The Worst Film Ever

Memorable, crazy movie

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

I saw this in 2009 n revisited it recently on a DVD which i own. Action fans should definitely check this out. The plot - A group of sadistic gamblers makes wagers on 30 of the world's most deadly assassins who band against one another in a battle royal. Debutante director Scott Mann did a terrific job considering the budget. The action is non stop. There are shoot-outs, gun play, bloodbaths in unlikely venues, severed limbs, exploding bodies caused by booby-trapped tracking devices, plenty of explosions, car chases, kicking, punching, heads exploding off like melons, severed limbs, wild stunts, a bus/truck chase, nudity and gore. Its really a *ucking shame that this film didn't got the recognition it deserves. The star cast is decent, the hot n attractive Kelly Hu (her sex scene from Farmhouse man), Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Liam Cunningham, Scott Adkins n Sebastian Foucon (the guy from Casino royal). There's an excellent free running sequence courtesy of park-our expert Sebastian Foucon.

Good movie, I did not expect much from it when I first saw it. But, I liked it. Good action scenes. Good concept. It does have some flaws here and there, but this was an entertaining watch. I hope to see more films like this. These fight to the death kind of movies. The film had a good amount of blood and gore for people who like that kind of thing. I am one of them.

I hadn't heard too much about this film but after reading the synopsis I thought it sounded interesting enough. A deadly game called the tournament is held where 30 of the world's top assassins meet in a certain location (The Uk) in this instance and battle to the death until one is left and crowned the ultimate assassin. I automatically thought this film took ideas from the classic Battle Royale and it also reminded me a little of Smokin Aces but unfortunately it failed to fully deliver on the potential it had. That's not to say it's a terrible film because it has some good moments, some of the action set pieces are well done with the motorway scene a good stand out. The film is also laced with some tongue in cheek comedy moments and there are some pretty gory scenes involving exploding body parts and the like. But there are some problems with the film too. For me the standard of acting overall wasn't great my main gripe was with Liam Cunningham (Powers) his performance was too OTT it was just plain terrible every time he spoke. Ving Rhames (Joshu Harlow) was also poor and very wooden when ever he was on screen. I thought the two main characters Robert Carlyle (Father MaCovoy) and Kelly Hu (Lai Lai Zhen) were pretty good as was Ian Somerhalder (Miles Slade) as the crazy American kid. Throw in some very corny lines throughout the films running time and it came across more then once as a bit cringe worthy. The film also sets up with 30 assassins but in reality it focuses on only five competitors in any real detail I don't know why they didn't just say there were say 10 assassins as we really see nothing of the 25 or so other competitors throughout the movie. The action scenes are fairly good if not amazing, there is a sense or dark humour throughout and that's where the films at it's best, when it walks into trying any serious story telling it comes across as far too cliché and hard to believe. 5/10

I was looking forward to this film, since it sounded like an interesting idea.Just a few minutes into the film you see that it's the same set-up as Battle Royale. And quite frankly, lot's of things seem to be taken directly from that film. I know the concept isn't new, but I really hoped that this film would do something unique for it self. Instead, it's Battle Royale, with adults. And the premise that they are assassins. Unfortunately I don't really see that. There is only one person that seem to actually be an assassin, perhaps two but we don't get to see much of it. Instead we see supposed "assasins" who can't hit the good guy with a weapon from five meters away. It's more like watching an early Bond film.The only good part is the fact that every head shot looks real. Other than that the film is predictable at every turn and the characters are almost one dimensional.