fabiane66

The first thing i should say is why is this movie have have a better rating than 6.5 really i mean i think Transformers 2 got that rating and there is no way that this movie should get a 6.5 rating. I know if you have read my other reviews you will see that i love action movies and hong kong action movies and this movie is one of the best American made martial art action movies ever made in America (did that make sense). If you know American action movies they may contain fights that are lame or some action scenes that my cousin who is 6 could do better fights. I mean really in recent years hong kong style action have gone down in Hollywood i mean don't you remember in the late 90's when a lot of hong kong guys like jackie chan and jet li or donnie yen came over to Hollywood and gave Hollywood a good boost in talent well that lasted for about a good 5 years or maybe 7 years know Hollywood has good to back to bad action movies or just bad movie making when it comes to action movies. Well in recent years a group of martial artist have formed a group based i believe out of San Franisco that are called Stunt people. If you watch there website or seen there shorts that they made than you are getting a taste for what is to come. Contour plot is simple it stars Eric Jacobs who plays a criminal who is really bad at stealing stuff but really good at kicking the stuff out of bad guys. Eric plays the main lead as his day job is to be a taxi cab person who drive people around town well he just happens to pick up a prince and his bodyguard who are in town. That is really is all the plot you need as most of the most consist of humour and action. I know some people have talked about the humor not being funny well i beg to differ i laughed a lot well i also have a weird sense of humour but the humor is a mixture of good jokes bad jokes and a lot of slapstick humor. But really the best thing about the movie the only thing you need to know about the movie is Action. My friend this movie delivers the best action stuff that America has produced in many years i mean that. Transformers 2 or Gi joe or anything released this year or this decade has delivered anything this good. The only American action movie that i can thing that has been close in recent years are Undisputed 2 or Drive but they are not even close to this great fun movie. I know another thing about the movie that has been written is that the acting is not good ....really people acting in a American martial art movie. I mean the acting is suitable for this type of movie i mean people this movie is not trying to be Rageing Bull or Departed it is trying to be a kick the stuff out people in how many ways there is. The action is this movie is so good that it even beats a lot of hong kong movies in years to. I mean really hong kong action movies have gone down in years heck it really has not been good since 1995 but why carp. I mean the only good action left in hong kong is Donnie yen or or ....well that is about it because jackie and jet have been taking it easy in the last couple of years so the only great thing left in hong kong is donnie yen. There is also Tony Jaa i have yet to see ong bak 2 but i have heard mixed things so i will see that is and i mean really Tony does it take 5 years or so to make a movie. But back to the Contour the movie mixed different martial arts which makes the fights even more exciting there is tradition kung fu and many other types of martial arts and the way the fights are filmed are excellent. I believe Hollywood should call these guy to see if they are willing to work for them. The stunt these guys pull off here are excellent i mean the people are really getting hit and they are really taking hard fall , mad props to these guy because i know those so called Hollywood stars would not be taking falls like this. In the end this movies deserves a higher score and should have a bigger fan base heck i bought my disc at Fry's so i don't know why more people are not talking about this movie. It is a straight fun low budget action fun( i mean low budget i believe someone said the movie cost less than $5000 which if that is the case this movie deserves even more attention). Contour is the real deal my friend . Contour gets a A- (A- =A+ for action)