Traque infernale

This movie isn't *that* bad. Sure Hasselhoff cheeses up every scene, heck all the dialogue for all the actors is cheesy, but otherwise it is just standard direct-to-video fare. Oh, and was Rod Steiger desperate for cash or what? It just shows that you need to treat your agent with respect, folks. Otherwise they will get back at you by putting you in stuff like this. Regulate your Hasselhoff intake to small doses and you should be OK. Still, approach this film with the caution warranted when someone tells you it "isn't *that* bad".

A better than expected film, with some star power not usually seen in this type of feature. Worth a watch! David Hasselhoff, Rod Steiger and Corin Nemec in an interesting tale of finding one's family history and legacy. Based on a story by James Grady, author of "Three Days of the Condor".

I just sit and wonder sometimes that people out there are spending their time writing nonsensical movies of the calibre and then submitting them for production. I suppose the scariest thing bit is when somebody reads these scripts and gives it the green light.

This film sucks quite a lot. No - it sucks loads. Hasselhoff is funny. You half expect him to talk into his watch at any moment and summon the help of his Trans-Am. The plot is thinner than a cigarette paper and the acting is sub-Baywatch standard. David does a fair bit of running tho (which is nice to see) but that is about the height of the excitement in this movie.

Avoidance is critical. Unless you have watched every other bad movie ever made - this includes Strictly Ballroom!!! 102 minutes of my life have never felt so long. Vive la Baywatch!

An American war photographer helps a young Eurasian woman find her father she's not met before and gets caught in a web of intrigue and danger. This movie has an excellent war scene introduction that unfortunately lapses into a long meandering chase with little to sustain the viewer's attention. The peek into Filipino life in the suburbs of Manila is interesting but most of the acting borders on the mediocre. I'm not sure if this is an accurate reflection of the Philippines, but the movie certainly does not help the country's image of lawlessness (especially with the recent spate of kidnappings we're seeing). David Hasselhoff is not necessarily a bad actor, but he's so typecast from the days of Knight Rider and BayWatch that you can't imagine him being anyone else. There is a lot of action and the pace of the movie is relentless, but the script is listless. Another downside is that there is so little chemistry between the lead actors and actresses you wished you'd had spent your time watching something better.

I happened upon this movie on HBO one night and I said, "Wow, the Philippines!" I've been a fan of Donita Rose in Philippine cinema and I grew up with David Hasselhoff on "Knight Rider."

A simple quest for a Filipina-American woman on a family search turns into an action adventure with shoot outs, a bit of violence and greed.

It was an okay fare and could have been written much better. In addition to Hasselhoff and Donita Rose, I have seen some of the other players in other major works and I guess they all signed up to bide their time and earn income between other roles.

Low budget? Sure. But I've said this before, low budget don't have to mean low quality in story telling. While this one wasn't too bad in plot and story, it definitely could have been better.