Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The stupidity of this movie is something that could rival only Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich movies . - The car chases are done in fast forward so it would look fast - In the action scenes the stunt double don't wear the same cloths as the actor - Guns change from one model into another during the shootouts. - You can outran helicopter just by dumping your cell phone - You can outran Humvee type of vehicle while dragging a woman and shooting behind you - Your guns never need reloading - Villains kill many innocent people for no reason - When building is going to collapse you should stay in itAnd many more …Some scenes are taken from earlier Nu Image-movies like "U.S. Seals 1 " "U.S. Seals 3", "Out for a kill" and "Derailed". The direction is laughable , editing sloppy , production values cheap , acting wooden , dialogue bad , the plot makes no sense whatsoever. Despite all "Direct contact" is kinda painless movie when you want to give your brain a rest . The movie makers manages to keep the pace high and fills 80 minutes with as much senseless action as possible. I've heard they spent 6 millions on making this movie which is amusing . The movie is full of pyrotechnics. Some of the action scenes involving tanks and helicopters are spectacular for a B-class movie. The scenery is chewed up by bullets and explosions. The special effects are funny. I guess it's cheaper to blow up some cars and buildings these days than it is to hire credible screenwriters and good actors. I guess I was in the mood for some brainless entertainment , because I couldn't help but enjoy it a little bit for all it's awfulness. I give it 1/10.

****SPOILERS*** Whatever you expected from a Dolph Lundgren action film, he doesn't make any others, you get here in "Direct Contact" and a lot more. Especially the ending sequence where Dolph as ex-special forces man Lucky Mike Riggens sends the films villain Clive Connelly, Michael Pare, to his final resting place in what looked like a million pieces! Recruited by Connelly, who looked so sleazy that you knew right away that he was up to no good, who claimed to work for the US Government out of a Balkan prison serving time for gun running. Mike is promised $200,000.00, about a third for what he's pied to star in the movie, to get American Ana Gale, Gina May, out of a unnamed, because no one can pronounce or spell it, ex-USSR country on the Black Sea coast. As Mike soon finds out Anne is there on her own free will working for the US Government, which Connelly is not, helping to provide for and medical aid the sick poor as well as undernourished people in the country.As we so find out it's Ana's evil Uncle Trent, James Chaike, who's behind all this who want's Connelly to get Ana, after he kidnaps her, to sign away her majority ownership rights to her deceased father's multi billion dollar arms and munition corporation and give it over it him. It takes a while for Dolph or better yet Lucky Mike to realize that, he's too busy trying to figure out a way to bed down Ana, to notice that! But by the time Mike gets the message to what Connally has in store for both him & Ana he hits the panic or speed button and let it all out. In a number of car chases bar fights and explosions that makes us watching forget just what a really bad and ridicules, but not at all boring, movie "Direct Contact" really is.Despite almost pushing 60, he was 52 when he made the movie, Lundrgen looks in tip top shape as well as being believable in the many action scenes that he's in. There's a scene in the film where Lundgren takes his shirt off, which I suspect all the women watching the movie were just dying to see, and he looked in far better shape then even Arnold Schwarzenegger looked at the same age or even ten years younger.

It is a mediocre B-category movie, nothing more... The plot lacks reality and is full of goofs, supposed moments, shootings at random and product placement (especially cars). Almost all the locals (incl. police) are blunt and bloodthirsty; the events take place clearly in Bulgaria, but the US Embassy is in Luka for some reason.Lundgren looks tired and old already, May is just-another-thriller-chick, but Chalke as Trent Robbins is really awful. His lines are just for show, his character is not truthful (especially in final scenes).Watchable for those fond of chases, explosions and shootings, but even Lundgren has starred in much better movies. If you have a choice, pick something else to watch.

I think that everything I wanted to say has been stated by other reviewers: bad plot, bad editing, bad directing, badddddd acting, bad lines (they have ruined Ms. May's career). I swear, I watched this film in about three sittings. I fell asleep in all but the last. I laughed so much at certain points that I had to wonder if I was suddenly becoming sadistic and evil or if the movie was really that bad. I mean, "Direct Contact" says action, but I was thoroughly amused/in shock/bored by the acting and the lines...For example:The love scene - hello! Where did that come from? The spiraling fire in the warehouse ms. may's sudden bravado at the end The grenade launch of the bad guy out the window with his pieces flying in slow motion The various races and crashing and blowing up The kidnapping Ms. May's lines - God awful!Anyway...I hate to do the negative criticism thing, so I'll conclude by saying that this was highly entertaining by virtue of its awfulness.Still love you Dolph (_: