Deadly Closure

There are movies where you find yourself trying to preserve your dignity or sanity by fast forwarding to escape the absurd plot, bad acting or ridiculous dialogue and then there are movies that are so so bad that skipping every ten minutes and then checking the storyline for a minute on the prayerful hope it was just a mistake and it's better than you thought. Well, it took less than five minutes into the movie to begin skipping and there was no relief.

The story is about some well-endowed female model type military intelligence officer who happens to be in Kuwait in the 90s and suddenly does a double pistol Western shoot out with a bunch of well armed bad people one of whom survives and decides to come after her many years later when she's a civilian photographer in Florida. Stupid improbable storyline really shallow acting from actors with mostly little/no experience except a few TV series/movies. A lot of limited dialogue with read the teleprompter pauses where you wait for the next edited canned response. Cheap production with a really badly fabricated Arab hut with abandoned car in front - very stereotyped. Cheap echoing audio with production budget not allowing for subtitles.

Without doubt one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Poorly written, hopelessly acted and the storyline was terrible. I found myself from the opening scene cringing and only watched it to see how bad it would be, I was not disappointed. This movie just got worse and worse and as much as I hated it I sat through it horrified that I was even watching this drivel. Everyone involved in this movie should be extremely embarrassed and consider finding a new career. Absolute garbage. Recommend aspiring film makers watch this and learn how not to do it.A complete waste of my time and money. Do yourself a favor and give this one a miss.One star is generous.

Someone wrote, "Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Bravo!!!" Perhaps the person who wrote that was watching a tadpole race.

At not much more than two minutes in there's the worst acting I've seen in years. Some guy playing a character named "Sergeant Carlyle" was desperately trying to put on some kind of weird accent, only he was making a complete dog's breakfast of it. Perhaps he was trying to sound like a Kiwi (New Zealander). Anyway, whatever accent it was, that scene sets the top bar for the rest of the actors in this boring tripe. Sadly, none of the large cast get close to doing any better.

If you want to completely waste one hour and forty minutes of your life then this movie is for you. But mark my words; at three minutes in you'll be hoping that Corporal Janis McKenzie clambers aboard a military aircraft and jumps out from a great height... with a concrete parachute.

A wonderful urban romp that will leave the entire family Inspired. Armed and Deadly offers a grave insight into the human condition. It plays upon the audiences emotions and as we draw closer to the denouement, loose ends and sowed seeds coalesce in a masterclass of modern cinematic wonder. The edgy conclusion offers an arrested epiphany, a question about the morality of murder in self defence and the torment of trauma induced psychosis is never answered but rather the writers challenge one to think and to reach the prestige on ones own. Andrzeij Mrotek, like Camron and Spielberg before him has asserted himself as one of the greats by holding a tainted mirror before the audience and asks " Do you like what you see?"

Absolutely breathtaking, a modern masterpiece! Genius, Genius, Genius!

No, this movie, despite its brief celebration of our military, had nothing to do with The Fourth, but it was appropriate to watch on that day. It just happened to be one I had recorded months ago.

This is a pretty good movie, but nothing that special. What makes it work for me is that there are just enough pleasant scenes mixed in with all the seriousness, and plenty of comedy, even in Kuwait. And occasional action and excitement. Especially toward the end.

You have to like Lisa Varga as Janis if for no other reason than her looks, but of course the character is tough and intelligent yet likable and mostly well-adjusted despite what she has been through. Looking like Heather Locklear and wearing a tank top, shorts and flip-flops, she is taking photos for the Oak Club's brochures. She will dress more professionally (though still casually) later, but we will get to see more of her in sexy outfits. Janis has several other jobs which give us more reasons to enjoy the movie. One zoo has flamingos (at least I think they are) and lots of pretty trees.

The real standout performer is Ken Stellingwerf as Jamey. When he explains why he is in prison, you could call him demented or darkly comic. And he has more scenes like that. And he must deal with the Three Stooges, who point out that there are only two of them, so how could they be three? I won't say the stooges are necessarily good actors but they are entertaining.

Toni Ann Rossi as Carol and Alan Roberts as Boomer also impress. Boomer is quite a character.

And David Mackey as Captain Rogers. We will see more of him.

This is not a family film, though I found it curious that it had a TV-PG rating with the brutal violence in a few scenes. But the fact is there isn't that much actual violence.

I think it's worth seeing.