Seth_Rogue_One
Terribly dull movie that I'm sure no one involved is proud of being a part of creating.Appearantly Abel Ferrera was signed on to direct but jumped off after one week of shooting.Can't say I blame him, if I had to make a movie with Wesley Snipes when he's in one of his infamous moods where he really doesn't want to act (as it appears he is in this movie) then who would really want to go on? One facial expression the man holds throughout the whole movie, a facial expression of sheer boredom. And that doesn't really excite the viewer either instead we're lead to feel the same way: bored.A very simple story as well, goes from point a to b with not a single surprise in sight, it manages to pack in what most movies would take 45 minutes into double the time 90 minutes. Or maybe the right term is pack out? Anyways Yeah it's a terribly uninspired b-action movie, even Zoe Bell whom I usually like kinda suck in this one. I think it's the third straight to DVD movie where Wesley Snipes passes out for a while, I'm guessing he likes to do those scenes cause that leaves a lot of acting responsibilities on the rest of the cast and gives him time to go play Playstation in his set-trailer or whatever he does there. Now that I think about it, it's my very least favorite Wesley Snipes movie and a complete waste of time for everyone involved and everyone watching.Yeah give this one a pass, if you do want to try a Wesley Snipes direct to DVD movie go for HARD LUCK, that's actually enjoyable, or go back to the classics like PASSENGER 57 or BLADE.
jonny-riggs
If anyone reads this just know i only got 30mins into this god awful movie before i fell asleep. no, i was not tired, it just bored me to tears is all! the ghostly camera work at the start is ugly. an opening sequence of city shots layered on top of each other? tony Scott did it better! slowing down and speeding up the film? tony Scott did it better! in fact this movie just steals from every other movie and has no originality. the creepy music is out of place and snipes looks bored and desperate for any acting job.in fact the whole cast is rubbish and cant act! why bother tell this story? its not worth telling..i have no idea why they bother
superal1966
*Contains Spoilers*I like Wesley Snipes, he is pretty decent at what he does and I don't suppose we'll be seeing him in anything new for some time but I was looking forward to Game of Death when I saw it was available on pay per view.Firstly the direction was 'odd'. At times the camera angles felt totally out of place and on occasion even slightly disorientating, but some of the scenes, especially the car chases were done quite well. I'm not sure if it was just my TV but I also felt it didn't always run smoothly.The acting wasn't great, Zoe Bell was annoying throughout although Gary Daniels played the part well enough and Snipes' charisma just about manages to hold things together.My biggest criticism is that too many simple things weren't 'right' just for the plot to fit and progress. Snipes' gun had unlimited bullets throughout the film until the roof top just so the finale could end in a hand to hand fight. The security at the vault was beyond pathetic as well; for a vault that has $100 million, two security officers seems a little on the lean side. The entire hospital also seemed oblivious to the gun fight going on around them, I could go on, but nothing felt like it really fit.As a final point, and not necessarily a negative. I couldn't help but feel that rather than the movie itself being about losing ones way and forgiveness and redemption, instead a story was conjured up to fit around Snipes confessing in the church.Despite my criticisms of Game of Death I did enjoy watching it for what it was, although I doubt I'd recommend it to anybody else unless it happens to just be on TV on any given random day.5/10
TdSmth5
Game of Death if a straightforward political action flick. Wesley Snipes plays a CIA agent who walks into a church and tells the priest he's killed a lot of people. He reluctantly confesses. He was assigned to infiltrate and kill an arms dealer. On the day of the mission things start going wrong. The dealers' caravan is attacked and the arms dealer suffers a heart attack. Snipes, who now is security for the dealer at first doesn't now what is going on. In a hospital he finds himself under attack again. His CIA team went rogue and has its own plans for the dealer.Some interesting and critical things are said of the US, war, and corporate interests. This movie is straightforward action because there is no romantic interest, Snipes isn't fighting for his family or some such thing, in the end it comes down to his own survival.This is an East-coast B movie that has a certain 90s feel to it. It's all about the action and the action is very good- typical Wesley Snipes stuff- energetic, fast, brutal. Snipes has always been somewhat of an under-appreciated action star.The movie could have had a bit more story, especially about the sinister corporate/government deals. Snipes, who is a fine actor overall could have gotten a bit more do. It suffers from some weird visual choices. Often there are quick scenes filmed in black and white for some reason, or other color changes during actions scenes that serve no purpose. Otherwise, this is a pretty entertaining, plain action flick with good fight scenes.
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