Crackerjack

Yes the plot has been done over and over again. But the plot works. Lethal weapon it is not but they tried!. Certainly not a mind blowing action masterpiece but it's a pleasant way to pass the time.

Serious contender for the so bad it's good sweepstakes. "CrackerJack" is a cliche loaded "Die Hard" clone that despite the straight to video, low budget, bad acting, plastic model blow ups, zero logic script, instant romance, indestructible hero, and on and on, delivers some chuckles because everything is being taken seriously. Christopher Plummer probably wishes he never signed on for this bomb, but he plays his bad guy to the hilt. The rest of the cast appears to be walking through their lines wishing they were somewhere else. There is no point in doing anything here except sitting back expecting bad everything, and marveling at the total ineptitude on display. The film has a touch of gratuitous nudity, a cavern that looks like it was made out of PlayDough, exploding helicopters, exploding areal tram, and an avalanche. If you are in the mood for a good bad movie, you could do a lot worse. - MERK

but Thomas Ian Griffith just doesn't have the polish that a big bucks actor has, granted this was made 5+ years ago. Some of the humorous lines could have been timed to make this not only action, but comedy. And how do you get KC out of Katia Koslovska anyhow? Plummer's character was so corny, he would have fit better in a Bullwinkle toon. Personally, if action flicks are going to show skin -- I'd have liked to have seen equal time between female/male, otherwise don't show any.

Put up your hand and than catapult it down, and say "bah!" to this film. An extremely weak film, that is based upon some old, already used cliché, you know "terrorists taking over, one man army, bunch of hostage", this time in the mountain hotel. Well... yahoo.

We got Thomas Ian Griffith (Karate Kid 3, Vampires) as a leading action man, but he looked here like he didn't give a damn for this film. He was even slow in martial arts scenes, he can do faster than that, but when you're doing a low budget film... what's the point? Christopher Plummer is here! What a hell? A great, classically trained actor to appear in such low budget crap as a leading villain? I don't understand... what is attractive to such great actors in low budget films? We also have Nastasja Kinski... well, she was OK.

There isn't much to say about this crap film. Except... you can watch it if you want to... fall asleep for example.

Stumbling upon this 1994 movie titled "Crackerjack", from director Michael Mazo, here in 2025, of course I opted to watch it, as it was a movie that I hadn't already seen.

Writers Micheal Bafaro and Jonas Quastel put together a script and storyline that actually proved better than I had expected. The storyline turned out to be a rather enjoyable and entertaining one, so it was a joy to sit through the 96 minutes that the movie ran for. Sure, one might argue for this being a somewhat run-of-the-mill early 1990s action thriller, but it was still an enjoyable and entertaining movie. So thumbs up to writers Micheal Bafaro and Jonas Quastel for that accomplishment.

The movie does start out in a pretty upscale speed, throwing the audience right into the action, without us actually knowing what is going on. I liked that, because it pretty much set a hope for a fast paced and action-packed movie.

The movie actually has a pretty impressive cast ensemble, with the likes of Thomas Ian Griffith, Nastassja Kinski, Alex Diakun and Christopher Plummer on the cast list. The acting performances in "Crackerjack" was good. Leading actor Thomas Ian Griffith carried the movie nicely. And I had never thought that I would actually see Christopher Plummer in a villanous role, but he really performed rather well as a villain.

If you enjoy action thrillers, and get the chance to watch the 1994 movie "Crackerjack", I would recommend you to do so. I was genuinely and wholeheartedly entertained throughout the course of this movie.

My rating of director Michael Mazo's 1994 movie "Crackerjack" lands on a well-deserved six out of ten stars.