry about going against the grain (though am in the minority here who respects critics opinions and tend to be on the same, or slightly above or below, page as them), the rating is about right and do have to agree with the criticisms here. This is coming from someone who did want to sort of like it.

Johnny Messner and Dolph Lundgren fare quite well and give charisma and engagement. Messner gives the better performance of the two and by far and large the best thing about 'The Good, The Bad and the Dead'.

Some of the story intrigued, with a very promising beginning, and the music while not the most memorable is at least listenable.

Unfortunately, Danny Trejo cannot save it in a role that should have been perfect for him and over-compensates from start to finish of his screen time. Natassia Malfe is just weird and not in a good way. None of the characters are developed enough and are very difficult to get behind, in a film with far too many and some not necessary to the story. 'The Good, The Bad and The Dead' looks cheap, especially the badly organised and sometimes incomprehensible editing. The action is both dull and chaotic, there is nothing exciting and it's choreographed with no enthusiasm or finesse.

The script is too talky and has no tautness, the pace is flabby and the story gets far too complicated, again from trying to do too much, with any twist attempts being extremely predictable. The direction seemed indicative of lack of experience or ease.

Overall, not horrendous but severely lacking in many areas. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Where do older actors go to retire? I don't know - but they're in movies like this one just prior. Stars Trejo, Lundgren, and Pare - older action stars. Also stars several B-listers as well: Messner, Fox, and Malthe, among them. The plot's been done many a time, drug deal gone bad and the money's in the back of the vehicle to be found, and pursued. This could have been a good movie, but wasn't. The production values are pretty good. The acting isn't. You'd be better off watching something else. I rented this one for $4, and wished I hadn't. I didn't find this one to have been worth watching, wouldn't have paid a dollar to watch it had I known better.

The story, the interiors and the fighting will remind you of something you have already seen or of a bad TV movie.

The acting sometimes is really unconvincing (dialogue too) but there is something in this film that you would never expect: when Michael Paré (the Sheriff) or Dolph Lundgren are on, the movie for a moment starts to work as if it were a normal, enjoyable flick!

It doesn't last long, the two of them could not save the film. But this was something I didn't expect from Ivan Drago and I'm more than glad to have it witnessed and to pay my respects to him with this note.

The film, besides that, was too boring...

Well almost the title then. Although in Germany they have a different one and kind of seem to want to compare it to a Western (Good, bad and the Dead). And that's not that far off the mark (no pun intended). Unfortunately the movie never really satisfies completely. It tries too much for its own good.

And while Danny Trejo is always a natural and has his charisma just because of who he is in real life, there is not really empathy that the viewer can feel for the characters involved. So the twists and turns that predictably come, do not really shock that much (maybe surprise a couple of viewers at best). Mediocre if you set your expectations low

Another day and another low budget, straight to Pay TV, sub Tarantino action thriller with B movie actors.

Johnny Messner is Brian Barnes who comes around suffering a bullet wound, surrounded by dead bodies and dynamic titles telling you who all the main characters are.

Brian is a bad boy who has managed to get out alive but he needs to piece back his life together because he really had forgotten who he is and how he got into this mess.

Dolph Lundgren is the smart law agent who is investigating the killings. Micheal Pare is the crooked sheriff who has found a case full of money and is tempted to take it all. Danny Trejo is the ruthless crime lord who has lost a shed load of money and is looking to get it. Worse still his son bizarrely ran away to become a policeman and he was also killed in the incident. Trejo wants his son's death avenged.

Conveniently the various plot strands come together for contrived shoot outs as the bad guys drop one by one. Brian gets his memories back piecemeal and completes the jigsaw and Lundgren tries to stay one step ahead. The audience will have got a better grasp of where it's all heading in this poorly written film.

The film wants to be a hip smart thriller but the plotting is just too convenient. Having Vivicia Fox along with Trejo just reminds us too much of better Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez films.

Too stupid for words is what this movie is. you've seen it all before. drugs, money, guns, it's all here. i watched it cause it had some name actors and was billed as an action movie. some actors will do any piece of crap for a paycheck. Lundgren, Trejo, Pare are these actors. they are all very wooden and just going thru the motions here. Messner gave the best performance here and was most believable in his role. i finished watching it only cause i was invested in seeing how it would turn out. this is straight to DVD crap or Netflix. there are a few double crosses here and no one is to be trusted. it was totally stupid who gets away with the money in the end. a real disappointment this movie was considering the talent involved. i guess they were all between better projects. Lundgren should kiss Stallone's ass for giving him a career.

Even the good actors (which is why i tried to watch it) are so bad i almost cried. First few minutes looks good, the rest is just horrible and pain to watch. Didnt make it to the end. Had to delete it asap

A shoot'em up bang bang bore.

OMG this flick is a real attention tester. I just lost interest and forced myself to try to watch this dusty hot mess because Danny Trejo is in it and I think his camera time was maybe ten minutes. Dialog bad, actors bad, story boring.

And Dolph Lundgren really looks bad and old. Well I guess he is old but his acting talents haven't improved with age. And Danny (who is usually fun to watch) is just a pointless character that could have been played by an unknown actor. It doesn't matter here in this flick anyway.

Bad is bad and 4Got10 is text book bad. A bore!

In select films there are stars who grasp at straws to entertain, 4 Got 10 is that film. Having Dolph Lundgren, Johnny Messner, Vivica A. Fox AND Danny Trejo involved in this film, one would expect a solid storyline. Instead we get a horrendous screenplay written, acting at it's worst, terrible cinematography and baseless fake action. Seriously a waste of time on this film.

A really terrible movie, laughably bad. This movie shows where old actors go to die. Dolph was the big name here and he couldn't carry this one & failed with the rest. Because failure was everywhere the director is accountable. Acting was weak. The actors were usually making forced movements, more stiff and mechanical, not like real people would move. The dialogue was over acted, to loud, and too dramatic. Normal people don't talk like this. The score was pathetic, usually wrong for the scene, often too loud, sometimes like circus music. The transitions between scenes was too abrupt, not smooth or seamless. Photography & lighting was as if there was only one camera and they only did one take. There was no socially redeeming quality to be found. Everybody was self centered, power hungry, and of poor character, i.e. everybody was a bad guy. The current normal recipe for a hollywood action/drama flick was followed: Lots of guns, shootouts, fights, chases, wanton sexual intercourse (Though no skin in this one), bad abrasive/attitudes, drugs, and alcohol. As much as hollywood tells everyone how bad guns are they surely sell them as the answer to everything. 'Do as I say do, not as I do'. Save yourself 84 minutes of your life that you will not get back and pass on this one.

(2015) 4 Got 10 ACTION

Tarantino-esque similar to the likes of "Pulp Fiction" and "Snatch" with Brian (Johnny Messner) waking up from a gun fight and gets knocked unconscious during the scuffle. By the time he gains consciousness again, he gets amnesia with brief flashbacks. Two sheriffs eventually show up to the scene with one of them shooting the other deputy on the back, when one of them discovers 3 million in cash stashed in a bag. DEA agent, Bob (Dolph Lundgren) shows up at the crime scene with more revelations to follow, including the woman in charge of the case,DEA Imani (Vivica A Fox) who's attempting to nab drug cartel, Mateo Perez (Danny Trejo) who in turn seeking retribution for the death of his brother who we find out later that he used to work as a deputy.

There is just certain characters I liked and the movie chose to kill them off.

I really wanted this movie to be good. Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Vivaca Fox, and such a promising beginning. Unfortunately like a lot of the people who have already reviewed this movie has said, it got bad and kept getting worse. I had to bail about halfway through because there was no way I was going to be able to continue to subject myself to this movie.

Ambitious C-movie, which, thanks to a passable look, shoots close to the B category in a crisp 85 minutes.

As expected, the many familiar faces serve every known cliché, which can probably be considered fan service in this sector. Many, perhaps a few too many characters, to bundle a common material from so many threads may be successful for the idols Tarantino and Ritchie, but not for Mr. Woodward. Where else do they steal? Score ala Desperado, shootouts in the spirit of John Woo. But why not, "it does what it's supposed to do".

In most rankings, 4Got10 gets a 4 out 10, with a good mood at the viewing, it could be a 5.

Acting bad! Plot stupid! Script...... horrible!

There is nothing good about this turd! Wasted time on this and wish I'd done something else... anything else!

I'm a big fan of the Legendary Danny Trejo but here he's got a small bad guy role & doesn't really do much.

Simply a B-movie Action flick that's got nothing good about it or anything memorable. Poor film.

I've enjoyed a lot of Dolph Lundgren's action flicks - even his numerous low-budget sale-bin offerings. Dolph reliably brings a presence that makes them at least passable, if not all the way up to guilty pleasures.

This one's an outlier, as he plays the nerdiest DEA agent to ever leave his desk for time in the field in a non-comedy. He reminds me of Michael Douglas' geeky turn in Falling Down, first appearing in a nearly identical clothes and Poindexter glasses. The guy looks and acts like an unusually tall guy from accounting or tech support to absolutely no perceptible advantage.

Mercifully, despite his top billing, he's not the star in this rambling twisty crime tale. The plot lurches among the players with good guys turning out not so good, and bad guys who may not be all that bad. It plays out as if they had a dartboard with dozens of scenarios and used whatever the dart hit, in whatever order they were thrown.

Probably Dolph's most missable movie.