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This had so much potential


Arg...some parts were good, most were awful.

Like Damn, arg...if only...:(

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It started out bad, then got worse. The cliches just kept coming so fast.

I almost turned it off when they were handed their weapons in the hangar, with the terribly-done cliche where the token CIA lackey recites (badly) what each weapon is laundry-list style.

Then it got worse when they engaged in their first "firefight" the minute they crossed the border. Couldn't someone even TRY to direct them to make them appear like they knew what they were doing? CGI muzzle flashes. Wow.

Then it gets worse when they walk into the first town they come to like The Magnificent Seven, right down the middle of the "street".

Then it gets worse when the token native girl comes out to talk to them and try to join up with them. I turned it off then.

I love Kristanna Loken, and I cry a little inside every time she makes trash like this (or BloodRayne!)

Cynthia Rothrock looks embalmed.

Vivica A. Fox mailed it in, she's been a disappointment for years.

Brigitte needs to give up, nobody is going to give her a serious role since she touched Flava Flave.

The rest of the cast can just hope that they can deny having been in this movie.

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It needed a bigger budget & a better script. Still it was passable for a low budget action film but I agree it could've been even better.

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