If you're looking for a picture that sums up everything wrong about director David A Prior, 'The Final Sanction' makes for a perfect mic drop. Very low budget filmmaking continuing his inability to write a decent plot or even shoot an entertaining flick. Extremely boring with nothing juicy to sink your teeth into even if you enjoy bad movies. Brother Ted stars alongside Robert Z'Dar, William Smith in a wasted effort.
The cold war between the US & Russia saw nuclear bombs get dropped so both countries to avert further loss of life agree to let the winner be settled thru a competition between their top soldiers. Court martialed, thrown in prison Sgt. Tom Batanic (Ted Prior) for the US and Sgt. Sergi Schvackov (Z'Dar) for those Soviets. On US soil neck deep in the woods these men armed to the teeth stalk each other like prey as a game of politics, possible betrayal play out.
No action movie is meant to stand up to heavy scrutiny, but David Prior films are on a whole other level. Which means because you're bored to tears you'll start questioning all the things that don't make sense. Too many talking heads scenes, a long build-up to the "battle" and a silly subplot of Batanic having a transmitter in his head. Sergi's fondness for throwing shovels, surviving point blank explosions and that ending ...
I don't need to hide my dislike for Prior flicks as they sell themselves. Cheap, dumb and usually lacking in fun, but you got likable actors in his crap from time to time for paychecks. If 'Deadly Prey' is him at the top of his game then 'The Final Sanction' is in the running for his worst.
