Good concept, poorly executed.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This is the same type of movie and made in the same way as "The Marksman." Take a pretty good action actor, throw in a lot of military toys that have been sitting idle in a prop shop somewhere, add some strippers so we get to see naked female flesh, and then of course, because there is a female actor in the movie make sure that she and the main actor have sex. Now that we have all that stuff in a line, let's see if we can write a script around it to use it, oh, and make sure there's lots and lots of blood and lots and lots of explosions for no reason.I know U.S. Special Forces are pretty good; Delta, Green Berets, SEALS, Rangers, Recon, all those guys are great and I have a ton of respect for them but if any of them watch this movie, I suspect they've probably put out a "hit" on Dolph Lundgren and the makers of this movie for trying to turn what they do into some kind of cartoon.I almost turned it off when Dolph decided that he was going to rescue our 'damsel in distress' by taking out an ENTIRE military base by himself. Even as he was doing that I was logging in here to see something about this movie and I really wish I had done so before I began watching this. Oh, and by the way, you might notice that he doesn't even break a SWEAT after he gets beaten in prison, really? REALLY? I thought we were through with the whole 'guns that never need reloading' back in the '80s and '70s with the Rambo movies and the like but nope, someone seems to think we're going to just buy into that again.If you're looking to watch a movie that has some kind of plot, a little credibility and even some decent acting, you would do better to watch something like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" because this film is much more of a Cartoon than any animated movie ever made. Seriously, if your best friend suggests you watch this DVD, just shoot him and save both of you from making a bad decision.

I can't believe the low ratings and the bad reviews ! Direct Contact was better than expected and NOT bad as rating and reviews suggest.The Plot is very simple: Mike Riggins (Dolph Lundgren) must rescue Ana, an American girl that is held in a base. Mike succeed in rescuing Ana, but things are not going like expected....Direct Contact contains the many reasons why i like action movies: Awesome main actor, simple plot, bloody violence and action, action and even more action !The action is bloody violent (most of the bullet impacts are bloody).Dolph Lundgren delivers with it's performance and he shows that age doesn't matter if you do an action movie.

I'm a fan of Doph, but this movie was lame. It did have cool explosions and stunts, but thats it. The story is similar to The Russian Specialist, which in my opinion is far better. One thing I've come to appreciate from Danny Lerner's movies is the fact that a lot of stuff gets blown up. In my book that is a plus. In this movie the fights did not look too convincing. The Russian dude in the beginning of the film in the jail, gets his ass kicked by Dolph within the first few seconds and he just sat there and took it. I've seen the same Rusian dude in other films and he kicks ass. Dolph looks in great shape, but his moves appear slow as if the editing or choreograph was not all there. But then again, I'm not a movie maker. Dolph has been in somewhat of a slump with films like Diamond Dogs, Missionary Man, Direct Action and now this. I think the films he's directed himself are far better...

I don't comment often but this rating has to be brought down fast, do not waste your time and money on this movie! The poorest editing you'll ever see. Scenes are catastrophically poorly executed, the destruction doesn't even make sense when entire buildings are destroyed in an effort to capture one or two people who inexplicably remain in the buildings while the threat is pending? Car chases where the second passenger is missing in most of the scenes. The plot is so drab it will make you wish you were playing solitaire instead. The acting is atrocious and the "action" scenes aren't even believable. Slaughtering of innocent people throughout the movie for no reason whatsoever, what would the city smell like? Soldiers who can barely move right, let alone make us believe they are in the police or the military. Careless producing and directing. How can someone be shot at so many times at so many angles and still get away, it's bad enough in good movies but this is too much, or should I say far too little. Even my twelve year old son is appalled. The main actor doesn't even come across to be the trained man he is supposed to be. I want my money back!