A Base: Desafiando o Perigo

The movie shows how an army base can be turned out to be not such a respectable place to be for soldiers. A senior army officer who leads a group of young men into drug trafficking. The plot is okay. Clear & logical. Fighting scenes causes blood to spill. Explosive action. The crew did well to impress me. A great job done.

Why do film makers continue to portray the military so poorly. Regardless of their intent, they could at least make an attempt to be accurate with regard to uniforms, military procedure and terminology, and weapons.

This movie was so silly I had to watch the whole thing just to see how really poor it could be. The people making this movie certainly had delusions of adequacy.

A squad of soldiers start up their own enterprise by starting up a drug smuggling business and it`s up to an undercover soldier to bring the criminals to justice

The above premise is another reworking of a film noir plot about a cop infiltrating a criminal gang ala WHITE HEAT . There is a major mistake in having the story set against a military background and many other reviewers have noticed it - How can soldiers spend so much time unsupervised by higher command be able to run a successful drugs op ? Is this credible ? What isn`t credible is the fact the bad guys can use their army weapons to blow away their rivals . I`d have thought that they`d have to sign out for their weapons and account for every round of ammo used ? Is Col David Hackworth correct with his criticisms at how the American military is run ?

Still THE BASE isn`t as nearly as bad as I expected for a made for video release ( The TV page of the newspaper gave it one star out of four which is the lowest possible rating ) , it`s by no means a great thriller but considering the cast are composed of people I`ve never heard of they do a fairly good job and the screenplay could have been a whole lot worse despite moments of dumbness . Compare THE BASE to other made for video releases like RANGERS and you`ll realise it`s not all that bad

A futile attempt at making a movie. In other words, the perfect manifestation of how a movie must never EVER be made. EVER.

I've never been a pure action-movie man or a Dacascos fan.. infact, after watching this laborious waste of time & money, I doubt I ever will too!

Take a hint. Let this one go by silently.

Oomph!-meter (from 5): [what?! are you kidding?!]

'The Base' is your typical dtv actioner with a familiar face or two, a capable b-movie director and so many moments requiring suspension of disbelief that you could run a train thru it. Smart story this is not. The action sequences however are mildly decent given its budget, but fans of Dacascos want to keep their expectations low.

Major John Murphy (Mark Dacascos) is tasked with retrieving a Mexican cartel boss, but of course the exchange goes south. Given new orders he's now to go undercover infiltrating a local military base as "Cpl. John Dalton" where the Sgt. Gammon (Tim Abell) and his unit are suspected of being dirty mixed up in the dope game.

Liking Dacascos is ultimately why I gave this a chance and he comes off decently getting to shoot his share of guns and showcase his martial arts ability. Tim Abell is the type of character actor who can play male leads in T&A flicks, psychos in thrillers or the bad guy in an action film like here and does so with ease. Although his character is fairly one note. There's an unnecessary female character which cues a predictable romance too.

For 2/3's of its runtime, 'The Base' is serviceable even if the story and execution is weak. There's nary an ounce of believability especially by the point a tank comes into play, but director Mark L. Lester keeps it chugging along. Things fall on a cliff at the end though.