Echo Effect

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.

(2015) Chain of Command/ Echo Effect ACTION THRILLER.

Co written and directed by Kevin Carraway that has James/ Jimmy Webster (Michael Jai White) celebrating his homecoming from duty with his older brother, Walter/ Walt Webster (Ken Early) and with friends. During this moment that should be a celebration, James notices his brother is having some problems while talking on his phone and tries to involve himself in his brother's affairs without success. On the following morning, he is then informed that his brother is dead. And after retrieving some of his brothers items, each one of his military friends either ends up murdered or discovered dead. And James goes on an investigation rant leaving him with the only clue of the name, Bill O'Brien (Carter Bratton). Meanwhile, a former special ops himself, Ray Peters (Steve Austin) going on a pursuit and is apparently part of a group of thugs/ syndicate involve in the shipping of narcotics from overseas. Part of a military ops group that also includes,supposedly one of Walt or Jimmy's friends, LT Bob Ross (Max Ryan) working for the main boss, Ted Bomber (Ken Strunk) all involved in the recovery of 40 million dollars that was stolen from them. Viewers also discover the man who did most of the murders that also includes James brother, Walt we find out is an agent, Hammond (Charles Page).

All this is, in terms of plot device is the less than equivalent of "Lethal Weapon" that involves special ops going rogue to start up their won criminal syndicate with the only difference is that it involves the recovery of millions of dollars. Upon watching this film sometimes appears that it was made on a whim. The investigator involve in the case of solving James murder is almost worthless or non existent.

...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.

This was a major waste of time. The post production was so bad I couldn't even watch all of it. Even if I did like the acting the sounds in the movie were terrible . My 5 year old could score this movie better by the way.. The music was cheap and bland... I could tell that they didn't have a budget but thats OK. Low budget movies don't always suck. But this had a budget of 5 million. It looks like it was shot with a family canon camera . There was a part where a man was shot in the leg. They decided to used CGI for the wound but the wound didn't move with his body so the CGI is dancing on his leg.. LIKE, WHAT??? Why would you do that? Who saw this and said " good job" ?? I am not trying to be mean but I paid for this and I am not happy. The two lead actors are good actors but they just look like they are doing this for a friend. I wish I could get my time back..

very sad...

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.