Chance_Boudreaux19
The movie has a very cheap vibe, the action is shot in a very trashy way, the movie is clearly on a tight budget but all this is to be expected from an Albert Pyun movie. This isn't as good as Cyborg with JCVD which is glorious schlock but it is up there with Pyun's best. Christopher Lambert shot his scenes in two days and it shows, I am curious as to how long this whole movie took to shoot, it couldn't have taken much longer as Lambert appears in half the movie at least, of course in some scenes where action is meant to take place around his it can be seen that his scene was shot separately from the others. Despite all this it's very entertaining and the promise is pretty clever and fun, makes you think how much better the movie could have been if it had a bigger budget. The only downsides are that it could have been 10 minutes shorter as well as the ending which I won't spoil which was disappointing although well set up.
benmckenna-1
OK let me start by saying I was after this movie for about 5 years before I finally got the chance to get it on Blu-ray of all things. this movie sounded remarkable, good cheesy cast, awesome idea & just overall testosterone filled mayhem.I was wrong.first off its not terrible (bar the acting, screenplay & style) its b movie goodness. it falls flat for one gigantic reason.there isn't a spec of blood at all!!!! I'm not lying out of all the characters one person is seen with a proper wound and I was worried cause I thought someone had actually shot her.now i'm not saying you need violence to make a film good... but in a film where its 100 assassins locked in a prison with the aim to kill each other, yes you f***ing do! people are beaten to death, strangled, shot, thrown, hell one woman gets her head blown up (oddest scene in the movie)but its all down just fall down and die style.all in all this could have been great, it just had to be what it said on the tin.
David Alvarez
Film Series B led by Albert Pyunn ineffable, and part of a notion similar to what we saw in the Japanese film Battle Royale. The film does look clearly Series B, but its setting is achieved and it is interesting but hardly explored. The script is so simple, a crime syndicate or force gathers 100 of his most blood thirsty murderers hired to participate in a battle against All in all, the proposal is: 100 men, 1,000 guns, and can only be three. The award ?, 10 million.So the film goes straight to the point by showing a series of shootings and lots of action, with some thoughtful pause to give some depth has a script that does not really have any. In general it is a film to poor. Have an interesting idea but only exploits half. The action scenes are good, but they lack emotion and more blood. It is noted that a previous film was the ¨ Matrix. Also missing most charismatic and interesting characters, Lambert makes a very ambiguous and abstract character, and meets Ice T, but has few scenes to show off. Of the remaining couple of friends highlight the arms, and a redhead that is not bad. The soundtrack on the other hand, is totally inadequate, shooting scenes with mambo music, as that no. Yet it is entertained by the amount of action you have and how little is taken seriously, and because as I said, your proposal is interesting. You can see, though I recommend much more Battle Royale. This is more like a fun prank 90 of those years.
bronsonskull72
Christopher Lambert stars as Lou seemingly invincible serial killer (He has just killed his daughter's step-father for molesting her) who along with a group play a battle royale, in which the prisoners are all forced to fight out to the death, until 3 are last standing which then get a million dollar prize. Among the prisoners include genre faces such as Return Of The Living Dead's Thom Mathews, Karate Kid II's Yuji Okumoto, Streets Of Fire's Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Pyun regular Tina Cote. Ice-T is the prison warden who is also probably going to die as well, what transpires is a downbeat yet at times very enjoyable Battle Royale scenario that is consistently watchable enough to be considered one of Pyun's better efforts. Also it helps that the cast has somewhat of a coolness factor. However let it be said that the bleached hair look is not to Lambert's advantage.2.5/5 Matt Bronson
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