It's always a pleasure to see Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins work.
But the director and producers seem to have banked this gig solely on the star-status of these two guys (and on the shooting-star-status of the venerable Mickey Rourke) and just couldn't give a s**t about the most basic physical and social reality of the world around them (the opening scene, an ambush in a village in Afghanistan, says it all... nobody in their right minds would act like supposed "spec ops" soldiers act, not even a child would act in such a reckless way)... anyway, if you give that a pass, and if you fast-forward through the boring scenes (a good final cut could safely cut off at least 30 minutes), well... then you're left with a decent (although 110% predictable) action movie.
I would advise the director to find another job, because this is for sure not his calling. Either that, or he should not leave the editing room before the final cut.
And I would advise "producers" to not meddle in the nitty-gritty of movie making if their only forte is supplying cold hard cash.
But the director and producers seem to have banked this gig solely on the star-status of these two guys (and on the shooting-star-status of the venerable Mickey Rourke) and just couldn't give a s**t about the most basic physical and social reality of the world around them (the opening scene, an ambush in a village in Afghanistan, says it all... nobody in their right minds would act like supposed "spec ops" soldiers act, not even a child would act in such a reckless way)... anyway, if you give that a pass, and if you fast-forward through the boring scenes (a good final cut could safely cut off at least 30 minutes), well... then you're left with a decent (although 110% predictable) action movie.
I would advise the director to find another job, because this is for sure not his calling. Either that, or he should not leave the editing room before the final cut.
And I would advise "producers" to not meddle in the nitty-gritty of movie making if their only forte is supplying cold hard cash.