Watching this film was the result of a lack of choice at the video library, as well as nostalgia for my younger days as an action movie junkie (I saw everything Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris and Dolph Lundgren ever put out). Anyway, no excuses, I should have known better. (The fact Van Damme is credited as one of the writers should have been warning enough). Truly one of the worst B-grade (if not C- or D- grade) action movies I have seen in years. A cliched plot, laughably unrealistic characters, sloppy action sequences and general all-around poor movie making combine to make this the dud film that it is. Also features some borderline racial stereotypes that made me cringe. The main bad guy is Brian Thompson (but you probably know him better as "meathead alien bounty hunter" from the X-Files), delivering a trademark mechanical performance. Maybe if this movie had been made in the eighties it could be excused as an example of the mediocre B-grade action flick of the time, but moviemakers now should know better. Possibly the only thing you'll get out of this movie is a good laugh at how bad it is, but I doubt it. Stay away - far, far away from this movie.
