Dreadfully Boring

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

I've watched crap movies before, but this will be the worst ever movie I've ever wasted my time on. To say too much about would further waste more time, but what a waste of time. Director, producer and everyone who made this film needs to get another job.

On Christmas Eve, the prime ministers daughter (Christina Bellavia) is kidnapped, along with some of her friends. They are taken to an underground parking/office complex which is made secured. A team of SAS go into the facility to confront the bad guys, who are every bit as proficient as them. Tom Benedict Knight leads the SAS group. However the reason to watch the film is the dark comedy of sociopath Simon Phillips who holds people hostage, gives them hope, then a bullet.There are grindhouse moments in the film with few slow scenes. The downfall of the film is the reason for the whole operation and the generic class warfare speeches spewed by Phillips toward the end.Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.

This review contains no spoilers, it would be impossible to spoil the "film" any more than the director / writer / producer and editor has already done. Do Not pay for this film, wait until it gets shown on some obscure free late night z-list movie channel and then watch something else instead whilst safe in the knowledge you haven't wasted 90 minutes of your life. It has no plot, no decent actors, extremely amateur cinematography, lousy sound and dreadful editing - there's also a major sync problem. The SAS are portrayed very badly in this flick leading me to think that no research was done pre-filming, the police and protection squads don't fare much better. I think the writer was trying to copy a lock stock kind of an atmosphere but fails dismally to achieve anything more than a painful to watch embarrassment which has no plot and fails to deliver on almost every level.

Do yourself a favour and avoid this film. I'm an avid film buff and must have watched thousands of films in my time but this one is by far the worst film I can remember watching.It is insulting to the armed forces - I say armed forces and not special forces because no professional soldier would act in the manner in which they are portrayed in this film. It's obvious the makers did not even attempt to consult with experts for advice on tactics.Add in the fact there is no story line to speak of and it's a wholly British film but the "plot" and acting is most definitely trying to be typical Hollywood action, there are no redeeming features.Simon Phillips is a good villain but his acting cannot make up for the rest of the shortcomings.Such a shame. The synopsis for this film had great potential. However, even the cover of the DVD (SAS with black helmets and goggle on top) is misleading - it is never seen in the film. It's clear the marketing boys have done all they can to dress this film up to at least get you to buy it.