Let me start by saying that I think Gary Daniels is a great martial artist and a good actor. Unfortunately, his martial arts skills and acting ability can't save this lame flick.
The box cover for Black Friday shows Gary Daniels holding a sword, but he never uses a sword in the entire film. In fact, a sword never appears in the film at all.
The beginning includes a long scene between Gary and an Oriental woman that has absolutely no significance to the plot at all.
The pacing is so slow at points that I started fast forwarding through it. This is compounded by the overuse of slow-motion sequences throughout the film. There's even a mind-numbing fifteen minute scene using a wide-angle camera shot of Gary and another actor sitting on a bench talking.
There are two overly long fight sequences that are poorly staged and poorly filmed.
There's also a laughably bad explosion scene that looks entirely fake.
Another bad aspect of this film is the blaring music that accompanies almost every scene. A good sound track can enhance a film, but here it's just plain distracting.
A bad script and poor direction make this flick one to skip.
