Echo Effect

I just can't put my finger on it.Good actors for this type of movie.Michael Jai White and Steve Austin.Action was OK,often enough except for Michael Jai Whites pin point accuracy,one shot wonder.Maybe if he had missed a few times and fought more, you know,just let it drag on a bit more with better sound effects and action type music(not the cheesy kind).Altogether it was like.. Hey honey come watch this movie.Naw don't worry no violence in this one..and we fell asleep together on the couch 1/2 hour later.So if you need to see a bit of action without getting into trouble,this is it. A 6. Kinda like my BBQ's.

If I wasn't a Steve Austin fan I would have struggled to even give this film a score of 1, let alone 2.

The disappointment level of the movie is summed up by one shocking omission by the editing department where we see a guy clearly landing on a crash mat during a fight scene. Poor acting, unbelievably bad music that didn't match with the tone trying to be conveyed in each scene, and unnecessary use of sound effects all combined to successfully make my wife fall asleep.

I've watched a fair few films with bad plots and bad acting but without a doubt, this one deserves its rightful place at the top of the list. Michael Jai White is normally a very good actor but I suppose that he can only work with what he is given and in the case of this particular film, he was given a big pile of ****.

As for Steve Austin. I honestly think that when he was acting in the wrestling ring he gave a better performance than in this film and I think that the best choice of roles for him in future films would involve his being a tough guy villain who couldn't speak.

In the end it probably all came down to good old fashioned $$$'s and the actors were made offers that they couldn't refuse even if they knew that the end product would be an extremely poor, instantly forgettable film.

...let me shine a light on some of the positive things about this movie. No, it's not great. Yes the acting is bad, yes the story is cliché. You can read everything. I just wanted to say I enjoyed the action. This movie promised action and it delivered. I don't turn on a film staring Steve Austin hoping for some Oscar winning performance. And although he doesn't really do anything in the movie, there is plenty of kicking and shooting to keep me entertained. Most low budget action movies promise a lot of big stuff and don't deliver. At least this movie delivered.

Now - seeing Steve Austin I wasn't expecting top class acting, but was looking forward to a good action film.

What I wasn't expecting was the acting of the other people (Michael Jai White included) to be so pathetic that it actually made Steve Austin look good! Right from the off you could tell this is a low budget film, most of the supporting cast seem like they have been picked fresh from acting school (or the street!) and are just literally reading their lines rather than acting. For an action film I don't think anyone was actually told how to hold/fire a gun (Jai White was meant to be some kind of Special Ops soldier but his handling of a pistol didn't portray that!)

Overall a very poor film in every respect - action film with little action and such bad acting it was embarrassing!