Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA bodyguard must cope with hatred for his new client.A bodyguard must cope with hatred for his new client.A bodyguard must cope with hatred for his new client.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Rogelio Garcia
- (as Gustavo Salmeron)
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This film is so bad it crosses that fine line into 'entertaining'. First, as far as bodyguarding goes this really is amateur hour:
Ridley (to a colleague on the candidate's security detail); 'Where's your body armour?' Colleague; 'Ah, I didn't bother, it's too hot'.
Wow, wonder what's going to happen to *that* guy...
And,
Ridley (when said colleague is injured, leaving Ridley as the *only* agent with the candidate); 'I can't help him. It may be a ploy to draw us out.' Presidential candidate; 'If you don't help him, he may die. Can you live with that?' Ridley; 'Okay, you wait here.'
Those aren't spoilers; they both occur in the first five minutes!
It doesn't get better. A squad of bad guys in balaclavas and carrying assault rifles, and bodyguards brandishing twin pistols - in full view of *everyone* in a crowded nightclub - don't cause *any* panic until they actually start shooting?
The plot is about as original as a Steven Seagal movie, but with even more laughable decision-making and cliched dialogue. Actually, I could totally see this with JCVD as Ridley, and the bloated Buddha himself as Maxwell. Not that that's ever going to happen.
As an action flick, 3/10; as a laugh, 7/10! Averages out at...
5/10.
If you still appreciate the kinetic, hyper-stylized shenanigans of a superfluously sleek, Olivier Megaton-helmed EuropaCorp style shoot 'em up, Gerry Lively's boisterously Baretta-blasted 'Body Armour' is well worth a shot! The ravishing Barcelona backdrop and dynamically driving score by Jose Mora are the film's more notable highlights. Objectively, 'Body Armor' is not without its flaws, and both actors are plainly aware of that fact, but, personally, I enjoy this kind of barnstormingly escapist brain-melt to noisily distract myself from an increasingly monotonous reality, which it does rather well. As an aside, I could see powerhouse director Isaac Florentine fashioning a zesty upgrade of this with a menacingly grizzled JCVD as the remorseful ex-assassin Lee, and pyrotechnical pugilist Scott Adkins as his fleet-fisted antagonist Ridley.
Like most action movies of this sort, it loses logic about 20 minutes in.
The bad guys are too bad for their own good, but they look good in fancy suits and with nice weaponry.
The good guys are too dumb - tough but dumb.
Now, if I had to relocate a witness, I would not take them to places that would be popular or hot or known to anybody.
I would throw them in back of a beat-up car, wearing rags and take them to some place that nobody would ever think of.
They would listen to me or I would bust their teeth.
However as in every other witness relocation/protection movie - logic is misplaced for what is supposed to be a story.
The performances are bad, the story is bad and the action is also bad.
However for a comedy, it's not too bad...if you want a little bit of action with your funny.
With a whole bunch of useless and needless locations, scenes, action sequences and dialog as well as major plot holes - this could be one of the lost comedies that you may find interesting.
The nightclub scenes are pretty interesting...walking around in ski masks in a nightclub and nobody notices.
Brandishing weaponry across a dance-floor and nobody moves until gunfire is sprayed.
Yep, it's the little things that can make a movie good or it's the little things that can make a movie horrible.
This does the latter.
18 minutes in we get the dramatic uttering 'This matter needs to be dealt with swiftly, and with the utmost urgency'. That kind of sets the scene for the quality of dialog to come. And the acting is worse.
If you read this review before seeing the movie, save yourself.
I'm afraid to say I watched most of it, but only in that 'watching a slow motion train wreck' kind of way. It was genuinely bad. So bad you cant look away.
And now the review helper says my review is too short. How much more of my life must I waste on this horror?
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[first lines]
DJ: It's shaping up to be a beautiful day here in the city of angels, where Republican presidential candidate, Patricia Lonsdale makes a quick, and somewhat less serious campaign stop to dedicate the opening of a new recreation center for disadvantaged youth in the Venice area. This marks the governor's first trip to California since winning...
British DJ: Due to an increased threat-level, the governor's visit will be marked by heighten security. Lonsdale's controversial plan to clamp down on poor security on the importation of illegal goods has sparked heated debate, even among her own supporters. Detractors have called her stance reckless and warn of potentially dire consequences, should she be elected. Lonsdale has counted that America needs a strong leader who is willing to make tough decisions. Job Downs on the BBC, reporting in Venice, California.
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Body Armour
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- Durée1 heure 30 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1