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Bruce Payne : worst actor ever ?


Probably not, but his performance in this film surely makes the Bottom 100.

I am not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing.

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meh

Somebody's coming up .... somebody serious

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It seemed like his voice was dubbed to me...maybe thats why

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It was laughably bad, from his American accent to his facial expressions. Sure he can't help the terrible script but his performance was horrible. At least Steven Berkoff was having fun even though he was off the wall and totally inappropriate for the film.

Also Natasha Henstridge is one of the least convincing police detectives I've seen in a film. When her character and Stephen Dorff's are having a drink in the Police bar it was beyond ridiculous.

Some of the ideas for the heists were interesting and it didn't really drag it's just it could have been entertaining like the original Taxi but because of the horrible script and mis-cast actors just turned into the worst turd of a film you'll ever find.

Just thinking of Bruce Payne in this film makes me laugh. Seriously how could they have watched the rushes after the first day of shooting and think it was acceptable.

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It was filmed by a french crew in french canada, i doubt any of them even spoke english. It also looks lile there were quite a few dubbed scenes. But as bad as bruce was berkoff was worse.

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I refuse to believe he wasn't intentionally hammy. It's just not possible.

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