David Roggenkamp
First things first – this movie centers around a marine; his motive? Serve his country and take out a sovereign nation's dictator. Easier said than done right? He is frames and spends the rest of the movie fighting for his life against other killers – all for the sake of bumping up a show's popularity while he is hunted down and eventually killed. This doesn't happen and instead he seemingly manages to avoid danger and kill off every last one of them. Not only does he manage to save the day, he clears his name and manages to be the ultimate fighting machine.The plot works easily enough – but it has a few things that are a bit off. For one, we've never had a woman president in our nation's history – this is a huge stretch when they throw it in the movie, even though it looks like a nice nod in that direction. Another girl, a more prominent member of the military and of higher rank is also present – this is uncommon and also a stretch of the imagination – it is obvious she is here purely as eye candy. The movie is non-stop action, but the overall sequence of scenes often doesn't make sense – despite the movie's pacing being consistent throughout. In one scene we're following with typical movie theatrics, but then we're in the middle of a reality television show with blurbs on the current progress of the main protagonist; it is further thrown into disarray by throwing in numerous angles via security cameras. This is surely a novel concept – the new Robocop did it, but it made far more sense in that movie, here it just looks redundant.The movie is good if you need to kill some time, and it is surely better than many 'bad' movies out there. What I did like was the included documentary with the 'RedBox' DVD, which I feel does more than the movie set out to accomplish.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=9737).
in1984
7.4 of 10. While not equivalent or parallel to the Hunger Games (it's something that could easily be happening now as opposed to sometime in the future), it does involve a reality TV game show with what modern society considers attractive media personalities where the participants are being hunted by each other, aka an "Elimination Game", all in a world where war is being heavily promoted and the show's primary heroes are vets.The cast works well. Nobody seems obviously out of place. Available technology also is believable for a parallel Earth type of fiction.Fortunately, it's not a film trying to setup sequels. It functions and wraps up nicely as a single, complete film. Unfortunately, there's a little too much equivalent of pro wrestling bullet dodging and inexhaustible bullet supplies at times.
constellationofcygnus
The original Turkey Shoot is a fun Ozploitation film that rattles along at a fair pace and never seems to take itself too seriously. This remake is a po-faced turgid mess that is so badly directed even Uwe Boll would shake his head in disgust. Dominic Purcell can be good in the right role, but in this he looks downright ashamed to be here. And I don't blame him. The guy clearly needs a better agent. Long story short, he plays a wrongly convicted war criminal that is entered into a Running Man style TV show where he has 90 minutes to get to a destination whilst avoiding various assassins. And trust me that sounds far more exciting than it actually is. The film is a mess. The camera work is appalling, the direction is laughable, the script is infantile and there are huge chunks of narrative presumably missing. The action is badly filmed and choreographed, the characters are mere outlines and the acting ranges from poor to middling. Purcell himself seems half asleep. Not even worth a watch for curious fans of the original. Avoid like the plague.
ingsley
The end credits to TURKEY SHOOT had an excellent choice of font. They were, in fact, the only entertaining part of this turkey of a movie.The producers could never ever pay me enough money to willingly watch this movie again.Even if you are a fan-boy who enjoys blood-fest gore movies that are over-long, badly-edited, un-scripted, TURKEY SHOOT is still a complete waste of time, and will leave you with ninety minutes of your life, forever lost.Rick Tyler is the latest target, on a brutal kill or be killed, live reality cable television game show. Dominic Purcell is Rick Tyler. Robert Taylor is Ramrod, and he is one of the many antagonists (a sniper who never ever misses his target). Robert Taylor gives a credible performance with the uninspiring and very wooden dialogue, that failed to mimic the natural cadence of speech, and is the only saving grace of TURKEY SHOOT.If only the embarrassing screenplay had dialogue that allowed you to suspend disbelief. Performances by the ensemble cast included stilted dialogue, and unwieldy turns of phrase, all delivered by the actors without showing any sign of emotion.We are supposed to think that this film was shot somewhere in the United States. Memo To continuity: Why during the film do we see cars with Melbourne Victoria number plates?!At the media screening TURKEY SHOOT did not have a lip-synchronized sound track. Presumably this was an anti film piracy measure. Hopefully this situation will be remedied for the film's commercial release.Starring: Dominic Purcell (Killer Elite, Prison Break), Viva Bianca (X, Spartacus) and Robert Taylor (Longmire, Focus)Directed by: Jon HewittAustralianl Release Date: December 4thRun time: 90 minutesRating: MA15+02 December 2014 this is the first published review of TURKEY SHOOT at www.IMDb.com
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