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shocked at the IMDB ratings

posted 10 years ago by Sweet_and_Lowdown77
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I'm a little shocked at its low score. I was expecting to see high "6" maybe even "7"
It's not a perfect film, but 45 "1" votes is ridiculous.

This was a film, that by and large, got stellar reviews. It won the director an award as "best director" voted by fans for an action website. It was also honored by the Webby Awards for writing.
Not many action films get honored for their scripts.

It was made in 18 days with only $1 million.
The action in this film compares well with films that have budgets 10 to 20 times greater.
The story and performances are also very good.

I mean, if folks really hate it, it's a free country and they're allowed to vote however they want. But it seems like this is a victim of negative ballot stuffing.

Why such hate for this little film? I mean... it was even FREE. No one wasted any money watching this film - they didn't have to go out to a theater. It was made for crackle which is a free website.

When I made this post 3 days ago it had 39 "1" votes. Now it has 45? It just seems odd. The film's been out since Sept 2013. 2 weeks ago this had a 6.0 overall rating and 20 "1" votes.

[–] cableaddict 10 years ago

I'd blame it on the acting.

Mainly John Foo and Sean Austin. One is just a terrible actor, the other is a great actor who was horribly miscast. Both stunk up the joint in this film.

Even Danny Glover did a horrible job. He looked & sounded like he was drugged-out the entire time.

The only thing that saved this movie, besides the great direction & editing, was Joanne Kelly. Hentschel was also terrific in his role, but his screen time wasn't large enough to negate the incredibly wooden performances of his male co-actors.

The director did an astounding job, especially given the budget, but bad acting is bad acting. (even in an action flick.)

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[–] cableaddict 10 years ago

^ That said, I would think fans of action flicks would really like this one.

The only other negative is that the middle third of the film is a bit boring, even cliche'd, but one can say that about alost ANY action flick. Personally, I thought the first "Expendables" remake was horrible, but I enjoyed this film, so ....

[–] Thenewnexus 9 years ago

"I'd blame it on the acting."

ITs an action film though who watches action film for acting,I thought Foo was alright in the role I would say this is his best acting(I have also seen him in Tekken and Bangkok Revenge) I do want to see more of him he is badass. Sean Astin was Just Sean Astin in this movie although I have not seen him in much since Lord of the Rings
I always enjoy watching Vinnie Jones

I gave this movie a 9/10 I thought the fight scenes were great,this way better than lots of those theatrical action films

You want tah fack wit me? You ah fACKING chioah boi compahed tu me ah chioah boi

[–] Sweet_and_Lowdown77 8 years ago

We disagree on Astin. I thought he was perfectly cast.

SPOILERS

People know Sean as the good buy (Rudy), etc. Casting him as the bad guy was great and you never saw it coming.

I thought Foo was definitely the weakest of the actors in terms of acting, but his ability to perform all his own stunts & fights ARE acting as well. The film could not have been done like this without Foo. Acting isn't simply talking. It's everything.

Glover definitely has had better days, but I disagree he sounded "drugged" out.

[–] Helio_Centric 9 years ago

I completely agree. I really enjoyed this film for what it was. Solid action film with good martial arts.

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