mortezaafsharinafar-613-360138 Nice movie!!! Dolpog is a good actor The movie is nice and action

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews After an attack on her parents, a pre-teen girl has to be put under protective custody. The man put in charge of her safety is Jack Devlin, a U.S. Marshal who has no experience with kids. Sounds like a pretty standard, cliché setup for a made for TV flick, doesn't it? What do you mean, it could be a sit-com? Huh... I suppose it could. I digress. In the hands of John Woo it... well, it looks a whole heck of a lot better and more stylish than it would otherwise. He definitely brings his brand of over-the-top, visually amazing action to this. The shoot-outs certainly bring this up to being worth at least a single rental for any fan of his. Ultimately, however, the weak premise drags it down, and there aren't actually all that many original gags in the fun, exciting and at times awesome fights, gun-battles and chases. It doesn't exactly help that the child grows irritating within the first few moments of the audience meeting her, and she's a pretty poor actor, as well. The editing and cinematography are quite nice, although obviously inferior to anything the director has done that wasn't this limited. I can't entirely determine if you can really tell that it was meant to be a pilot or not(apart from the ending leaving room for continued adventures). This does build tension well most of the times it tries to, and Lundgren is seldom disappointing in the lead of something like this. There is eye-candy for young males in this. I recommend this to those who want a serving of the unique and instantly recognizable aesthetic, even if it's not of the same level of quality. 6/10

john-4109 Listen This movie is a cult, Its all about the slow motion scenes, all the unrealistic is the cream of the movie, after all its trash, but its fun. (its not like "The Killer", but still its one of the best) as other commented here, it is not the opposite of fun, this is true fun, as long as it sticks a group of friends together, everybody knows the words ' lyrics' timing and so on. in our club there are guys that imitates Dolph Lundgren eye movements and when Devlin shows up all girl shout and scream. at www.blackjack4winners.com We will have a special projection (live in one of our houses and live on the web !) every Friday evening. Ure welcome to join. John Woo rules.John.

Wizard-8 There's something about Dolph Lundgren that makes him a likable actor. It may be because of his (seemingly) clean personal life, or that he has never tried to portray himself greater than he is (unlike actors like Steven Seagal.) Here, Lundgren gives one of his better performances. He seems very comfortable and assured here, giving off more emotion than he has in other movies. And it's always fun to see Saul Rubinek and Fred Williamson in a movie, and their presence boosts things.Other than the actors, all I can say in favor of this movie are that the production values aren't bad for a made-for-TV movie. This movie is a mess! Starting with the action scenes. Now, I know Woo was confined by TV censorship rules, but he clearly could still do a lot. Yet every action scene is horribly done - badly edited, improper use of slow-motion, and with the camera often in the wrong place and/or angle. You see the great potential in these scenes, yet Woo botches it each time. Seeing them, it's hard to believe this is the same guy who did the action scenes in HARD BOILED or THE KILLER.There are plenty of plot holes as well. For example, how does Lundgren get in the fashion show near the end when it's supposedly been tightened up with security? Where is the villain getting all these people to help him? Why does the villain retreat back to his hideout after the secrecy of it was blown? And on and on. But the worst thing about the movie is that it's simply boring. It's slow-moving, and filled with a lot of unnecessary things that easily could have been edited out. Don't "bet" on this one should you see it in the video store - it's a "bust"!