The Action Pack (2023) User Reviews

Really bad

[alex_kaluyan · 1/10 · 22 July 2023]

A movie that took the worst American clichés and combined them with the worst Romanian clichés. Bonus, countless advertisements for casinos. Bad actors. The only people who would appreciate such a mess of a film are those who have received fines from the police and now feel vindicated (that's all the intelligence they have).

On top of that, the acting performance is poor. Only two or three are actual actors, the rest are YouTubers, vloggers, and singers. This is reflected in the already weak quality of the movie's script.

The movie aims to be a comedy that tackles issues with the Romanian police, but the result is entirely the opposite. It turns into a festival of cringe.

Absolutely terrible

[vernisian · 1/10 · 2 May 2023]

Just like a previous user stated, i never reviewed a film in my life on IMDB, but this one is so bad that i had to specifically create an account to do it.

Everything about it was terrible, i barely laughed at a few scenes, and most of the times I grimaced in disgust. The subject was good, but barely truly touched - the corruption and its effects. Instead, lots of swearing and bad acting, scenes that makes you facepalmed harder than Will smith slapped Chris Rock.

Some horribly worng actor picks like Jimmy (WTF was he even supposed to do), Garcea (the guy came with some 20yo jokes and faces) made the movie feel like a total fiasco.

I am so so so so sorry i wasted nearly 20$ to see it, i hoped it will be half the value of Teambuilding, but proved to be less than a dime worth.

TOTALLY NOT RECCOMENDED.

Terrible, couldn't think that anything worse can exist

[alexa-12521 · 1/10 · 22 July 2023]

I didn't have many expectations since all wanna be Romanian comedies are awful ( the ones where Bromania acts to be more precisely), but this one is just the worst "comedy" ever seen. Bad humor, bad "actors" who are actually a bunch of influencers gathered together with no evident talent, very very long for the boring story-line if I can call it so.

I do not understand why Anca Dumitra who is the only one capable and talented actress in the movie accepted to play in something like this. Who on earth can enjoy and laugh at something so stupid with 0 humor, 0 talent, 0 plot. Dont waste your time!

Absolutely terrible film

[AlvTellez · 1/10 · 28 April 2023]

(Disclaimer, I've never left a review on IMDb, but this film was so bad that I had to leave a review)

"Haita de Actiune" is a film that tries to pass off as a police action-parody but unfortunately fails to deliver on any level. It's 99-minutes of extremely poor taste jokes that go to the lowest levels of humor, such as paedophilia and blatant racism.

As a viewer, I was hoping that the film would use its platform to address the corruption in contemporary Romania, especially within the police force, but instead, it seemed to celebrate everything that is wrong without any moments to balance out what is funny and what is wrong.

Good comedy is able to balance laughter with reflection but this film missed the opportunity to provide any meaningful commentary or critical reflection on the issues at hand, leaving a sour taste in my mouth.

After watching "Haita de Actiune," I was shocked to think that more than a bunch of talented people took part in this film and gave it the green light, it doesn't make any sense to me. It's a poor joke that fails to entertain, enlighten or provoke thoughtful conversation. I absolutely regret contributing to its box office and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

A very bad parody

[mozoru · 1/10 · 17 April 2023]

The movie gives a lot of hints that it wants to be a parody of the actual state the Romanian police and politicians are today, however even for a parody it is very bad. The story is poorly written, the characters are poorly written, the acting is bad, it is difficult to find something good about this movie. Maybe the good thing is that for a Romanian movie it had improvements in shooting and stunts, still fighting scenes needed a lot more to look good. The main characters is simply stupid all throughout the movie, it doesn't evolve in any way, they try at the end to make him come out in a way but that takes 20 seconds and that's it. Even when trying to milk in the Romanian nostalgia for a beloved character from the 90s it is still poorly executed.

I was impressed by the trailer and immediately wanted to buy tickets to see it but I regret it, definitely one can wait until it comes out on different platforms, you are not missing out on anything. I laughed for 2 minutes and face palmed the rest of the movie.

One of the best Romanian Comedies

[relesibune · 10/10 · 13 October 2023]

So, I'm a Romanian, i've seen Dima's previous movies and i was expecting a 4-5 Rating "canned or microawve movie" .

I was very very surprised! This movie is in the next league, when all the ones before were in the 3rd divisions. About the movie: 1. This movie is full of Romanian stereotypes, if you are not familiar with east european, balkan ( south american :)))) ) humor and "culture" it may be hard to understansd.

2. This movie integrates comedy motives from Romania like "Garcea" a well known comedy figure of the 1990-2010 in Romania, as well as real life corruption cases like the case of Mario Iorgulescu ( the "mommy boy is based of a real life boy of an influential Romanian ( Gino Iorgulescu ) that killed people while high on drugs, then fled the country to avoid prosecution ) .

3. Had to say it but the Tate Brothers would "appreciate" and laugh at this movie.

4. Directing acting 8-9/10 . I did not expect but i really enjoyed this movie.

Sad ending ... since this movie came out, some rich kid, just like the one is this movie, ran over and killed some innocent people while high on drugs, after being stoped over by local police *(see the case of Vald Pascu accident ) .

Happy ending. I don't know how but somehow, someway we Romanians find a way to laugh at the tragedy of life while "indirectly" participating in it.

Very bad

[amaac · 2/10 · 25 July 2023]

I give two stars just to raise the other votes. Also for Antonia she did her best, respect, but someone tell dima he needs to stop trying bro... it's enough... i personally can't take it anymore.

And another question that I have for myself, is why you don't use real actors? Real young talented actors? From schools, stop using public" figures as actors, they can't deliver acting... they have 0 connection with the cameras also with the jokes they deliver.

Good acting from ms geanina, altex and the lesby cop, also for aurel... he tried, idk if he's actor or not but he clearly tried. Dima is so forced , you can't watch it anymore, someone stop this guy....

Nightmare

[iulianadan83 · 1/10 · 23 July 2023]

I am pretty sure this is the worst romanian film ever. It is not a parody or a comedy unless you have half a brain.

The cast is awful and it is quite saddening to see that the actors chose to play such characters. Some of them are not even actors, they lack talent and charisma, buy hey-ho they are influencers.

Not only are the storyline and soundtrack very poor, but also the jokes lack any kind of humour and as usually, strong language is used in the hope of making it more appealing to a certain type of audience.

I wouldn't recommend this nonsense to anyone, it is depressing and it doesn't deliver anything but a slight sense of shock.

Embarrassing

[ursuletul · 1/10 · 4 August 2023]

I am ashamed that it is a romanian film and that I wasted time of my life watching it.

After the questionable success of the film '' Teambuilding'' they thought they could make money from any nonsens. The actors play badly, in fact most of them are not even actors...the direction of the film does not exist...the script is embarrassing... It is simply a film made with famous people from Romanian showbiz just to make money on his account. They used singers...stand up comedians...to make a bad movie and tried to cover it up with overarching messages of racism and corruption Don't waste your time watching this movie.

Terrible

[andreicojeanu · 2/10 · 4 January 2024]

Who is funding these movies? Oh i know who, because they advertised it every minute. I watched this "movie" with my family and they laughed maybe once over the entire runtime.

Extremely cheap jokes, they rely on swearing way too much.

This movie has maybe 1 actor in it, the rest are singers or influencers.

Storyline? Some people are robbing casino stores in bucharest and the police are in with it? Ok?? It seems like this movie was made only to advertise you stuff and the storyline is just an excuse for these actors ti get paid.

Can't image someone who would enjoy this movie. It is truly the lowest of the low. Rubbish.

Great film full of comedy!

[davidandreitesan · 10/10 · 22 June 2023]

So about the other reviews,i wanna say that they didn't get the film and it doesn't want to be a parody but it is a parody,the police in cause it's the romanian police that is really portraited great in this movie,the uk police doesn't work like this because it's more independent but the romaniai one is exactly like that.

The movie was great it is really comedic and it doesn't deserve the rating that it has on IMDb,I want to say that it's not a 10 star movie but i gave it this many so that readers can read my review before the other ones.

In the end i want to say that the movie has great filming quality,great actors(i don't know anything about the english voice actors)but is not meant for every body is more of a romanian only movie but i will still recomend it to people from other countries.