The Stranger is a man with no name, no memory and absolutely nothing left to lose. But when he finds himself hunted by both the FBI and the Russian mob, this amnesiac decides to fight back. Pursuit cannot stop him. Torture will not break him. And with every beating, bullet and betrayal, he’ll remember another piece of the horror that took away his career, his family and his identity.
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THE STRANGER is one of the earlier straight-to-video thrillers that wrestler-turned-actor Steve Austin made during his career. It's a nasty little digital-looking production which lacks decent photography and has only a handful of half-hearted fight scenes to recommend it. It's below the quality of most of the other Austin movies I've seen, which tend to be mildly entertaining, average-quality pictures enlivened by decent fight scenes at least. Austin is once again a wronged man who has to go up against various corrupt and nefarious criminal types, but you'll be asleep long before the credits roll.
Steve Austin plays a man who cannot remember a thing, apart from how to fight and grunt a little dialogue and remember some numbers.We first meet the big man when he is disguised as Santa Claus and running away from a SWAT team. Why? because he's just saved a little girls life.Making sense so far? nope, it got me too.All the connotations and silly flashbacks indicate that Steve was in up to his neck with the bloke from Windtalkers, and didn't want to break the law. So his wife and kid blow up, and he loses his memory.It all leads to silly punch ups and Austin looking menacing at a few people every now and again.The film is too busy, and tries to be too clever for it's own good. it fails miserably and makes the whole thing too complicated, when it should be just a formulaic Bourne-lite action movie.Like the titular character, you'll soon forget this exists.
First off, I'm a huge Steve Austin fan. I think the work he has done so far, turning his career to acting has been good. This film however was the worst he has done so far but not because of Steve. I thought Steve himself was pretty good, using different languages and dealing with the complicated character. The Doctor played by Erica Cerra was also good but they were surrounded by some really awful acting! Adam Beach became painful to watch as the film went on.The camera work and directing was pretty poor too. The motorbike chase was poor and clearly being filmed at about 20 mph with a bit of shaky camera action to make it look faster. The film did not start well either. Because of the complicated character Steve portrayed, I found myself losing the plot about 10 minutes in because his illness had not been explained.The end of the film was better when everything comes together but it's too late by then. I'm sorry to say, most people would probably have turned off by then.So all in all, a great potential story, ruined by cheap effects and poor directing. The film is left open at the end and I would like to see the story continued but get a better crew in to work with Steve and up the budget! Steve Austin has a HUGE fan base who will be loyal to him no matter what he does. So filmmakers working with Steve, here is my advise: SPLASH THE CASH and make a dazzling movie! You will ALWAYS make money with Austin on board.I will always make time for Steve's work but he is better than this film. Bring on The Expendables!
Some action flick of sorts. FBI, automatic weapons, and a few explosions. The fight scenes are strangely wooden. The actor Steve Austin used to be in show wrestling (fake fighting) This shows in most action scenes where you expect Steve to go into Hulk position (hold invisible ball and shake your chin). Obviously he was hired because of his burly physique, not his martial skills. Looks like a B movie with a bigger budget. Adding: Obligatory sweaty torture scenes in slow motion. Short range shoot-out scenes with hundreds if bullets without any causalities. If you don't like it, stop watching half way. It doesn't get better.