The Eleventh Hour

I am not going to delve into the story one bit here. Please look at the synopsis for that. After reading the synopsis, if you want to watch this movie then read on. This is one of the worst movies I have watched in recent times and let me tell you, I watch a lot. I have never given a user comment for a movie. I voted a few times for contributions and sometimes for the movie itself when I felt strong about the movie- either good or bad, but this one evoked so strong a response that I tracked down the IMDb page and sat down to write a warning. This is no review. Just refrain from watching the movie. Accepted that people are passionate when making movies, these people, the director, actors and all others remotely connected to this movie don't know what they are doing.

This film doesn't have much in terms of a cast, budget, or acting, but what it lacks in those areas it makes up for by being fun to watch.. somehow.

You can tell right off the bat that the film is low budget, not a Hollywood blockbuster, and doesn't feature any big names. The acting is dry and terribly forced in some places, but it doesn't detract from the overall pace or excitement of the film. The action sequences are pretty much non-stop, and you're never left with long patches of dialogue or drawn out scenes with no action -- which, I'll be honest, for this film is a good thing.

Anyway, you're presented with a fast-paced action ala one man against a slew of "bad guys" (who this time happen to be North Koreans) in a race against time to save a loved one. It's a pretty typical story, but off skew just enough for it to be enjoyable and not entirely akin to 25 cent action movies from the bargain bin. This, coupled with the abundance of well-choreographed action scenes makes this film a fun ride.

Bottom line, if you go in expecting this to be an amazing, thought provocative action film with densely woven plot lines, you'll be rather disappointed. On the other hand, if you go in thinking this is going to be some kind of cheese fest (see "The Marine"), you'll be more than pleasantly surprised. It is the best it can be for what it is, if that makes any sense.

The shake camera is the cheesiest most nauseating method of trying to fake action that there is.

The plot was good and have several surprises and the action kept you going. I thought it was also very realistic from a political point of view.

Some stupidity was present and unnecessary such as the trigger for the bomb in her hand not being allowed to be released yet seeing her in many scenes running with her hands wide open only later to see that somewhere along the line it had been taped firmly to her hand ... lol

This movie was worthy of a strong 7 if it were not for this director's addiction to this derelict practice of shaking the camera to blur the scene permitting the cover-up of poorly executed stunts and fight scenes etc.

I sincerely believe that any director who uses this in films should be banned from directing any film ever again.

Let me be clear, this is not the movie of the year but this is a decent action movie. Forget the storyline, the acting (which is below average), but for your time you will get: - Some very good fighting scenes: well choreographed, realistic, well paced and above all properly edited. Remember movies such as RE: Apocalypse where you couldn't tell which move was being performed by Ms Jovovich? Well this is the opposite, old style brutal fighting scenes. - A decent spec-op style intro sequence - A very beautiful red hair damsel in distress - One very angry muscular hero. That's it, so you are warned. Go watch it if you like a good "kill you in two moves" kinda film. Otherwise, hit the road.

This move had potential, but the cinematography and the stupid cheese shakey camera ruin it. The acting was fair, but I got dizzy trying to watch it. I don't recommend it.

The fights are well choreographed but not very believable.

If you don't have anything better to watch, then give it a try, but I really don't recommend it.

I don't know any of the actors or the writer and I feel this story has been done before but what hasn't been done.

I feel the writers could have worked it a little better and made it more believable with a second story within the story explaining all characters, but the chose not too.

Again, I don't recommend this movie.

Jose.