Mark-457
When there are some great independent film makers out there, struggling to get funds, how does something as bad as this even get made? It can't even of looked good on paper can it? No real actors, not even moonlighting soap stars, a plot that just doesn't make any kind of sense and the SAS made to look like they learned their moves from a YouTube teenage kung fu submission. The SAS look incompetent in this, always having time to give moody looks and exposition while they are waiting for one of the bad guys to just shoot them and put us out of our misery. Out hero always seems to think punching someone is a better plan than shooting them. Just dreadful and yet it looks like someone gave them a lot of money to make this. What a waste.
tmsph555
A Very simple plot, group of terrorists take the prime ministers daughter hostage, barricade themselves up in a building and the hero's (SAS) are sent in to save the day. Sounds like it could be good right ? Wrong, the terrorists are portrayed as highly skilled and professional soldiers with a stereotypical psychopathic leader, however they shout at everything, shoot guns in the air and pretty much kill everything that moves on full auto, clearly demonstrating a rather unprofessional and unskilled mob. Then bring in the hero's ! The special air service, the most elite fighting force in the world ! From the start portrayed as bunch of idiots who act like idiots with no respect for protocol or authority, enter a building on a whim with no knowledge of layout, number of people, terrorists demands or anything really, clearly something the cub scouts would do that let alone this country's elite ! Of course most are shot within minutes, again not sure the worlds most elite would be humbled by a man wearing a skull mask and a pistol however most are until only a couple are left bla bla bla.. I think you can see where the film is headed... So to summarise its a film written and directed by someone with no knowledge of any forces let alone special forces, has done very little research into finding out anything of said forces, no knowledge of weaponry and there limitations, actors you get for free when you save up the tokens from tesco's, laughable script and lighting so dark you'll need night vision to view it properly. It's very disappointing the Americans make a film and make any of there's forces (which there are many) seem like the best of the best, we have the best of the best and make them seem like a joke. HORRENDOUS. 0 out of 10.
damo8604
I've seen some bad films in my life and this ranks up there with the worst of them.The lead villain over acted so much, he was almost good, he probably has potential if he had a better film to act in.I was a bit confused at first that I was watching some sort of GCSE media studies project, if that was the case, I might have given it a C...... But it wasn't, I'm really angry with myself for watching this the whole way through, should have gone with with gut instinct and quit after 30 secs.Nonsense story, plot holes all over the place, extremely am dram acting, massive thumbs down. Half a star!
Jordan Linesworth
Zara Phythian is the responsible for all the stars this review awards the film. She is more physically capable than the men supposedly playing S.A.S, and has more of a screen presence than all of the villains in the film combined. I hope she goes on to do far more, in work that is far more deserving. As for the rest... where do I start? This film was clearly made by a team where the quality was second to anything else. Script, story, logic, even effort, seems so lacking. Much like their "white collar hooligan" films, the sequel was in the works before this one even came out. So that sure isn't by public demand. Looking at the other reviews on here, the public has spoken. If the sequel picks up the slack left by it's predecessor it may surprise us all, but the track record of work does not suggest that will be the case.
AD
