Best movie ever!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This film was fairly hard to sit through. The characters were all out of a cartoon. All cardboard. The corrupt sheriff. The Mexican gangsters. The ex-husband of his sister. All poorly written. There was not much to hold my attention. Not ever much satisfaction derived from the bad guys going down, as there was nothing invested in any of the characters. Adkins is capable of so much more. Unfortunately, his stunts were kind of wasted on this turkey. I cannot recommend it, with any degree of sincerity.Hollywood, it seems, is running out of action stories. How anyone green lighted this film, is beyond my comprehension. It could not have looked good on paper.

In the Bubble of DTV Action Movies Director Isaac Florentine and Kick-Ass Specialist Scott Adkins are Bonafide Stars. This Cheapie chips away at every Trope available to the makers of this sort of Stuff. The most Impressive thing in this thing is the way the Camera Lingers on the Martial Arts for the Viewer to be Awed and made aware that these Guys have Skills. Compare that to its Big Budget Betters and the Cheat of Shaky Cameras and Quick Cuts that leave the Audience with Incomprehensible Scenes that contain absolutely nothing in the "What is Actually Happening?" Department.Here stands an Appreciation for the Skill Involved and a Respect for the Fans delivering what They Paid for. Sure, the Story is Thin and the Director makes some rather Questionable Decisions that Detract from the Film.First, whose Brain-Dead Decision decided to include Actual Scenes from the Movie in the OPENING CREDITS. Imagine the Production Meeting (if there ever was such a thing) and someone said..."You know what would be Really-Cool...Let's take some of the Scenes in the Movie and show them in the Credits before they actually occur". Sheesh!Sergio Leone notwithstanding, that rarely is anything but Artistic. It's just Plain Bad Filmmaking. How about the lengthy Scene in the Car when Characters are Introduced with Nicknames on Screen. Just Plain Dumb and Unforgivable unless You are Tarantino. This Guy is no Leone or Tarantino. The Ending is a Homage it seems with a Protracted and Embarrassing contrived Suspense Builder that does nothing but draw attention to its "Hipness", or lack thereof.Overall, despite its Corny Conceits and Endless Bullet Bouncing, the Martial Arts Scenes make it Worth a Watch.

Something you might not expect of reading, with a low budget movie like this, but I really liked the stunt and camera work, which go hand in hand in this one. I won't waste too much time on "story". In this case this has nothing to do with spoiling it, because the story itself is not really exciting or anything extraordinary. But you wouldn't expect that anyway.Still very low and some of the acting to say the least does not help the movie either. But the stunt scenes are really well thought of, as are the camera angles and moves. I especially love the longer takes or the in your face (or hand) approach it takes. Again, this is small/low budget, so it's not like there is other things that are amazing (like locations, set design, even some of the "blood" effects seem more than cheap), but it can still work - and I think it does in some ways

This is rare for me To see an Actors name on the Title and say This is going to be a bad film . But with Scott Adkins that's the way it is Really he must know someone very big to keep putting this guy in films. He has not had one big winner yet . HERCULES 3D was a total flop . I just dint buy this guy in movies Cheap video games are better choreographed than this movie. Unless you are 10 years old, don't even bother. I had to force myself to finish it. I'm racking my brain trying to come up with the minimum of 10 lines of text required for this review and all that I can think of is to beg you not to waste your time. Even the worse Steven Seagal movie ranks better. The plot is juvenile and the acting is as bad as in a low production, two o'clock in the morning SyFy Chanel flick. And the whistling at key action scenes is just annoying. Thumbs down all the way. If this is the kind of roles that Adkins is being cast on, I can only advise him to fire his agent.