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Johnny Strong of The Fast and the Furious and Black Hawk Down stars as New Orleans Police Detective Sean Riley, a tough cop investigating a series of brutal murders. But when a clue leads Riley to a troubled buddy, he ll uncover a shocking military conspiracy that triggers a war between local gangs and an international team of mercenaries. And in a city set to explode, nothing is more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose. Kevin Phillips (Notorious), Costas Mandylor (Saw 3D), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Clifford Method Man Smith, Jolene Blalock (Star Trek: Enterprise), Jürgen Prochnow (24), MMA legend Bas Rutten and Oscar® nominee Tom Berenger (Platoon) co-star in this action-packed thriller about loss and redemption.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is an outstanding crime action thriller. Johnny Strong is convincing in the lead role of Sean Riley, a New Orleans cop who is assigned a grisly homicide case with a young Detective, Will Ganz (Kevin Phillips). Riley discovers that his old friend Colin (Sean Patrick Flanery) is involved in some way and has to figure out what his friend has gotten himself into whilst trying to solve the case.
The characters themselves tick quite a lot of boxes of what you would expect from a cop action thriller but there is more to them than these familiar archetypes. William Kaufman doesn't create a set of characters in his screenplay, he manages to create people who we can believe that they could exist. There are a few nice cameos from some well known actors of the past, Tom Berenger and Jurgen Prochnow stand out above all others. The film doesn't let up on the brutality, nor does it shy away from it. At it's core the film is a throwback to the crime films of the 70s and 80s, taking inspiration from the buddy cop genre with some of it's scenes. And yet the story is a very contemporary piece.
The action sequences are fantastic and with the exception of some of the blood hits there seems to be no CGI involved in their construction. When a car crashes, it really crashes which is a nice change. The scenery is fresh and different, mainly due to its New Orleans setting.
It's incredible to believe that this was an independent production because it has all the hallmarks and production value of a big budget action movie. William Kaufman seems to have put every cent they spent on the screen and he does so with a style that is very reminiscent of the Dirty Harry series mixed with Lethal Weapon.
The characters themselves tick quite a lot of boxes of what you would expect from a cop action thriller but there is more to them than these familiar archetypes. William Kaufman doesn't create a set of characters in his screenplay, he manages to create people who we can believe that they could exist. There are a few nice cameos from some well known actors of the past, Tom Berenger and Jurgen Prochnow stand out above all others. The film doesn't let up on the brutality, nor does it shy away from it. At it's core the film is a throwback to the crime films of the 70s and 80s, taking inspiration from the buddy cop genre with some of it's scenes. And yet the story is a very contemporary piece.
The action sequences are fantastic and with the exception of some of the blood hits there seems to be no CGI involved in their construction. When a car crashes, it really crashes which is a nice change. The scenery is fresh and different, mainly due to its New Orleans setting.
It's incredible to believe that this was an independent production because it has all the hallmarks and production value of a big budget action movie. William Kaufman seems to have put every cent they spent on the screen and he does so with a style that is very reminiscent of the Dirty Harry series mixed with Lethal Weapon.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By DGNB
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a great action film. Loads of good guys under fire, bad guys getting taken out and well worth watching. I recommend this film.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By P. Reeve
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
i really enjoyed this movie it was full of action and a great way to spend an hour and a half
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Film
For a low budget movie the story was quite good and a strong performance from Johnny Strong, well worth watching.
Published 2 months ago by mr c w mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent DTV action movie
In my opinion this is one of the best DTV action movies of recent years. It puts the sanitised, PG-13 "actioners" of modern Hollywood to shame. Read more
Published 5 months ago by BMovieFan
2.0 out of 5 stars
So bad it's actually quite good
I bought this dvd on a whim after reading some good reviews about it. The back story is that basically a sudden wave of gang violence erupts and Dectecive Sean Riley(Johnny Strong)... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sean
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great action film
What can i say about this film, well it is the best action film that i have seen in a while.
The action scenes were done extremely well, the acting is very good and the... Read more
The action scenes were done extremely well, the acting is very good and the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by keith01
4.0 out of 5 stars
Guns, Violence, Bullets, Torture, Lead and Guns all set in Mofo...
This is a film by writer and director Will Kaufman (`The Prodigy') set in the seedy underworld of New Orleans and stars Johnny Strong (`The Fast and the Furious' and `Black Hawk... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Tommy D
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