After seeing this film, I was stunned at the bad reviews it has been given. One critic even said 'Rearrange your cupboards instead of seeing this movie'. Had he seen it?
I know the subject is a bit touchy at the moment, and I think it should have been straight to video, but that is no reason to give out bad reviews, and tell people not to see it. Remember that this was completed BEFORE September 11th.
Now on with the film. Big Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Los Angeles fireman named Gordon 'Gordy' Brewer. On his way to pick up his wife and son, he witnesses a bomb going off, killing his family. He is questioned by the CIA (or FBI) and shown some photos of the person thought to be responsible, and remembers seeing this person just before the explosion. Brewer then sets off for Columbia, looking for revenge against the man that planted the bomb, Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Brewer gets caught by The Wolf, but his wife, played by Francesca Neri, agrees to help Brewer after learning that her husband is planning to plant another bomb, this time in Washington DC. Brewer goes back to Washington, and manages to save the day, and is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Some of the violence is quite brutal (the Mike Tyson scene for example), and the acting is not brilliant, but this is still quite a good movie. It was, however, missing a few things. First, it was missing Arnold's trademark one-liners. The only good line was near the end (The Wolf: 'When are you going to kill me?' Brewer:'Now!') and second, this is one of the very few Schwarzenegger movies where Arnold doesn't touch a gun.
Overall, a good movie, but a touchy subject. It also shows that Arnold is the undisputed king of action movies.
Don't listen to the critics, go and see for yourself
7/10
I know the subject is a bit touchy at the moment, and I think it should have been straight to video, but that is no reason to give out bad reviews, and tell people not to see it. Remember that this was completed BEFORE September 11th.
Now on with the film. Big Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Los Angeles fireman named Gordon 'Gordy' Brewer. On his way to pick up his wife and son, he witnesses a bomb going off, killing his family. He is questioned by the CIA (or FBI) and shown some photos of the person thought to be responsible, and remembers seeing this person just before the explosion. Brewer then sets off for Columbia, looking for revenge against the man that planted the bomb, Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Brewer gets caught by The Wolf, but his wife, played by Francesca Neri, agrees to help Brewer after learning that her husband is planning to plant another bomb, this time in Washington DC. Brewer goes back to Washington, and manages to save the day, and is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Some of the violence is quite brutal (the Mike Tyson scene for example), and the acting is not brilliant, but this is still quite a good movie. It was, however, missing a few things. First, it was missing Arnold's trademark one-liners. The only good line was near the end (The Wolf: 'When are you going to kill me?' Brewer:'Now!') and second, this is one of the very few Schwarzenegger movies where Arnold doesn't touch a gun.
Overall, a good movie, but a touchy subject. It also shows that Arnold is the undisputed king of action movies.
Don't listen to the critics, go and see for yourself
7/10
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