Matt Kracht The plot: A cop on the edge tries to protect an informant and his young sister after they turn on a dangerous drug lord.Cuba Gooding, Jr, Christian Slater, and Kim Coates have been making direct-to-video action movies for a while now. Although none of them have reached the rock-bottom depths of Michael Madsen's career, it's still kind of depressing to see them toiling in such derivative, low budget B movies. This is the first time that I've seen any of these fine actors actually take on a project that seems more appropriate for Michael Madsen.If anyone in the world is the proper demographic for these kinds of movies, it's me. I have a fondness of gritty, low budget exploitation, and I'm capable of lowering my standards to levels that most people find intolerable. I don't care overmuch about budgets, I'm fairly forgiving of plot holes, and I don't mind a bit of bad acting or bad special effects. However, movies like Sacrifice test even my patience. This is not the kind of movie that's going to give Christian Slater or Cuba Gooding, Jr a comeback. In fact, it's just going to reinforce their "has-been" status.I know that most people don't like Cuba Gooding, Jr's recent output, but I thought some of them were quite underrated. Shadowboxer, for example, was a good movie. Hero Wanted was flawed, but it was certainly enjoyable enough for a direct-to-video release. Sacrifice makes Hero Wanted look like pure genius. I'm beginning to think that Cuba Gooding, Jr has simply given up, and he doesn't even care any more.Sacrifice is for Cuba Gooding, Jr die-hards only. If you have a strong tolerance for B movies, you'll probably find it tolerable, but the only real draw are the B-list leads, who are rapidly falling down into the C-list territory.

rzarec Cuba Gooding Jr is a troubled cop in Toronto who can't get past the death of his wife and child. He crosses paths with a young kid named Mike who is being used to sell drugs for some local dealers and the kid wants out but they won't let him go. Mike takes one of several statues which is made out of heroin to be sent to LA and gives it to a priest at a local church (Christian Slater) and the dealers need the statue to complete the deal. That's pretty much it. Cuba and Slater put in very good performances in my opinion as does the dealers father (Kim Coates.) I noticed some mistakes though as much of the movie is filmed in Ottawa. The arena is actually the home of the Ottawa 67s junior team and the former AAA Ottawa Lynx baseball stadium is visible when Cuba meets Coates for the exchange at the end. The factoids were pretty meaningless too. All things considered though I did enjoy the movie

ravenchickadee This is a seriously good movie. I really enjoyed the action. The plot was really in-dept. I enjoyed the priest, who was played by Christian Slater. He portrayed a realistic priest. Most of the time priests are placed on a higher level. But this one drinks a shot of liquor & shoots a couple of people. Cuba Gooding's family has been killed. He is on a suicidal downgrade. In the process of helping the Heroin dealer and his sister it gives him a reason to live. This reminds him of who he is and what. The head dealers want their property back which has been taken by the young drug dealer who wants out.In the long run this is an absolutely wonderful movie. I have never seen a movie with Cuba Gooding Jr which wasn't great.

sgafta First I gave it a six only because there were once good actors. Slayter has always been best in the supporting role, yet in many of his works, he seemed to be able to play a great role. Casting him as a Priest without the Priest being a vital role, this is not it.Cuba Gooding, Jr. - I had hoped with the recent releases that he has done, he is a much better actor, why he takes these roles. Certainly we all can use the money, so he is working, that is a plus. Just not past his prime yet, accepting increasingly poorly written roles, if written well, this could have been a great storyline. Best left on the $2 rack of books and it may sound better in type.While all over the place, it was pretty clear from the first 15 minutes, the who, what's and Why's. I hope they did not spend more than 5 million on this one, and most of that should go to the actors. What Director, after shooting the first few scenes to get a feel, should have walked away from this project and hopefully would have not continually tarnish the careers of what could still be relevant to the Movies.