Great opening sequence, full of action, in unusual settings.
Owes a lot to Blade Runner but is all in sunshine in the open air (LA, Rio, Hawaii.)
Some pretty bad acting but a strong central idea, and some of the actors, notably Deborah Shelton and Merle Kennedy (and a guy who plays a Dutch/German baddy whose name I can't find -- help!) overcome the limitations of the script.
Deborah, by the way, has a full frontal nudity scene and she's really toned -- not bad for someone who was born in the same year as me! Definitely a MILF!
I seem to remember her in "Dallas" but this doesn't appear in her filmography. Is this early onset Alzheimers, or has she deleted this from her history?
The director, Albert Pyun, has some interesting ideas, notably shooting down narrowing perspectives. He's Hawaiian himself, and uses some spectacular locations, but it seems to me that with films in this genre you should start with the Big Outdoors and end up in urban landscapes, otherwise it looks cheap.
I couldn't really recommend this film, but if it ends up in your DVD player, don't eject it!
Owes a lot to Blade Runner but is all in sunshine in the open air (LA, Rio, Hawaii.)
Some pretty bad acting but a strong central idea, and some of the actors, notably Deborah Shelton and Merle Kennedy (and a guy who plays a Dutch/German baddy whose name I can't find -- help!) overcome the limitations of the script.
Deborah, by the way, has a full frontal nudity scene and she's really toned -- not bad for someone who was born in the same year as me! Definitely a MILF!
I seem to remember her in "Dallas" but this doesn't appear in her filmography. Is this early onset Alzheimers, or has she deleted this from her history?
The director, Albert Pyun, has some interesting ideas, notably shooting down narrowing perspectives. He's Hawaiian himself, and uses some spectacular locations, but it seems to me that with films in this genre you should start with the Big Outdoors and end up in urban landscapes, otherwise it looks cheap.
I couldn't really recommend this film, but if it ends up in your DVD player, don't eject it!