Jman Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Silly, mindless...fun 2-1/2 stars out of 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyNo! Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'd give it a strong meh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latech15 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 The worst movie I have seen in a long time. Which was surprising given the heavy hitters in the movie. I think that most every actor was "somebody". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 It was ok as movies go, but the plot was nothing special. It felt that they tried to stretch out the movie (for a sequel) instead of making one complete movie. I have seen some WWE produced movies that were better done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Steven Soderbergh ruined another potentially great movie. He directed and DoP'ed this movie - he did the same with Contagion. Both movies had high power casts, and did a great job of making them look like horribly boring actors. If you go look at his credits, it looks like he's getting worse as he goes, not better... The editing is pretty horrible, too - instead of cutting between shots of the actor doing something, he leaves it as one long shot from a single angle, and ends up making his actors look stupid and hokey rather than it being some kind of artistic "throw back to the 70s".. And, he obviously doesn't know how to shoot action - in pretty much every fight scene, there's a couple of angles where you can clearly see pulled punches, etc. That "throwback to the 70s" movies is fine, just actually do it, rather than trying to sorta kinda half-ass do it... And the plot was hokey as hell. Annoyingly, they all carry empty guns the whole time. Whoever was involved from a gun handling standpoint didn't do much for them there... So, what was good about the movie? Gina Carano appears to hold her own with the rest of the cast - that's not saying much in the context of the movie, but given how bad the direction was, maybe she can do well in another role. The fight scenes are fantastic - it's refreshing to see an actress that knows how to throw a kick convincingly. They're obviously staged, Hollywood fights, but they (mostly, aside form the aforementioned DoP idiocy) look well done. I'd watch it again to watch Carano kick ass (and it doesn't hurt that she's a good looking girl), but that's about the only redeeming factor on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'll probably go see it Friday, although I heard it was boring...which is bad for an action movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I enjoyed it - good popcorn flick. Not the year's best, and could be better, but still well worth the price of admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beltjones Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 So, what was good about the movie? Gina Carano appears to hold her own with the rest of the cast - that's not saying much in the context of the movie, but given how bad the direction was, maybe she can do well in another role. The fight scenes are fantastic - it's refreshing to see a fighter that knows how to act convincingly. They're obviously staged, Hollywood fights, but they (mostly, aside form the aforementioned DoP idiocy) look well done. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underlug Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 So, what was good about the movie? Gina Carano appears to hold her own with the rest of the cast - that's not saying much in the context of the movie, but given how bad the direction was, maybe she can do well in another role. The fight scenes are fantastic - it's refreshing to see a fighter that knows how to act convincingly. They're obviously staged, Hollywood fights, but they (mostly, aside form the aforementioned DoP idiocy) look well done. Fixed. I did not like the fight scenes at all. They seemed contrived to show MMA moves that just ain't gonna happen in the real world......just my opine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 My wife wanted to go see it for some reason so I said sure, why not. I liked it. I certainly did not feel like it was 90 min of my life I'd never get back. I really liked the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I did not like the fight scenes at all. They seemed contrived to show MMA moves that just ain't gonna happen in the real world......just my opine How many fight scenes have you seen in movies that come even remotely close to how fights play out in the real world? I haven't seen one, yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beltjones Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 So, what was good about the movie? Gina Carano appears to hold her own with the rest of the cast - that's not saying much in the context of the movie, but given how bad the direction was, maybe she can do well in another role. The fight scenes are fantastic - it's refreshing to see a fighter that knows how to act convincingly. They're obviously staged, Hollywood fights, but they (mostly, aside form the aforementioned DoP idiocy) look well done. Fixed. I did not like the fight scenes at all. They seemed contrived to show MMA moves that just ain't gonna happen in the real world......just my opine I haven't seen the movie, but I can't imagine there are any effective MMA techniques that wouldn't work in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underlug Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) So, what was good about the movie? Gina Carano appears to hold her own with the rest of the cast - that's not saying much in the context of the movie, but given how bad the direction was, maybe she can do well in another role. The fight scenes are fantastic - it's refreshing to see a fighter that knows how to act convincingly. They're obviously staged, Hollywood fights, but they (mostly, aside form the aforementioned DoP idiocy) look well done. Fixed. I did not like the fight scenes at all. They seemed contrived to show MMA moves that just ain't gonna happen in the real world......just my opine I haven't seen the movie, but I can't imagine there are any effective MMA techniques that wouldn't work in the real world. I'd suggest a flying armbar would not be a rational choice in an enclosed area (but it looked pretty). It could be effective in a match, on a mat, where if you missed you would not get your head kicked in because you are on the ground. Just my opinion I thought the fight scenes were awkwardly staged to show the MMA moves. And, I love MMA Edited February 3, 2012 by underlug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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