![]() The grayish facial hair on Stephen Lang stand out nicely and other wrinkles, ages pots, and imperfections in tattoos look sharp as well. The detail is fairly sharp and vivid throughout, even in darker sequences. It looks like the movie was filmed with Red digital cameras, which gives the overall picture that digital palette. There isn't too much to get excited about with this video presentation, since the bulk of the film takes place in darker locations without a lot of bright and bold colors, but this transfer from Magnolia does the job well enough. 'Gridlocked' comes with a 1080p HD transfer and is presented in 2.39:1 aspect ratio. The disc is housed in an eco-friendly hard, blue plastic case with zero insert or digital download code. 'Gridlocked' comes with a 25GB Blu-ray Disc from Magnolia Entertainment and is Region A Locked. In the end, 'Gridlocked' is a copy of a copy of a copy. The action scenes and stunt work are quite good though, but due to the ridiculous dialogue and character interactions, the movie just becomes silly and takes you out of the real dramatic and action packed moments. Stephen Lang is of course great, as he always is, but I feel like he will forever be remembered now as the bad guy in ' Avatar'. I would have hoped that Danny Glover would have stole the show here, but his screen time is super small and he delivers a line he's said many times before, and it's just sad. Purcell doesn't really deliver a dynamic character here, and his buddy he escorts around isn't all that likable either, making for an awkward and less than thrilling duo. Most of the moments of the film are comprised of scenes you've seen in the above mentioned movies, but all done on a much lesser level. There is even an actor named James Woods in the film, but it isn't that one you're thinking of. ![]() ![]() ![]() Add to the cast Vinnie Jones, former WWE Superstar Trish Stratus, and a cameo from Danny Glover. What follows are some intense shoot outs, gun play, and explosions. Hendrix brings Brody to a warehouse where his Swat buddies are, only to be attacked by Stephen Lang, who is the villain as well in 'The Hard Way'. He is forced to take a rude and wealthy famous actor named Brody for a ride along as part of Brody's community service for fighting reporters. Hendrix is quiet and keeps his anger bottled up. 'Gridlocked' follows David Hendrix (Dominic Purcell), who is the leader of the NYPD Swat Team, but is on suspension from the real tough work. Fox, and Stephen Lang (who also stars in this film), which is all entirely too similar to 'Gridlocked' from the characters to the plot. In fact, there is a 1991 film called 'The Hard Way', starring James Woods, Michael J. For a big action film such as this one, everything seems underwhelming.Īctually, 'Gridlocked' holds the record for most gun fire in a Canadian movie, but you'd really never know it, because the film is forgettable and we've seen the same scenes in other films that were done a bit better. You can obviously tell Ungar is a big fan of these earlier films, but his execution here is more of just a rip-off without any original content or that special something that makes the film tick. ' Die Hard', ' Lethal Weapon', ' Commando', and even the more recent ' Expendables' can be seen in 'Gridlocked' and not in that fun "wink-wink" sort of way either. With all of the new directors out today and all of the remakes or reboots, you would hope that the filmmakers can pay tribute and respect to the original films without being too cheesy and of course doing something original in any of the aspects of their film or movie-making.Ĭanadian writer/director Allan Ungar, whose first big film was the MMA movie 'Tapped Out' is sure a big fan of those 90's action movies, because 'Gridlocked' is a collection of scenes and characters, taken straight from that era. Most of these films were fairly violent, bloody, had a ton of one-liners, and a high body count. In particular, the early 90s action films were a hilarious sub-genre that spawned a ton of action stars and sequels that have become cult classics to this day. I think most of us who are big film fans and filmmakers always want to pay respects to our favorite genres if we ever get the opportunity to make a fun movie. I get why some filmmakers want to re-create their own childhood memories of watching films.
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