Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

On paper it seems like a not bad idea for a movie. Dolph Lundgren searching for a forgotten artifact ? Lundgren in an adventure movie ? Sure it wouldn't be as great as Indiana Jones movies , but it could be a fun little movie.When I finally saw the movie I discovered that watching the lame Mummy movies with Brendan Fraser would be more fun. At least they had PRODUCTION VALUES. It's something that you won't find here. The whole movie looks so bad , so cheap that it's a wonder that someone bothered to make it in the first place. The way it is photographed makes it look like a bad amateur movie. The camera just can't stay focused, which can make the viewing experience very annoying.The script is terrible. The title of the movie doesn't have anything to do with the story. At the end of the movie Lundgren's character is in the same place as in the beginning of the movie – a true sign of bad writing. There are cheesy voice overs explaining what is going on. The plot itself is very thin and almost non existent.The whole movie is just a one big time waster. There are MANY scenes that are a filler , just to kill some screen time – people walking longer than necessary , talking longer than necessary… It's like the movie makers didn't believed in their own movie. There is very little action and the action itself is very poor , even for a B-class movie.The acting is horrible , especially William Shriver as the main villain. He's got a squeaky little voice and a puny figure. How he can be a good villain ?! Dolph Lundgren and Nan Yu are trying to act , but they can't win with the horrible screenplay. It's interesting that they later made "Expendables 2" together.Greed always makes everyone lose. It's a good moral , but it's not enough to justify the existence of this crap. Better watch „The treasure of Sierra Madre". I give it 1/10.

DIAMOND DOGS, a Canadian production shot in China with a Chinese crew and supporting cast, is Dolph Lundgren's worst movie yet - and that's saying something, given that he's starred in a fair few trashy movies. It's an almost plot less, badly written and atrociously-directed story about a group of treasure seekers searching for an ancient artifact in a forgotten tomb.What this ends up as is a mind-numbing series of three or four jeeps driving around some barren location interspersed with scenes of Lundgren killing some derivative bad guy soldiers. The direction is notably appalling, with so many scenes shot into the sun so that the whole frame is filled with glare and you can't see the actors, and the action is bad even by B-movie standards; there's not one moment of excitement here.Lundgren proves a strong physical presence as always but his character is underwritten as are the rest. Nan Yu as the female lead/love interest comes off the best and it's interesting to note her appearance here after she later teamed up with the star in THE EXPENDABLES 2. Bad guy duties are filled by IN HELL's Raicho Vasilev who has equally little to work with.

Just another Seagal-Van Damme-Dudikoff type movie where martial arts, beautiful Asian women vs ugly Asian men, picturesque Oriental landscape and treasure hunt have been somewhat clumsily mixed into an action movie. Like in many movies with Lundgren, Russians are bad and greedy again... And of course, there are lots of fight and chase scenes so playfully resolved by Lundgren's character himself. In spite of his age (he was almost 50 during the filming) he still looks strong and fit.The plot, directing and camera work have their shortcomings, but the movie is not "yawning", logic of the course is still there, the ending is not 100% anticipated and the length (1,5 hours) is just appropriate for killing time.

I started watching this movie with some hope it might be somewhat decent. I am no expert reviewer at all, but I could tell from the very first scene that this was a spectacularly low budget film. Somehow, I slogged my way through the film. Our hero, Ronson, is a big ex-Green Beret O-3, who is down on his luck in Mongolia. THe film certainly looks shot on location, with Ronson competing in a UFC style fighting situation.With the cheesy voice-overs at the beginning and end of the film explaining what was going on and the search for an ancient buried relic, I can say this movie is uninspiring at best. Some random fighting scenes, driving around in the Mongolian outback with some of the worst acting ever. Even some of the camera shots were awful, I could tell the cameraman was just walking backward as the camera jiggled with each step. I felt I could have done a better film in that respect (as well as the script and acting by most of the characters) back in high school.I wouldn't bother watching this movie, its not even a watchable flick, IMO. I don't know how I sat through it.