Wizard-8
I had high hopes for this movie, because it was a production of Millennium Films, an outfit that usually makes above average B movies. Not only that, the honchos at Millennium Films got Isaac Florentine to direct the movie, and Florentine has demonstrated many times in the past that he can make some great action movies.Unfortunately, despite those two supposed can't-miss ingredients, the movie stumbles enough to be somewhat of a disappointment. I could look past the obvious Bulgarian locations used (unsuccessfully) to depict American locations, and I could also look past some glaring plot holes. What I can't forgive, however, was how BORING most of the movie was. Yes, Florentine does manage to stage a few great hand-to-hand combat sequences; he even gets actor Antonio Banderas to do a lot of the fighting himself instead of a stuntman. However, there is less action in the movie than you might think. The movie is instead badly padded out by a REALLY slow moving plot - it takes forever for Banderas' character to track down the person he is looking for. Scene after scene goes by where Banderas' question advances extremely little (or not at all) at his quest.Even if you are (like me) a fan of Millennium Films and Isaac Florentine, there isn't enough to make this a must see. If you are not of fan of one or both of the above, there's even less here to make it worth a watch.
wrinklednine
I think with a few tweaks, this could've been a decent movie. There was way too much cheese and too many unrealistic scenes. The plot was overdone and predictable, but could've been saved with better writing.
