ridiculous rating

Admirable film.

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

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

FIFTY/FIFTY is a somewhat bland buddy-buddy comedy action film from the team at Cannon Pictures, and one of the studio's lesser efforts. It stars the great Peter Weller (of ROBOCOP fame, of course) as a tough-talking mercenary and Robert Hays (of the AIRPLANE! series) as his wisecracking partner. Together they're tasked with overthrowing the corrupt dictator of a country in south east Asia, a task which sees them running around in the jungle a lot and shooting extras. While the Malaysian filming locations are authentic enough, the action is half-baked and the whole plot feels very cliched. This was directed by Charles Martin Smith and it's not one of his memorable efforts; everyone's on autopilot, going through the motions rather than making an effort. You'd be better off watching something more cheesy and over the top like DELTA FORCE 2 or COMMANDO.

Plot: Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.This film was very surprising to me, I'm not the biggest fan of either actors, but they both have great chemistry with each other. The supporting cast also does a good job playing their roles well. I was very surprised by the action that was in the film considering it was low budget for that time.This is what buddy films should be like, have a good sense of humor with your characters, make us like them, have a plot that's interesting in order to engage your audience. Give this a chance if you can find it, you won't regret it.

So, you are with a group of mates(pals, friends, buddies) and you are renting a video. If your group is mostly men then I recommend fifty/fifty. It has all the elements that you would expect from an action/adventure/ comedy. One liners, 'n' all that. But this film is most definitely unique.If you know films well and you also know a few flashy words and concepts to go with them then you will recognise it as a film that breaks a few of the genres' conventions. If not, well you can use that as an excuse to your girlfriend who says that you watch films with no taste. A right royal Buddy humour filled picture. In other words you will laugh your lungs dry!

I really liked this movie the first time I saw it, I found it to be funny, intelligent and highly ironic. However, for some reason I have never really enjoyed it since then and I don't know why.Charles Martin Smith put together a list of cliches and in-jokes relating to action films and strung them together in a somewhat plausible plot. 50/50 is so subtle that it is often difficult to tell if it is an action/comedy or a parody of an action/comedy... I think that this is one of the movie's primary strengths, but also its weakness.Again, the first time I watched this I thought it was a brilliant satire, but since then I have become less sure about its satirical side (it is clearly a parody, but I am just not sure if it is as brilliant as I first thought). I have met other people who have had a similar reaction to viewing 50/50, people who really liked it on an initial viewing but were not as impressed the second and third time around. I am really not sure what causes this phenomenon, but I advise anyone familiar with the action films of the 70s and 80s to see 50/50 at least once and enjoy it for the fun that it is.Also, Peter Weller is fantastic anyway and he and Robert Hayes have surprisingly good chemistry on screen.