Froid comme l'enfer

Well this 1998 action movie starring none other than Hulk Hogan himself is pretty much standard late 1990s action cheese.

Sure, as I sat down to watch "The Ultimate Weapon" here in 2021, I can't really claim that my expectations were super high for the movie. But still, I opted to sit down and watch it and give it a chance.

Turns out that writer Robert Paul and director Jon Cassar actually managed to put together an action movie that was adequate enough. I mean, it did follow that stereotypical how-to-make-an-action movie that was going on with most action movies back in the 1990s. So at least the movie had that going on. So there is some nostalgia to be experience here, cheesy as it was.

Then there was the part about Hulk Hogan in the lead. Yeah, that part wasn't really a winning bet. I mean, sure he was good on the screen back in the 1980s when I was watching WWF on TV. But as a movie star and an actor? No, that wasn't really his strong side. But you just bear over with it as he stumbles through the movie.

And to make things even better. You would assume that a physical man such as Hulk Hogan would be doing his own action scenes and such. But no. There was a stunt double to do this for him. And they didn't even bother to get one that remotely looked like him. In all scenes with the stunt double, you just curl your toes as it is so blatantly obvious that it is not Hulk Hogan himself doing it. I mean, even running up hill on an obstacle course they uses a stunt double. Boy, oh boy. And I was cracked up when they used a stunt double that had a mullet. Yeah, a mullet. It didn't even match Hulk Hogans hair in the movie at all.

There is actually a fair amount of action in the movie. Adequate action actually, not great action mind you. So director Jon Cassar managed to pull that off well enough.

"The Ultimate Weapon" is a movie that you can watch a single time. Trust me, this movie does not have the contents in storyline or action contents to support more than a single viewing.

My rating of the 1998 movie "The Ultimate Weapon" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. Truth be told, then the movie was actually somewhat better than I had anticipated it would be.

How these pieces of junk get funded for making is way beyond reason. How they get released for viewing is even more puzzling. Hulk fan or not this is not entertainment. I sincerely hope no one actually went to the cinema and paid good money to view this horrid piece of crap !

Since this film is brought to you by the same guy you directed 24 and Kung Fu The Legend Continues ("look I'm not my father, I don't do Kung Fu, I'm a cop, thats who I am, thats what I do!"), Id have to say this falls right in lock-step. This is an action film with no action. Let me explain, there is no tension, there's nothing to grab you and shake you about, it is a dry run at half-speed. Watch it for yourself and tell me if any of the action looks anything but Hasselhoff-staged. Not since Knight Rider has there been such action and adventure. Hulk Hogan with hair-doo and sidekick couldn't have less chemistry, the bad guy is a frightening as Ferris Bueller's father. This is a dry, moldy, wet noodle of a movie and I smell conspiracy: Jon Cassar "who are you working for!" Another Jack Bauer classic is: "what are you talking about!" This is what I would yell at Director Casser for such an opus.

This movie is utter and total crap. Flashy catch phrases try to make up for the poor acting and bad writing. The henchmen of the main baddie can shoot, but one of them walk up to Cutter's friend that they think is dead to get a shot by his shotgun. If I had a good five seconds and I was a bad guy I would have shot right away rather then checking if the guy was dead. The added "Man I am good" from Cutters friend made me laugh so sadistically with sarcasm that I couldn't control my utter outrage of funding for this piece of dung. Sitting threw the last scene of the movie when the main baddie's friend comes back in a cop car to run over Cutter and is diverted into the barn where the main bad guy is standing on a bomb made the movie totally believable. And if you believe my last line.... you sure are gullible!

If Hulk would have made movies like this in the 80's - early 90's he would have cult action hero movie status. Shame it came to late, and under the strait to video level. Great old school action scenes, and story line. Nothing too deep, but good old 80's - early 90's style fun.