Hammerlock

This is set out to be a comedy caper film, but everything about it is corny, corny, corny. The music, the acting, even the filming. It looks like it is shot by a high school student with music produced by her friends in the lower grades.

I like Pat Morita and the guy from "Magnum P.I." and Demond Wilson, but I did not like this movie. I wish I hadn't selected it. Now that I have, I need to warn others.

RUN! Run away!!

Audrey Sarn was great! What else has she been in? I also enjoyed seeing Pat Morita as always and Demond Wilson from Sanford and Son. Is that Vic Chao in Morita's gang? The same guy from "24"?

I really liked the Asian gang, they were sort of like Robin Hood's not really bad but not angels either. I believed that these guys hung out together in real life which isn't always that easy to do in an independent film that is shot on location. I'm glad to see that the Asian gang didn't look like Asians trying to be some other group-they were totally believable and I'm Glad to see that they included a teenager in the gang because thats the way it really would be. Lots of other clever facts here if you look for them even if there is way too much music and the lead actor (Reggie) is kinda dorky!

Wow this movie is astoundingly bad! I say from experience, it's not worth the money you'll spend to see it.

There were several problems with this movie.

1) The Plot - two annoying prison guards have to find two "dangerous" felons who've escaped within 24 hours in order to save the pension/benefits/etc. of a retiring Roger Mosley. The hunt is on, blah, antics ensue, blah. It's less exciting than it sounds.

2) The Cast - Pat Morita, Demond Wilson (Sanford and Son!), and Roger E. Mosley (Magnum P.I.!) must have owed someone a favor. Or they're desperate and homeless and will take any movie thrown at them. They couldn't save this movie even if they had been on the screen for more than 15-20 minutes (Pat Morita doesn't appear until 45 minutes into the film!) The unknowns of the cast are putrid actors. I found it impossible to care for what they were doing. Of course they couldn't have saved this film, considering the movie's other major problem...

3) The Script & Direction - C.T. McIntyre was probably proud of what he made. He wrote and directed this bad boy, so he's wholly responsible for the atrocity. I never understood what help he was trying to provide by throwing in animation...little "hints" like "Look out for so-and-so" or "she was more easy-going as a blond". Made NO SENSE AT ALL! Maybe he thought he was being clever and funny. I don't know. I never will know.

Seriously. Usually bad movies provide something rewarding...stuff so horrible it's funny, like "Hamburger: The Motion Picture" or even "Troll 2". But "Hammerlock" was almost two hours of nothing. I sat there...bored...angry even!...by the events taking place on the screen. And then I remember: I spent four dollars to see this. ...