Black Rose

Tons of potential, but watchable. Don't know what happened. Laughable at times unintentionally I'm sure.

Com'on people. At least the photography was excellent. Bad script. Acting sans direction or self restraint. But good grief -- does it really deserve all this opprobrium? Shots and angles were often admirable. They found scenes and settings that were quite interesting and occasionally terrific. ... On the other hand, a stage name duplicating the cultural hero of the Russ is deserving of The Donald's approval and accents comparable to Branagh's Shadow Recruit choice are cringe-worthy. Just imagine what people not super self-conscious of being C-lister's could have done with the idea here.

Trendsetter Aleksandr Nevsky brings yet another engaging, action- filled movie to the big screen. Its name is «Black Rose». This is not typical average-quality action film like «The Expendables» or «The Terminator» it is top-notch motion picture.

When LAPD is completely powerless against a sadistic sociopathic killer, it calls up to invite Russian specialist major Kazatov (Aleksandr Nevsky). LAPD had this series of murders investigated by Kazatov.

This film served as great entertainment with its breath-taking sceneries of affluent Los Angeles. I really loved Kazatov punishment style, because this guy doesn't afraid to break the rules and he never gives criminals a chance to live. For example, the moment when major used a «Desert Eagle» to shoot for five times at a thief handbags. In addition, Nevsky used actors that had either appeared in his previous movies like «Treasure Riders» or «Moscow Heat».

Overall, this is a great movie with an excellent action and the god most loved actor. Furthermore, in a newsworthy press release I read that Nevsky is going to make a follow-up to «Black Rose».

After five young women of Russian descent are brutally murdered, the Los Angeles Police Department contacts Moscow and requests the assistance of one of their best detectives to aid in the investigation. In response, Russia sends "Vladimir Kazatov" (Alexander Nevsky), who always manages to get the job done--one way or another. Sure enough, no sooner does he get to Los Angeles than he manages to get into a gunfight with two armed thugs, leaving one dead and the other severely maimed. That aside, he is quickly paired with a patterns analyst named Emily Smith (Kristanna Loken), who lacks real field experience but compensates for it with her keen understanding of the criminal mind. The problem, however, is that the serial killer has been alerted and is now pursuing them as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this movie is basically a rehash of the successful Arnold Schwarzenegger film "Red Heat" but with Alexander Nevsky in the lead role instead. He fails miserably. So bad, in fact, that I rank his performance even lower than Jon Voight's attempt at impersonating Al Pacino's "Scarface" in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not that it matters, but Jon Voight was nominated for a Golden Raspberry for that performance. Deservedly so, in my opinion. Nevertheless, I didn't enjoy this particular film, and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

It's a direct to video release. If you're looking for an Oscar winner, look elsewhere. I saw it on Netflix. Reminded of the slew of bad action movies I enjoyed renting back in the 80's and 90's.To wit, I am known as the king of bad movies. Love 'em. I enjoyed it for what it is. A bit low budget. Not as gory as some reviews would lead you to believe. I will say this, if the the star, Alexander Nevsky, could lose the heavy Russian accent, he'd make a helluva lot more sense as Jack Reacher than Tom Cruise.