Disappointing Action Movie - 7 Seconds
Title: 7 Seconds
Staring: Wesley Snipes
Directed by: Simon Fellows
Rated: ‘R’ for violence, language and brief sexuality
Copyright: 2005 Micro Fusion and Sony Pictures
Running Time: Approximately 96 minutes
Genre: Action Thriller
Cover Description:
Staring: Wesley Snipes
Directed by: Simon Fellows
Rated: ‘R’ for violence, language and brief sexuality
Copyright: 2005 Micro Fusion and Sony Pictures
Running Time: Approximately 96 minutes
Genre: Action Thriller
Cover Description:
Action star Wesley Snipes (the Blade trilogy, U.S. Marshals, Passenger 57) is a professional thief whose high-stakes caper goes murderously wrong in this excplosive, brilliantly unpredictable crime thriller. Captain Jack Tolliver (Snipes) is an ex-Delta Force commando leading what should have been a clockwork-perfect armored car heist. Instead, he ends up with a priceless Van Gogh painting – and one of his crew ends up held hostage by the sadistic Russian gangsters who muscled in on the heist. Tolliver’s only option: a suicidal rescue mission where enemies become allies, your best friend can be your worst nightmare, and survival is the deadliest are of all.
My Thoughts:
I really like Wesley Snipes and I really like action movies. This movie disappointed on both accounts. I had to wonder what Snipes was thinking in doing this film. I still think he is a great actor and could draw people into theaters, so why do a straight-to-video movie. Truthfully I didn’t even read the cover before renting it because it was Wesley Snipes but even if I did I would have still rented it.
The movie starts out ok with a really ingenious armored car heist, which of course goes bad and turns into a pretty neat car chase. After that, the movie seems to fizzle out.
There is not much dialogue and I think the writers put more effort into the heist than the rest of the film. The acting is pretty bad all around, although I think Snipes did what he could with what he as given.
The directing is frazzled and just plain weird. I didn’t like it much at all. I think the director was trying to add action to the film by his style of directing but to me it just made things worse.
Given the right attention, this movie could have been great but I get the feeling everyone just wanted to get it released as soon as they could. It has potential, but in my opinion, everyone involved in it just fell flat.
I had trouble getting through the whole thing. If you are a die hard Snipes fan then you might want to rent it, but I don’t give any guarantees as to whether you will like it or not. It just might be worth renting simply to see the beginning because the heist is definitely one of the most intelligent and ingenious I have ever seen.
Don’t expect much and marvel at the heist and you just might not feel like you’ve wasted your time watching it. Only buy it if you are an avid fan who must have a copy of every movie your favorite actor has made regardless of how good they are.
My Rating: 1.5 Stars
DVD Bonus Features: nothing of interest
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Wesley Snipes Movies
Passenger 57
Demolition Man
Enjoy,My Thoughts:
I really like Wesley Snipes and I really like action movies. This movie disappointed on both accounts. I had to wonder what Snipes was thinking in doing this film. I still think he is a great actor and could draw people into theaters, so why do a straight-to-video movie. Truthfully I didn’t even read the cover before renting it because it was Wesley Snipes but even if I did I would have still rented it.
The movie starts out ok with a really ingenious armored car heist, which of course goes bad and turns into a pretty neat car chase. After that, the movie seems to fizzle out.
There is not much dialogue and I think the writers put more effort into the heist than the rest of the film. The acting is pretty bad all around, although I think Snipes did what he could with what he as given.
The directing is frazzled and just plain weird. I didn’t like it much at all. I think the director was trying to add action to the film by his style of directing but to me it just made things worse.
Given the right attention, this movie could have been great but I get the feeling everyone just wanted to get it released as soon as they could. It has potential, but in my opinion, everyone involved in it just fell flat.
I had trouble getting through the whole thing. If you are a die hard Snipes fan then you might want to rent it, but I don’t give any guarantees as to whether you will like it or not. It just might be worth renting simply to see the beginning because the heist is definitely one of the most intelligent and ingenious I have ever seen.
Don’t expect much and marvel at the heist and you just might not feel like you’ve wasted your time watching it. Only buy it if you are an avid fan who must have a copy of every movie your favorite actor has made regardless of how good they are.
My Rating: 1.5 Stars
DVD Bonus Features: nothing of interest
Get 7 Seconds Today!
Wesley Snipes Movies
Passenger 57
Demolition Man
Cheryl
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