Countdown

I'm sorry but the film was just horrible. I watched it the other day, and it felt like a 10 hour long film rather than a less than 2 hour one. The acting from the protagonist was so bad that I fell asleep several times watching it. Don't listen to the other reviewers.

I have watched other WWE movies in the past, so the measuring stick for this movie wasn't that big going in and despite that, this movie couldn't reach the top of it. There are other wrestlers in WWE who could be great actors if given the chance, but the promotion is very corrupt and biased, so only the backstage favorites get that chance. I wish they would let someone that can act get an opportunity like this for once.

Undercover cop Ray Thompson (Nic Nemeth) shoots his own partner to prove his authenticity to a gunrunner. Despite getting the bad guy, he's in deep trouble. OPA Lt. Julia Baker (Katharine Isabelle) suspends him. He has been receiving letters demanding $2 million plus change. Now, a kidnapped boy has been strapped with a bomb and the bomber wants his money.

This WWE production is pretty bad. I'm only watching this for Katharine Isabelle. She seems to be the only one in the cast with big acting experiences. Nic Nemeth is a WWE wrestler and his acting is as good as can be expected. Right from the start, the bad guy doesn't check to make sure the undercover cop is actually dead. That's indicative of the bad writing in this. They filmed around a WWE event and that part looks exactly like that. I start to lose it with the landlord. The Russian consulate is just too much. It is interesting that Putin is still seen as a threat in this. I guess they haven't gotten the memo from up top. The cops are infuriating in general. There is no way that the cop who got shot is the one doing the interrogation. Let's just say that none of this is normal police procedure. There is one passable chase scene. Everything else is lower grade material.

"We have a bomb strapped to a kid somewhere in the city that only an unidentified dead man knows the location of, and we have 6 hours and 42 minutes to find him." Ray (Ziggler) is a detective who hasn't been the same since he lost his son. He keeps crossing the line and is finally facing suspension. When he finds out that a young boy has been kidnapped and strapped to a bomb he ignores his suspension and sets out to find him before its too late. Now, facing a deadline Ray and IA officer Julia Baker (Isabelle) put their differences aside in order to save the boy. This is a movie that has a great plot, it is very tense and exciting to watch it unfold. The one thing it is missing are the actors to really pull off the drama needed. Going in, since this is a WWE movie that is to be expected but it still seemed to hurt the movie. That said though, this is perhaps the best WWE movie to date. Overall, a movie with a great and tense story that actually makes up for the lack of dramatic acting and is actually pretty good in spite of itself. I surprisingly give this a high B.

For DZ's first feature film, I thought he did a pretty phenomenal job, though I felt some moments he kinda felt stoic and not portraying enough emotion. The emotional backdrop of Ray Thompson's loss of his son was one thing I thought he shined with. He's a bit of natural, he's got it there but just needs to improve and show that he can take up a serious role. The story was absolutely intense, from the chases to the brawls to the crazy explosive escape. Everything was top there! It's no masterpiece but it's another great cop film with a very tense premise and real life atmosphere. My only disappointment was the WWE Live event setting, i thought it was going to be the main setting of the entire movie kinda like Sudden Death with Van Damme. All of the live action was just within the first act but the last half of the movie was just as intense as the beginning. Countdown is great but far from any action set masterpieces such as Die Hard. I give this movie a 7 out of 10.

Well, it's not innovative, and the lone hero's bid, a man against a whole system, ends up bothering him for his inveracity, but Katharine breaks it down... Good action scenes associated with a good plot, positive balance for a film with the objective of promote the handsome protagonist ... Ok ...