akg1249
Such has been Wesley Snipes' career despite his obvious talent that he has had to take up many shoddy projects just to keep his coffee warm. Nevertheless, it's always good to see Wesley Snipes kick and punch and shoot the bad guys. When it comes to action flicks, he's a reliable hero and a natural. But if that's why you wanna watch this movie, don't. Chances are solid that you won't even last the full length of this movie in your seat.This is a low-budget, straight-to-video affair that does barely enough to be considered a movie. 'Could've been good' can be said about lots of movies but let's not go there with this one because nearly everything would need to be redone from the scratch to make something good out of the plot. Acting is meh while everything else is just plain trash. CGI used in simulating action scenes is low-class and pathetic. Tim Dutton impresses with his persona; I wouldn't mind seeing him as a villain in other serious projects. Pretty Italian actress, Silvia Colloca, is mostly irritating trying to pass off her flat chest as a well-endowed bosom with the help of a push-up bra. Eeek! William Hope is one of those actors who can't perform badly even if he wanted to.VERDICT: Avoid, unless you have nothing to do in your life like I do.SIMILAR & BETTER movies: Matt Damon's BOURNE series, Spy Game, Ronin, Casino Royale
OBUMA CARE
Not exactly one of the best straight to DVD only Wesley Snipes action/adventure films,but it's effective enough for me to watch over and over again period.The direction of some of the action scenes could have had much better pacing as far as not using weapons is concerned.I LOVE the explosions in this action/adventure film which are some of the best,if not the best i have ever seen for Wesley Snipes straight to DVD only career period.The Romanian woman he has to save is very good looking indeed.The shootouts are some of the most intense,if not the most intense in Wesley Snipes action film career period.In the beginning of this film i saw the hero pretend to be a real life stereotype that is extremely offensive to me period,but the HARDCORE action throughout the film more than makes up for this period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leofwine_draca
This 2006 Wesley Snipes vehicle sees the action star venture into similar territory to that covered by Seagal and Van Damme in recent years: making a movie with US funding in Eastern Europe, to cut down on costs. THE DETONATOR is a rather generic action movie about a man bodyguarding an important female who's hiding a few secrets of her own, and to be honest Seagal or Van Damme could have starred in the role and it wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever.As thrillers go, The Detonator isn't too bad. I've seen a lot worse, mainly from Seagal in recent years, who keeps on insisting on using somebody to dub his voice and stand in for him in the fight scenes. THE DETONATOR follows a linear plot involving some mean criminals and a beautiful witness, and for the most part it's a pacey affair with plenty of suspense to keep it moving along – even if we have seen everything before. Snipes is on cruise control here, but it still feels like he's making more of an effort than most, and it helps that the film-makers prop him up with some truly appealing eye candy in the form of Silvia Colloca.Director Po-Chih Leong previously made the Seagal flick OUT OF REACH, but I'd say this has the edge on that as there's more drive to it. The action sequences are also pretty well handled, as they don't resort to Bourne-style shakiness too much and there are some truly decent moments, like the bit where Snipes lets loose with a shotgun. A couple of old-time familiar faces prop up the cast, including ALIENS' Lieutenant Gorman, William Hope, as a government agent and Michael Brandon.
Ovidiu Augustin
I am from Romania ... and for that i apologize if my English is not so good.i just finished watching this movie and i must say that i am extremely disappointed. I always liked Wesley Snipes's movies but this one is terrible. I regret that I spent over 3 hours downloading this film. There are a lot mistakes in the film. For example, the stadium in the film is not Lia Manoliu. The name of the stadium is Ghencea. The name of the soccer team is called Steaua Bucuresti, not Uli.The scoreboard of the stadium is not capable of showing graphical images: video replays, live images etc. It's a simple scoreboard that can only display letters and numbers. The Uli(Seaua) team's opponents are displayed on the scoreboard as Din ( probably from Dinamo Bucuresti - who are Steaua's main rivals in the Romanian soccer championship). The images from the soccer match are from a match between Steaua Bucuresti and Poli Timisoara (my favorite team and my only love - look it up on the internet and you will see why). The police cars in the movie are not properly made. There isn't a single dark-blue police car in Romania! They are all white! The "mistake list" can go on and on and on ... but i will stop here! In short terms this movie is horrible. It does not worth renting it, it does not worth buying a cinema ticket for it, it does not worth downloading it! I honestly feel sorry that Wesley snipes played in this movie. A previous movie of his ... 7 seconds ... also filmed in Romania ... was OK but this is terrible!
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