Predrag
Weighing in at only 76 minutes, it is a nice filler when you have a little time to kill and don't want to get involved with a longer, more engaging film. That's the way I used it, and as such, it served the purpose pretty well. Yes, as reviewers point out, there is a bit of coca-mamie business at the beginning which is irrelevant to the rest of the film, something about a prison area and the need of passports. Forget it, except for a sequence at the very end, it plays no role at all to which you need attend. True also, 95% of the action is in a limited area which seems fully equipped with endless corridors, dungeons and assorted hiding places. To me this simply meant that the whole film was really only what would be a segment of a longer movie. Why worry. Yes, I, too, noticed that the X-man was capable of extraordinary killing power against presumably trained policemen, some of whom wore protective gear, others of whom wore none, with no apparent ill-effects. One can point out other elements which can contribute to a moment's bemusement; however, the point is, that by accepting these without quibble, over-all it is a not bad way to fill 76 minutes. There is action, there are untenable situations from which to escape, there is a lot of shooting, and a woman comes out top-dog. Although, this was not one of his better movies, I like Christopher Lambert, and there was a lot of action.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
ultrasroma1975
While I agree to a certain extent that sometimes the gloomy atmosphere in this flick is catchy, I agree with most of the users that Adrenalin is going nowhere. It's a simple cat and mouse movie in a abandoned place, with lots of inconsistencies.For example, the policemen's American names along with the fact that the movie should depict Boston contradicts with the Romanian police uniforms (look at the flag on the patches strapped on their shoulders) and their cars (by the way you'll never find cars so old and rusty even in the 70' thrash Italian movies!!!) with the "Policia" name. One clear sign that this is a very low budget movie, shot probably in one of these cheap Eastern-Europe countries.Forget about the whole movie. I should have known better, that the this was going to be a terrible one, after seeing Christophe Lambert name on the VHS.
Masztaar
ok everyone, i saw this movie 96 when it came out, now its 2003 so its pretty hard to remember everything, but i started thinking about the movie when i saw the first(displayed) user comment on the pathetic movie "Original Sin". Adrenalin is something that does not deserve to be called a movie. By far, its the most useless movie ever created in the history of movies.. and i recommend you all to watch it so you all can agree with me, i bet every user on IMDB has seen a terribly bad movie sometime in their life, but i can brag by saying that ive seen a movie even worse, man i can´t even discribe how useless it is, but believe me, once youv´e seen it you´ll be deeply depressed..
Zargo
If you let the movie suck you in then you'll be in for a tense and exciting 76 minutes. If you sit there and let your mind wander and start thinking about things such as why the police cars in the movie all have policia written on them when the movie is set in an American city (Boston I think...), you'll be in for a very boring time, and you'll probably agree with the lowly rating that this movie has on this site.
It's an interesting and unique movie though, and doesn't deserve to be named one of the all-time stinkers. If you're looking for better Albert Pyun, and better Christopher Lambert, then tune in to their second project together, 'Mean Guns'.
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