jkachenmeister This movie was on the TV at my automechanic while I was waiting for a car repair. This made the time go so much longer... if I didn't need the car repairs, I would have walked out simply because of this movie.It is just so bad. The acting is bad. The dialog is even worse. The accuracy is laughable. The constant repeats of the same stock footage is almost comical, if the movie just wasn't so bad.I've never reviewed a movie before, but I actually joined this site in the hopes that I could warn others away from spending their time watching this movie. I consider it my duty as a human being to keep people from getting dumber for having seen this.Unless you are 8 years old, this movie will make no sense to you and you will be sad for having wasted a part of your life by sitting through it. I am seriously considering a new automechanic now...

tornshadow Simply put. This movie is absolute garbage. There is zero military accuracy whatsoever. There are all kinds of giant plot holes, holes so large you can drive a Mack Truck through. Everything is completely wrong with this movie from top to bottom. If I had to see one more piece of stock footage of that aircraft carrier or the jets flying to nowhere in particular, I think I would have vomited.Before you say to yourself, "This guy just hates it because he was in the Marines", let me explain: I can handle an inaccuracies in "military" movies, but honestly, I can't think of one thing they did right except for maybe calling their superiors "Sir".This film is a stinker. Don't even rent it on a lark, do not watch it if you see it coming on cable. You'll be dying to get the time you spent watching it back.

vickhud29 Not bad if you just want to see straight action. The gun battles and fighting sequences were great and also extensive. The explosions looked surprisingly good as well (and there are quite a few of them). The flight sequences seemed low budget, but this is a straight to DVD movie after all. I am a Mark Dacascos fan (ever since Brotherhood of the Wolf) and was glad that he was in a leading role and got to do some fighting. Even though he was playing a marine who did mostly physical stuff he managed to make the character shine through. I wish that Theresa Randle (the other star of the film) made more appearances. Overall, it had its cheesy moments but they were probably outweighed by raw and gritty moments of excitement.

KRS_kungfu Picked this one up at the video store because I was looking for a nice shoot 'em, but also had a little hankering for some fu with my blood and guts. When I saw Mark on the box, I thought maybe I'd get both -- and this movie didn't disappoint.First off, Mark Dacascos kicks ass. BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF anyone? That said this movie had some sweet gun play in it as well. I particularly liked when Mark gets pinned down at the bombed out building and sprints the gauntlet to blow up the M-60. It was like LAST OF THE MOHICANS clicked off safe onto fully automatic. Mark also shows some real chops acting wise. Great gravitas that made you believe that his unit would follow him into battle. Why he doesn't get these roles more often is beyond me. That's not to say this movie isn't without it's problems.Like whats up with all the plane shots from the nightly news? I mean whoever made this thing obviously knows how to make action look real -- and let pros like Mark do what he does best -- but the plane stuff and CGI are laughable. It looks like they stole the plane from the video game my dad plays on his Atari in the basement. And why is the Colonel talking all the time just repeating what we already know from watching the movie? I was like - no kidding Sherlock.All in all, I say get this if you like to see stuff blow up, watch guys go down with spin kicks, and want a little acting with your action. There is some real BAND OF BROTHERS moments that I liked, especially with some guy named Steve Cryin, I think. Hard to tell from the titles which screamed low budget. But even with the budget, the shots showed real visual flare. BOONDOCK SAINTS this isn't, but I would put the best stuff in that category.