the_black_douglas Review of Final Move

Final Move (2006)

I bought this for 50 cents new and I was ripped off

[1/10 · 24 July 2013]

Soooooo bad I only sat through it because it was soooo bad it was almost comical (certainly funnier than some of Adam Sandler's movies). I paid 50 cents for this off the clearance shelf at the local cheap shop (the aptly named Reject Shop) with a few other titles, most of which were very watchable tele movies. The movie started with some bizarre editing where the screen blacks out every few seconds (thought I had a dud disc for a minute or two). The movie then proceeds with a combination of over acting, weak acting, appallingly cheap and hastily prepared gore effects, and then just when you think it's going to improve it dives back to poor editing, shoddy acting, even lamer "special" effects, and all the while the script is unravelling before the viewers eyes - more holes than a rusty sieve. But it was worth getting to the end to see the pile of dynamite in the centre of the room go off like a can of coke in a bonfire in a multitude of pyrotechnic fizzes as the "stars" are making their escape. Gaseous explosions then erupt from everywhere OTHER than the central location of the dynamite after their escape as if steel doors and concrete walls magically turned into flammable materials. The special effects guy and the script writer - I hope they have regular jobs. The casting guy must have liked blondes, all the ladies were attractive blondes, except for the main character's wife, but she must have been told to get her hair dyed blonde, which she did, but it was done very poorly, like everything else in this movie. 10 cents may have been a fairer price, as long as you have a bit of time to kill (or murder more like).