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Redemption (2002) (V)
1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Humorous Opening Scene, 1 settembre 2003
Author: Dwayne Winstead (bbpwinstead@hotmail.com) da United States
If you need a good laugh, you will find the opening scene very amusing.
The scene opens with a guy who is very sweaty and nervous sitting in on a drug deal in a crack house. If you do not find humor here. You probably don't have much of a sense of humor.
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Solid Ensemble Action!, 30 maggio 2002
Author: wgg-1 da United States
"Redemption" marks the welcomed return of three action movie icons Richard Norton, Cynthia Rothrock, and Don Wilson - in an L.A. police drama about a SWAT cop (Wilson) who strays. Wilson acts recklessly on the job, endangering his partners, and rubs rulebook cop Norton the wrong way. Wilson's cowboy attitude causes the death of a colleague.
He loses his LAPD job and resorts to the underworld and a mob boss (Chris Penn) for the income he needs to stay afloat. Inevitably Wilson's lapse into crime collides with his former life and his friends on the Force. The movie's best heroic support comes from Norton, who effectively balances his character's integrity with the jealously he harbors for Wilson's higher rank. "Cybertracker" was the last Norton- Wilson pairing, in which they played adversaries, and this picture demonstrates that a movie can always use two great screen heroes. Though the screen time shared by martial arts legends Norton, Wilson & Rothrock is brief, "Redemption" will get an extended cheer from fans.
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Good Cop/Bad Cop-Worse Movie, 10 ottobre 2006
Author: Frank Markland da United States
Don (The Dragon) Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Sam J. Jones, Richard Norton, Chris Penn and James Russo are ultimately wasted in this failed cop drama which finds Wilson as a disgraced cop who ends up switching alliances to a mobster (Played well by Penn) after Wilson is out of work due to a mission that went awry and cost the life of one of his teammates. Redemption proves that Don Wilson is no longer the fierce martial artist that ruled the low budget martial arts scene in the Bloodfist movies, in fact Wilson has softened his approach and has tried to use his typically wooden presence to make the stretch as a corrupt cop. Wilson is somewhat effective in his performance although he ends up being too sympathetic and the movie needs an actor who isn't so goody-goody. Chris Penn and James Russo bring credibility to their performances and come off rather likable. The problem is that Penn and Russo have such little screen time that the movie has no impact outside of their sequences. Richard Norton, Cynthia Rothrock and Sam J. Jones are completely wasted in roles that could have been populated with wallpaper for all the affect they have. Plus there is hardly any martial arts fireworks one would expect from such an ensemble. Indeed one questions the approach taken with Redemption, since it aims for a police drama like Cop Land but ends up more like a hack version of clichés that repeat over and over again. The action sequences which would normally bail out the movie, are unexciting and stilted. Also the movie has a deadly dull subplot involving Wilson and a high class call girl which just consistently slows the movie down, movies like Redemption need first of all fleshed out characters and lots of screen time for the important characters to the plot, however because the movie treats the main story like an afterthought the movie fails on its own ambitions and satisfies no one in the process.
*1/2 out of 4-(Poor)
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So called action film which fails to deliver in hardly any way at all, 14 giugno 2004
Author: davideo-2 da Birmingham,England
STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
John Sato (Don 'The Dragon' Wilson) is a S.W.A.T. commander who believes in putting civilian lives before those of his fellow officers.On a routine drugs bust,however,his actions result in fellow officer and love interest Erin Murphy (Cynthia Rothrock) being killed.Forced to turn in his badge,he finds himself lured in to the world of mob boss Tony Leggio (Chris Penn).It is from here that he must choose to either continue to follow the path of good or take a detour down the course of evil.
The credited cast list of Redemption alone should wet the appetite of any fan of DTV,B movie action films,with genre favourites Wilson,Rothrock and Richard Norton all starring,as well as supporting cast members in the shape of Penn and James Russo.Sadly,an attractive cover has again proved a misleading lurance for this cynical old fool.This is a dreary,meandering effort that,for an action film,there is abundantly little of.Even on the kickboxing front,which three of the credited cast members are proficent experts in,it fails to deliver with only one or two scenes to tickle the fancy.In fact,for MA stars,I don't think I remember Rothrock or Norton performing any to speak of.
I haven't really seen enough of Wilson's films to do him justice by speaking of how good his martial arts skills truly are (then again no one watching this film would get that good an impression of them anyway!),but of the few films of his I have seen,I can safely say he is a truly blank,wooden-as-a-box actor.Even for a DTV action star,his embarrassing lack of charisma and drab delivery really are rather styfling to watch.And-so-say-all-of-us for fellow MA stars Rothrock and (especially) Norton,who are also especially lame here.Whilst Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs really launched the careers of Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi,it is a cruel irony that all fellow co-stars Michael Madsen and Penn (who were,after all,just as talented) were ever able to enjoy was a career in low-budget,DTV action duds.And low budget really is the name of the game here.The film is filmed in a really cheaply shot,close range camera style,with distracting,barely audible voice dubbing.Not that you should have really expected anything more,but,all the same...
As for the story,it had promise,but it is told in such an unengaging way that,even with a script that offers occasional sparkle,it never manages to be the sum of it's parts.
Shame,really.**
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Best Don Wilson film ever!!!!!, 7 giugno 2004
Author: Thomas Jolliffe (supertom-3) da Marlow, England
Here's a little story about me. I love my B-movies. I like to watch and laugh. Don Wilson amuses me it has to be said. He has starred in some great movies, Cyber Tracker, Lion Strike, Out For Blood, Bloodfist, Fist Of Blood, Bloody Death, Black Blood, Dragon Blood and Blood. Not to mention 10 sequels to each film. Okay so I made some up. Now the newest Don fist fest I had seen before this was, Batman Forever but his voice was computer enhanced and he was in it five seconds. Other than that the most modern Don film was Lion Strike from 1994. This is basically because Don films are hard to come by in England, on DVD at least and I'm not one for raiding the states or Ebay for these sorts of movies. I wanted to see this movie for one reason or another but figured I'd need to wait ten years for it to come out here. I was wrong. While perusing a local store that is selling B-movie DVD's for 1.49pounds. Then I saw it! Boy did I see it! It took me by surprise and I was giddy with excitement.
Now the film. It is the best Wilson film I have seen. That means little in all honestly because it's not exactly great stuff but it is not hilariously bad. It is not totally inept and Wilson has improved a lot in ten years with his acting. He looks tougher too. I know he's king of all kickboxers but he never looked menacing to me. With his increasing years he looks tougher and more weathered. As well as Wilson the film star other B-movie stalwards like Cynthia (kill me now please!) Rothrock and Rihard Norton as well as Sam Jones, that's Flash Gordon that is! FLASH GORDON!!!!!!!!!
Anyway this is all directed by another B-legend, Art Carmacho. The story has all the clichés you expect from a B-movie and it has Don as a cop so inevitably his partner gets killed and he gets fired. What does alter is that he gets involved with a druglord, albeit a nice druglord by Chris Penn (damn I didn't mention Chris!). Wilson actually stretches a little and even though he's not very good he doesn't embarrass himself like I have seen for example Gary Daniels do when stretching. There are needless fights, however no gratuitous nudity which is a let down.
As for the aciton. Well it's pretty generic. Wilson gives some of his best fights but for me still doesn't fight convincingly on screen. This is dues to him pulling his punches and the very basic choreography. Rothrock doesn't get much action however she does unleash her trademark scorpion kick.
All in all this was surprisingly better than expected. It's not great but is at least watchable. **
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