I like Seagal and Van Damme, but The Cutter was a fine direct to dvd action movie. Considering it was Norris Retirement movie(before being back in the expendables as a guest star) i say he did pretty fine. Daniel Bernhardt may not be an A-list actor, but he deserve his credit in the martial art gender and in 2005 was still not that old for a main vilain.
Norris did a fine job and the movie was entertaining. Sure it was direct to dvd stuff but as some said it was better than some Seagals, some Van Dammes and other DTV.
When it comes to Seagal and Van Damme, its either hit or miss, Seagal always goes on a kinda weird path... he produce his own movies, always make himself the star of them, and sometims i think it work fine and i enjoy the movie( Dangerous Man for exemple) and other times it dosen't. Last one i saw was Maximum Conviction wich is i think his last one, and it was nice, not SUPER GOOD, but definately nice, but Steve Austin put out most of the show.
Van Damme... he had a deep period, where most of his stuff was not that good, but in the latest years, seem like what he did was not that bad actually, quite entertaining. Maybe not Bloodsport/Lionheart quality, but still fun. Universal Soldier Regeneration was very fun, Assassination games a pretty good story with nice antion, 6 Bullets was a very nice little DTV movie overall. He was awesome in Expendables 2 as the vilain. Dragon Eyes was pretty much terrible but i blame the writers... as Mr Van Damme scene where very fine, and Cung Le fought well in it, the story was crap. Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning was sadly disapointing, but i also blame the writers, as i hated the story... Adkins acting was fine, his action scene(too few of them) where pretty good, and Van Damme was more or less just a guest star.
In any case i think Van Damme futur is ok, as long as we don't expect to see him again put out another bloodsport. He can still make decent DTV movies.
My biggest wish is to see a new generation bloodsport, not a remake per say, as it would need to fit this generation(wich is more MMA oriented) but Van Damme could be the professor, the old teacher showing the way and preparing a new champion of the kumite, still keeping the story of the first Bloodsport intact.
Alice is the worst character of all time, she need to die in the last movie. Chris/Jill are RE !!!
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