Army of One

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William D This is an okay film. It should only be watched once and then never again. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite enjoyable action film starring the hulking Dolph Lundgren as a prison escape who unknowingly kidnapps an undercover police office, Kristian Alfonso (who my wife saw and say, that's someone from "Days") while trying to clear his name and get the dirty cop who framed him, a very fine cigar chomping and Panama hat wearing George Segal, The film is essentially a low rent version of "The Fugitive," which was written by Steven Pressfield who gave us "King Kong Lives" and "Above the Law" but who also wrote the novel Legend of Bagger Vance." The cliche ridden script is probably one of the weaker elements of the film. A major strengths of the film is that t was directed by veteran stuntman Vic Armstrong, who worked on everything form Indianna Jones films to James Bond films to more recent of stuff like Marvel film universe films. His direction isn't as smooth as some of the films he's worked on as stunt coordinator, but he does know how to deliver some terrific stunts, with lots of explosions, full body flames and some solid car chases. Armstrong also gets credit for being one of the first, if not THE first to make a concerted effort to bring the Hong Kong heroic bloodshed style of action to an American film. Maybe you could argue that "El Mariachi" or "Nemesis" tried to do it, but Armstrong goes all out in one warehouse scene in particular, which includes Dolph sliding down a ramp and across the floor on his back while firing guns, loads of slow motion, lots of two-gun action, and even a Mexican stand-off. According to IMDB, at the premiere of this film, Vic Armstrong was horrified to encounter Woo himself, the originator of the heroic bloodshed style of film. Armstrong reportedly said, "Sorry, John. I'm kind of ripping you off in one scene in this movie." John Woo replied "Don't worry about it, Vic. I've been stealing from you for years." Which is pretty true, since the heroic bloodshed style is essentially a ramped up version of action hat seems to mash-up the violence of Sam Peckinpah and the melodrama of Douglas Sirk. But I digress. This film never got a theatrical release in the US and it really does seem like the quality of a Steven Segal or Jean Clause Van Damme film, so don't watch this film thinking you're getting "The Fugitive" though you probably already know that when Dolph Lindgren is the star of the film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The title correctly portrays what it says and that's Dolph Lundgren mowing down bad guys without getting a scratch. But this doesn't happen that often. Besides good looking cinematography and a few actor cameos that tease the audience more than anything else, this cat and mouse chase is boring half the time with bad pacing, cliched writing, and poor sounding music. For my full review of Army of One (1993), check it out on this IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106309/reviews-34 Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Huge misfire. Very weird movie. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member More great action fun with the fantastic Dolph kicking ass and taking names... and cars... and women... and no shit! Great fun! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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