Covert Operation, a.k.a. The Borderland, is one of those valiant attempts to launch a film career for a legitimate martial artist. Sedina Balde, former World and European karate champion, stars as a bounty hunter granted his freedom on the condition that he can rescue prisoners from a North Korean military compound. The film is by turns action and comedy, but Sedina is no Van Damme. While both share a heavy accent that impairs their English-language performances, the latter had a certain inexplicable on-screen quality that catapulted him to superstar status. Sedina is in a decidedly different group, more closely comparable to the likes of WWE’s deluge of screen stinkers.
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- 12/3/2014
- by Kyle North
- JustPressPlay.net
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