4Got10

Well almost the title then. Although in Germany they have a different one and kind of seem to want to compare it to a Western (Good, bad and the Dead). And that's not that far off the mark (no pun intended). Unfortunately the movie never really satisfies completely. It tries too much for its own good.

And while Danny Trejo is always a natural and has his charisma just because of who he is in real life, there is not really empathy that the viewer can feel for the characters involved. So the twists and turns that predictably come, do not really shock that much (maybe surprise a couple of viewers at best). Mediocre if you set your expectations low

Another day and another low budget, straight to Pay TV, sub Tarantino action thriller with B movie actors.

Johnny Messner is Brian Barnes who comes around suffering a bullet wound, surrounded by dead bodies and dynamic titles telling you who all the main characters are.

Brian is a bad boy who has managed to get out alive but he needs to piece back his life together because he really had forgotten who he is and how he got into this mess.

Dolph Lundgren is the smart law agent who is investigating the killings. Micheal Pare is the crooked sheriff who has found a case full of money and is tempted to take it all. Danny Trejo is the ruthless crime lord who has lost a shed load of money and is looking to get it. Worse still his son bizarrely ran away to become a policeman and he was also killed in the incident. Trejo wants his son's death avenged.

Conveniently the various plot strands come together for contrived shoot outs as the bad guys drop one by one. Brian gets his memories back piecemeal and completes the jigsaw and Lundgren tries to stay one step ahead. The audience will have got a better grasp of where it's all heading in this poorly written film.

The film wants to be a hip smart thriller but the plotting is just too convenient. Having Vivicia Fox along with Trejo just reminds us too much of better Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez films.

(2015) 4 Got 10 ACTION

Tarantino-esque similar to the likes of "Pulp Fiction" and "Snatch" with Brian (Johnny Messner) waking up from a gun fight and gets knocked unconscious during the scuffle. By the time he gains consciousness again, he gets amnesia with brief flashbacks. Two sheriffs eventually show up to the scene with one of them shooting the other deputy on the back, when one of them discovers 3 million in cash stashed in a bag. DEA agent, Bob (Dolph Lundgren) shows up at the crime scene with more revelations to follow, including the woman in charge of the case,DEA Imani (Vivica A Fox) who's attempting to nab drug cartel, Mateo Perez (Danny Trejo) who in turn seeking retribution for the death of his brother who we find out later that he used to work as a deputy.

There is just certain characters I liked and the movie chose to kill them off.

The story, the interiors and the fighting will remind you of something you have already seen or of a bad TV movie.

The acting sometimes is really unconvincing (dialogue too) but there is something in this film that you would never expect: when Michael Paré (the Sheriff) or Dolph Lundgren are on, the movie for a moment starts to work as if it were a normal, enjoyable flick!

It doesn't last long, the two of them could not save the film. But this was something I didn't expect from Ivan Drago and I'm more than glad to have it witnessed and to pay my respects to him with this note.

The film, besides that, was too boring...

Even the good actors (which is why i tried to watch it) are so bad i almost cried. First few minutes looks good, the rest is just horrible and pain to watch. Didnt make it to the end. Had to delete it asap