nammage After the first 15 minutes I wondered if this film was satire but looking it up I couldn't find mention of it being that; if it was satire then hey, great movie! It shows all the horrible things in other action films with an over used and cliché plot: "Cop loses his wife and child (usually a girl but this time a boy) and goes after those responsible! Then becomes a vigilante and goes after other people who got away with their crimes!" Oh, and of course the 'good cops' let him go but give a speech about how they're coming after him. Dude, he's right there: arrest his contradicting butt! Just a bad 80s early 90s action flick. Those films are pieces of art compared to this badly directed, acted, composed, written piece of ----. I watched this solely for Danny Trejo and Lochlyn Munro and while Trejo wasn't half bad Munro was awful. What happened to him? Maybe he should stick to Comedy. This film was just one cliché after another where other films had done it a billion (exaggerated) times before. Awful.

Paul Magne Haakonsen This movie might have been even more enjoyable if they had Steven Seagal in the lead instead of Steve Austin. It seems like your average Seagal movie; an ex-police officer seeking justice against those who took away his family.What made the movie somewhat watchable was the biker gang and those portraying the gang members, as well as Danny Trejo as the president of the biker gang. Oh, and Lochlyn Munro walking around as an FBI agent and flinging one-liners all over the place.This is your typical one-man-takes-down-a-hundred-opponents type of action movie. And not a very interesting one at that. It offers nothing to the genre that hasn't been seen or done before.There were some wonderful bad things in the movie too, of course, aside from the fact that Steve Austin was set to be the lead actor... Yes, actor! For example, you knew that it was a Hollywood car that exploded upon impact with a solid object. No, cars don't explode like that, only in American movies. And when Drayke said "take me there" to go to the location of his dead brother, he was seen in the lead of the motorcycle gang. Wouldn't you assume he would be tailing behind whomever was to take him there? Tch, tch...If you enjoy action movies stay well clear of this boring movie. Your time and money is better spent elsewhere. Funny how a title this unfitting for a movie has absolutely no bang. Even if you sat with your eyes closed throughout the entire movie you would still be up to speed, because the movie is that scripted, generic and predictable.

Destroyer Wod For some reason, Steve Austin never busted in the big screen like The Rock did, which is surprising considering Austin was just as good at acting in the WWE in term of his character and he is just a bit smaller physically(but still impressive). For some years now he has made some average to good direct to DVD movies and i can say i liked them in general. Last one i saw had Michael Jay White and Lexa Doig and was pretty good in term of general plot and action, but had some scenario inconsistency and non sense that downgraded it badly.Saw this one 2 days ago and honestly i appreciated it. Putting Mr hundreds of movie Danny Trejo as the big bad is a sure value in term of villain. This guy have played all sorts of characters from cannon fodder characters to villains to father figure and even lead good guy. He definitely nail the part solid in this movie as well. Austin plays a kinda "Punisher" character. He was a cop, his family was murdered and he has now decided to punish the worst criminals himself. He is now so loud, acting impressive and i would say he nail the part pretty well also.The action is decent, yet i think there could be more. The fights are made in a tough thug kind of way. No martial arts is show in this movie, the fights are mostly street boxing type. I got to say i usually prefer the first, but in this movie it wouldn't had work at all as the bad guys are a bunch of bikers.Thecnically this movie is a solid direct to DVD release and is entertaining, but it represent well the DTDVD type in term of action, special effect, recycled plot(yet good to watch)

Wizard-8 First of all, I should mention that I enjoy a lot of made-for-video movies, so you might understand why I was pumped up when I got my hands on a copy of RECOIL, because it starred not only Steve Austin, but Danny Trejo. However, I have to confess that I felt somewhat let down by the end results. The production values are okay, though some of the photography has that dark look you find in a lot of other low budget Canadian movies. But the screenplay is lacking, making a lot of time go by between action sequences, and containing plot elements and characters we have see A LOT before in other B movies. The action sequences, when they do come, aren't very exciting. And while Steve Austin and Danny Trejo do bring some presence to the movie simply by showing up, they don't deliver that much more - maybe they too found this story routine and predictable as well, and didn't think it was worth the effort to be more energetic. I guess the movie deserves some praise for giving some of my fellow Canadians some work in front of and behind the camera - but that's about all that's positive about this movie.