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Was this direct to video? How did Clive Owen go from Children of Men to stuff like this?

posted 7 years ago by whynotwriteme (7814)
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Never heard of it until it came on Encore Channel last night at 3:00 AM. DVR'ed it to watch the rest later. Looks like a total mess. A direct-to-video Redbox Special.

[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

It’s also surprising that they landed Morgan Freeman for this.

[–] whynotwriteme (7814) 7 years ago

I actually thought that was a no-name Morgan Freeman lookalike they had hired. I did not know it was the real guy until I read the credits here. Encore did not list him as far as I remember.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 5 years ago

Did you ever watch it?

I avoided this one for several years because, like you, I assumed it was just some straight-to-video nonsense. But I just finished it and thought it was actually a very solid action fantasy movie.

I was also surprised to see Owen and Freeman in something like this, but they were great in their roles.

[–] TheHardSell (2073) a year ago

It was planned as a theatrical feature but tested very poorly with the test audience. Reshoots was planned but many of the actors was tied up in other projects. Also director Kazuaki Kiriya was back in Japan. It was basically shelved and finally given a very limited release. So yes, this was a direct to DVD release.