Blackjack

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Mediocre
Review: An action copycat movie without a very good plot. Not up to action genre standards. Some bad dialogue and an even worse plot. You see this guy bouncing around and shooting two guns, but if you pay attention you can easily see that he wouldn't hit a thing the way he aims the guns. A lot of people get shot. That is the story in a nutshell.

Rating:
Summary: give it a shot
Review: black jack is not a bad movie at all .sure it has a few flaws with plot and dialogue but hey its a t.v movie for a series and it could ahve been a lot worse if john woo hadnt done it but he is what makes the movie.sure this isnt his greatest work but its a fun movie to watch and faceit hes never gonna top the killer but for those who want to see a good john woo flick try one of his hong kong ones but if your a die hard fan youll love this one just fo rthe action.

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Summary: a bit sappy but enjoyable
Review: Bodyguard for hire, Jack (Dolph Lundgren) is a man of his word and honor. First he comes to the rescue in protecting his friend's daughter, Casey, from mobsters out to kill her and then he lovingly adopts Casey when her parents are killed in an accident. When another one of his friends is shot trying to protect a beautiful model named Cinder, Jack takes on the job of protecting Cinder while finding her stalker. Jack is a strong, sensitive man who remains loyal to his friends and loved ones. He strives to improve himself and remain true to his values. For action fans, this movie is a bit weak in that regard. Although there is a lot of action in the beginning of the movie while Jack is defending Casey, he incurs a phobia during that fight and is unable to fight properly for the majority of the movie. This movie is laced with fantasy which is epitomized in his relationship with his sexy female counselor (which is so full of innuendo it hints at some guy's fantasy). Over all, it seems like the movie is an attempt to take an action genre plot and add depth to the main character. But since I tend to like sentimental stories, I easily overlooked the sappiness and enjoyed BlackJack.

Rating:
Summary: Not bad
Review: Dolph Lungren stars as a security consultant who is injured while protecting his good friend's daughter. His 'injury'? He has trouble looking at white after a grenade explodes in front of him. He later accepts a job to protect a model from a pychotic stalker.

Not a bad movie with some very good action scenes though the white 'handicap' was kind of lame. Dolph Lungren is quite good in this movie. His acting has never been better. Which isn't saying much of course.

Rating:
Summary: John Woo's worst movie
Review: Doplh Lundgren (Silent Trigger, Peacekeeper) stars in, yet another action thriller. This time Lundy tackles the role of a man who is hired to protect a beautiful model who is being stalked and threatened by a evil mad man. Lundgren and the baddie go head to head but there's one problem with Lundgren...years ago he had an accident and from there he is lacktose in tolerant which he cant stand the color white. The badguy uses this to his advantage which creates a corny showdown where Lundgren is blinding by white. John Woo's worst movie and putting Lundgren in it was a mistake also. The model is hot but this movie is not. I'm sensing a pattern in the movies Lundgren always picks..he's sorta doing the same thing, Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme are doing. Lundgren has only died in one movie that I remember and that was Universal Soldier..Seagal died in Executive Decision and Van Damme in a few. Well,, you get my point I hope

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Summary: Why Does Woo Demean Himself like This? AGAIN!
Review: I really have a distaste for these Canadian TV projects of John Woo. I know he does this to keep busy, but they are 'never good'. However, this one is somewhat of an improvement over the uwatchable 'John Woo's Once A Thief'.

Woo and Lundgren do a good job with what they are given to work with. The plot is standard TV pilot fare. Lundgren plays Jack Devlin, A former Us Marshall who now is a bodygaurd to the rich and famous. After an accident with a flash grenade, Devlin has a fear for the color white. He is assigned to protect a witness from her deranged ex boyfriend. Thrown into the mix is Devlin's psychiatrist, his neice (who he is now the gaurdian of after her parents are wiped out in a car crash), and his eyepatched chum who is a weapons specialist.

The story is really bad and plotholes are many: The ex boyfriend seems to have purchased his own army (how?). And some things are just too stupid: The white fear leads to a fight in a milk plant! (there are so many of those around!).

It all gets just too trite, and I always have to ask- WHY?

Rating:
Summary: The only good made for TV film.
Review: John Woo is the best action film director, but this disappointing direct to video nonsense does not show you fun that Woo can do. I like it more then Woo's dumb movie, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2. An ex-CIA operative named Black Jack (Dolph Lundgren) who is asked by an old friend to act as a bodyguard for his young daughter. Then he is asked by other old friend to guard a model from a killer. The "sub-story" has Jack fearing the color white dun to a childhood trauma. All in all this is ok for a film that was going to be a TV movie, but why the hell does the video have an R rating, but who cares these days. A other John Woo made for TV film is ONCE A THIEF (note: Woo also did a real film in Hong Kong with the same name).

1998. MIRIMAX. 123 MINS.

Rated R For Violence.

Rating:
Summary: Woo,s class is Evident!
Review: John Woo the master of action directs this TV pilot and although its no where near the same league as some of his other films like Hard Boiled and the killer it is still a good action movie. Dolph Lundgren is good in the lead and gives one of his better performances, Woo is always able to get the best out of his stars except for Van Damme in Hard Target. The plot in this is pretty un-original and the inclusion of the phobia of white is far fetched but once an action scene pops up Woo's slick style comes to the fore front and is very impressive, his direction throughout the film is stylish and dispite the TV movie style look this does look quite expensive for a Dolph flick although for a Woo film it does look cheap, but we still have Woo's trademark mass destruction with slo-mo debree flying through the air and every bullet seemingly having its own bullet hole. This needed another two main action scenes and a bit more depth in plot but the budget and time spent would not allow for that being a TV movie. Worth watching if you like action films or if your are an avid Lundgren or Woo fan but if you are new to Woo then i suggest one of his Hong Kong films or big budget Hollywood flicks.

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Summary: Woo and Lundgren an Intresting combo.
Review: The Movie isn't as actionpacked as Hard Boiled but Blackjack ain't shabby when it comes to delivering the goods. Woo and Lundgren deliver enough thrills and spills to keep action fans happy,just don't expect Hard Boiled.

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Summary: Dolph Lundgren is awesome as usual!
Review: This is a Dolph Lundgren movie, Dolph is the man, almost enough said, but I guess you'd like to know about the movie. Well, it's pretty good for a B-movie action flick. The story kind of jumps around alittle bit and some things seem like they were just thrown in there for no particular reason, but overall it is pretty good. And the action hero of the hour is Dolph Lundgren, so that makes up for anything the film may be missing. One of the best scences is him jumping off of a trampoline and shooting a guy, it's cheezy, but cool. He talks more in this movie than most and no matter what the stupid critics say, he is still cool. Overall, if you like action movies with kind of a different twist, you'll like BlackJack. That's about it. WileyKat