Just what I expected

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is Norris last movie , not counting his appearance in "The Expendables 2". What can I say ? It was a painful experience for me to watch this movie.Let's start with good things . Joanna Pacula after all those years is still sexy . There is one really good joke here – "Told you, he was the bad guy". The movie is short , not even full 1 and half hour. The story actually had potential for good movie.OK , now with the bad things . The director Bill Tannen directs it with obvious and annoying MTV-style. There are moments where the movie treats its audience as retarded idiots who can't remember simple facts , so we are forced to see some unnecessary flashbacks. The action scenes are badly placed . There is quit a lot of them in the first half and almost none in the second half of the movie. The movie deals with delicate subject as Holocaust in not very subtle way. There is lot of stupidity here . Chuck Norris only needs one pistol to defeat everybody. It doesn't matter that the opponents have Uzi or even better guns . He will kill them anyway. Also , what's with the bad guys beating Norris almost every time ? I like when action hero has difficulties , but this is just embarrassing.Anyway , this is a bad farewell to Norris . I give it 1/10.

I bought The Cutter in a bargain bin at a place her called Rogers Video for 5$. Chuck has never been known for his acting ability,but I am a fan of his action movies,so I decided to give it a chance. 85% of the time, I was bored by the lack of action,there are barely any fights,the story isn't very interesting and even Chuck himself looked bored. You have two great legit Martial Artist's in Chuck Norris and Dainel Bernhardt,why not give the fans a special fight,instead of giving us the crap they did. I was just so disappointed in it all,how on earth could they screw that one up?. The story itself is routine and unimaginative,Diamonds??..We've seen this story too many times before and done better at that. Did Chuck need a decent paycheck that badly?..this sure looked like a paycheck film,I didn't see the point of this film being made what so ever. I really should stop watching all these DTV action films,but every once in a while you find a surprising gem in a batch,however The Cutler is definitely not one of them. If you wanna see some good Chuck films,perhaps you should go back to his glory days and start there.Performances. Chuck Norris looks asleep for the most part of the film. Why did he make this film,if he didn't care about it?. He looked so bored half the time,only showing up for a couple of fight scenes. The charisma is non existent,his dialog is awful..what happened Chuck?. Joanna Pacula is OK. She's pretty but not much else. Daniel Bernhardt is a well known martial artist, But he plays it much too over the top as the villain. He was wooden and his potentially classic showdown with Chuck is never delivered,what a shame.Bottom Line. The Cutter is yet,another terrible DTV Action film. No thrills,no excitement,boring dialog and amateurish acting. Not recommended unless you want to cure your insomnia.3/10

This is another good one coming from Chuck Norris. It is his usual good work, great cast, great script and the cast and crew to go along with it! (some of who show up quite regularly with him from show to show, movie to movie). Maybe that is part of his success as well as due to the success of his TV and Movie work! Unfortunately for me, I kept this one in it's wrapper for way too long, which is odd considering if it's "Chuck Norris" it barely makes it home before it's put into the player! I guess I had too many WTR's on tape (all of them) as well as all of his regular as well as for TV movies in the house to watch any time the feeling hits me! I know the real reason so I guess I'll share it with all of you.....I didn't know how to use the DVR thing that came with our cable system! (and Cutter was on CD not VCR! So now you know.....and now you know it had nothing to do with the actual Cutter show!

The acting in this movie was surprisingly good and very believable. Of course, it was fairly Hollywoodish in some parts, but I personally enjoyed it. If you are a fan of action, then this film is definitely for you. It has everything in that regard from guns to martial arts. Chuck Norris does a fine job of fighting and he and Ms. Pacula do a great job together uncovering who has kidnapped her uncle and why, but there is no romance at all between them. It does have a historical point to it as well, which I thought was interesting. I loved how it all tied back into the Judaism, that made it interesting if you are a fan of history at all. Some things happened way too easily for the characters, but some of it was believable. Spokane Washington is where the film was set, and coming from WA myself, I think that they could have filmed somewhere else that was smaller and had a far more interesting film with more scenery. All in all, this film was interesting and if you want to see an action packed Chuck Norris movie, this one is for you!