phanthinga Without Isaac Florentine there would be no Scott Adkins today as Yuri Boyka'The most complete fighter in the world' so i can see why this movie Close Range (2015) let down many people.Compare with such series like Undisputed and Ninja from his previous works Close Range is a pretty average and tired action movie.You can still enjoy this movie for the action packed deliver by Scott Adkins incredible talent and Isaac well choreographed fight scene but i guess the high expectations kill this movie right from the start.Recommend for hardcore Scott Adkins fan only

nikola17 first of all this movie is very underrated, very fun to watch a lot of kicking martial arts Scott Adkins is best lead role ever ! i would highly recommend for Action fans to watch this movie if you guys love Scott Adkins and Isaac Florentine you should check this out this is one of Very Non Stop Action Movies Scott Adkins kicked a lot of ass, a lot of martial arts moves fights a lot of them just goes Non Stop completely Storyline there is but short one because movie goes for 1h,20 min. Plot is A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight (Scott Adkins) Colton MacReady went to place and All Cartels are kick's Mexican Cartel ass to get his niece back after been kidnapped buy them, Colton killed Victor Garcia (Ray Diaz) Cartel Boss of Son father founds out guy who was in EX Special Forces Marines from Sheriff Jasper Calloway corrupt sheriff (Nick Chinlund) told him that Colton killed his son father Fernando Garcia (Tony Perez)all cartel's and one of dirty cops coming after family Angela Reynolds, Hailey Reynolds are his family his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter. are in danger he is has to product them while he is doing that the killed a lot of ass in movie camera movement is very interesting movement in one single fight with one shot no cut to cut scenes very well made no fake staff Scott Adkins got new moves for fight scenes movie went on and on with action very short movie, with big action to it Scott Adkins is just badass in movie full on range with action. Scott Adkins was great in such badass roles like Undisputed 2 & 3 A lot of new Martial Arts and Action Projects like Hard Target 2 witch has noting to do with Jean Claude Van Damme film or the new Undisputed IV movie witch it looks mad in my opinion Scott Adkins is great actor honesty if you guys are action go and check this movie out !

kosmasp Something you might not expect of reading, with a low budget movie like this, but I really liked the stunt and camera work, which go hand in hand in this one. I won't waste too much time on "story". In this case this has nothing to do with spoiling it, because the story itself is not really exciting or anything extraordinary. But you wouldn't expect that anyway.Still very low and some of the acting to say the least does not help the movie either. But the stunt scenes are really well thought of, as are the camera angles and moves. I especially love the longer takes or the in your face (or hand) approach it takes. Again, this is small/low budget, so it's not like there is other things that are amazing (like locations, set design, even some of the "blood" effects seem more than cheap), but it can still work - and I think it does in some ways

Gino Cox "Close Range" boasts excellent martial arts choreography. The hand-to-hand fights earn solid A grades, while the knife fights earn middling Bs. Production values are adequate for the budget and genre, although far too much reliance is placed on jiggly-cam shots. Make-up effects are of uneven quality. The script is a mishmash of overused tropes with just enough clever one-liners to consider a clemency plea when they go to lynch the writer. A climatic paean to Sergio Leone is fairly good – until they inexplicably shift POV from third-person to first with a memory flash. With no character arcs, moral or coherent theme, the actors don't have much to do except try to kill one another. Several characters are dispatched for no particular reason other than dramatic effect. Scott Adkins does an adequate job as the taciturn loner antihero and handles the action scenes admirably, but deserves a better script. Where the movie fails is in the gunfights, which comprise a large portion of the running time. We should establish some basic rules for gunfight choreographers and movie characters who find themselves in gunfights. 1. If you have a limited amount of ammunition, you might not want to use it all laying down suppressive fire. Save your bullets until you have a target in sight. 2. If you've taken cover in a dimly lit house and the heavily armed bad guys are outside in the bright sunlight, you have a huge tactical advantage because you can see them much more easily than they can see you. However, you sacrifice that advantage if you stand by the window and stick the barrel of your weapon outside, because now they can see you and you may also have the sun in your eyes. A better strategy is to stand back away from the window and fire. If the bad guy is fifty yards away, you don't gain much advantage by moving to where he's only forty-nine yards away, but you sacrifice a considerable advantage. 3. If your weapon fires really big bullets that are the length of a man's finger and have tapered casings, they probably pack a bit of a punch and go through things like walls and the sheet metal used in automobile bodies. You're probably better off trying to fire through whatever the bad guy is hiding behind than firing overhead and hoping the bullet changes course directly above him. 4. Those little metal things over the barrel and above the breech are called sights. You stand a much better chance of hitting your target if you use them. 5. If you've seen "Zombieland," you know the advantage to a double-tap, but the incremental advantage drops dramatically. When you have a limited amount of ammunition, there isn't much advantage to putting five high-power rifle rounds through somebody's chest, as opposed to only one or two. Other than the climatic scene, the gunfight choreography was painfully amateurish and largely nonsensical. The only purpose seemed to be to empty the weapons so the characters would need to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Initially, the characters seemed oblivious to the notion that bullets can go through things, even after a character is hit. Later, they did little except fire through walls, floors and protective gear. The movie is a series of well choreographed fight scenes admirably executed by Scott Adkins and his opponents, linked together by a flimsy excuse for a plot. Fortunately, the fight scenes are worth the price of admission.