No doubt, Mr. Lundgren is a mediocre actor. But some of his actions films, you can watch just to pass the time. This one combines only the bad of everything. Bad acting, bad directing and a bad story. A real cheapy.
48 Reviews
Higher production value would had helped
destroyerwod30 March 2020
I rented this movie based on Dolph Lundgren's name and the plot looked alright. I was expecting one of those low budget DTV action movie and this is mostly what i got.
To be honest, the lead actress who plays Rhona, Natalie Burns, is actually pretty good. Her acting is better than to be expected in these type of movies, and her fight scenes are not bad at all. Sean Patrick Flanery looks like he has fun in his role too. Danny Trejo and Rampage Jackson are simply cameo, do not expect much from them. Surprisingly Dolph and Liddel's action parts were very slow, sluggish and not really entertaining, wich is a bummer.
The plot is pretty simple, and will not amaze you by any means but it kinda do the job.
Where it hurt the most tough is the very low budget production value. The gun special effects are terrible, the picture/lightning/sets look low budget too, and despite the title do not expect any high octane car chases.
But overall i still had a decent time, mostly due to Natalie and Sean's performance and it was fine for a beer friday night movie evening. I think with a much bigger production value, this could had been a pretty solid action flick, but it was not to be. Still end up decent to me tough. But clearly if you are used to big budget action movie, you may not like it.
To be honest, the lead actress who plays Rhona, Natalie Burns, is actually pretty good. Her acting is better than to be expected in these type of movies, and her fight scenes are not bad at all. Sean Patrick Flanery looks like he has fun in his role too. Danny Trejo and Rampage Jackson are simply cameo, do not expect much from them. Surprisingly Dolph and Liddel's action parts were very slow, sluggish and not really entertaining, wich is a bummer.
The plot is pretty simple, and will not amaze you by any means but it kinda do the job.
Where it hurt the most tough is the very low budget production value. The gun special effects are terrible, the picture/lightning/sets look low budget too, and despite the title do not expect any high octane car chases.
But overall i still had a decent time, mostly due to Natalie and Sean's performance and it was fine for a beer friday night movie evening. I think with a much bigger production value, this could had been a pretty solid action flick, but it was not to be. Still end up decent to me tough. But clearly if you are used to big budget action movie, you may not like it.
just bad
lifelinespublishing10 November 2019
I did not enjoyed this at all. seems the lead actress in the film can't make me believe she is the person whom she thinks is the movie., Mr. Lundgren is alright in this movie, he's not known to be in the drama department,.
but I would give a plus 1 to my 2 fave people in this movie, THE ICEMAN and RAMPAGE of THE UFC...
bad plot, mediocre action scenes., Sean Patrick Flanery did his best here portraying the BAD GUY role.
avoid this if you can.
but I would give a plus 1 to my 2 fave people in this movie, THE ICEMAN and RAMPAGE of THE UFC...
bad plot, mediocre action scenes., Sean Patrick Flanery did his best here portraying the BAD GUY role.
avoid this if you can.
Bad, just bad
jeffsmee8 December 2019
Horrendous
r_stannage13 January 2020
The easy way is best
nogodnomasters17 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Vladik (Dolph Lundgren) kidnaps the son of Rhona (Natalie Burn) and coerces her into performing various tasks driving around LA all night.
We don't any real back story until the end and even then it wasn't much of a story. Action characters like Lundgren and Trejo sit for most of the film and do nothing. Boring. Bad script.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
We don't any real back story until the end and even then it wasn't much of a story. Action characters like Lundgren and Trejo sit for most of the film and do nothing. Boring. Bad script.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Where is the Thrill?
singhramneetpal27 November 2019
For a title such as Acceleration, it seems the foot slipped off the gas pedal!
There's No feeling in the entire movie. In spite of being a Huge movies buff, I've been in awe of Dolph Lundgren's capabilities (albeit not so limited) as far back as IVAN DRAGO. He always seemed to have fitted in as an convincing performer but even his larger than life presence seemed diminished in here. Danny Trejo's been wasted too!
This movie stands so weak in script, dialogue, action, thrill and even the gunfire too !!
It was a bad decision of mine to watch this and even though I gritted my teeth and went almost 3 quarters of an hour into it, I couldn't wait to just get the end. Didn't just want to bother till the end.
No one is convincing, very bad direction.
Another worst action film! The action in the film quite messy and not intense! Very disappointed!
kwenchow18 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This film start with a man "Vladik" fighting with a bald guy, and flashback of a woman "Rhona" need to help Vladik to run some illegal errand in order to save her missing son "Mika" scene! As turnout, the actual person who kidnap Mika is another criminal "Kane", Vladik is Mika's father! Vladik just want to cheat Rhona to do a job for him! All the action in the film quite messy and not intense! Such as, the shooting scene just saw the spark and the sound never saw the bullet! The martial art fighting scene also quite messy! One explosion scene, just show us the detonator, never show the explosion scene! Super bored! Barely intense scene is at the ending of the film! Have some bloody shooting at the body scene, and bullet hole on the wall scene! At the end, Vladik and Kane both dead! Rhona save her son! That's it! Another disappointed action film!
Bad
braakderalph8 November 2019
NIce and good B movie 8
TheRater19 November 2019
I love Dolph Lundgren and action movie. This film is def one to see if you like actionfilm. Sad thing here with some reviewers is that they don't understand the difference between a B and A movie in their ratings.
B movie is low budget so you can't rate it the same as A movie. So to all the review so called experts and bashers out there. Keep that in mind before you give your review to a B movie, or find another hobby.
B movie is low budget so you can't rate it the same as A movie. So to all the review so called experts and bashers out there. Keep that in mind before you give your review to a B movie, or find another hobby.
Opportunity missed with...
Top_Dawg_Critic10 December 2019
...terrible screenplay and/or editing. I'm not sure why this film needed two directors, but it certainly needed a better screenplay. There are so many plot holes and technical issues with the writing, I'm still trying to figure out many elements of many scenes. There is no excuse for seasoned writers/director/producers Michael Merino and Daniel Zirilli to let this convoluted story go to action.
Directing and cinematography however were on point. The all-star B cast were actually decent, but the annoyingly excessive eye-liner on Natalie Burns kept confusing me with in thinking they cast Criss Angel. The usually annoying and overbearing score in these type of films was actually adequate.
Overall I was actually impressed - not going into this film expecting much, however, had the film been edited properly so there were no questions left to ask, and/or the final script written as such, this film would've been one of the better B-films this year. Sadly it missed the mark, and thus a 6/10 from me.
Directing and cinematography however were on point. The all-star B cast were actually decent, but the annoyingly excessive eye-liner on Natalie Burns kept confusing me with in thinking they cast Criss Angel. The usually annoying and overbearing score in these type of films was actually adequate.
Overall I was actually impressed - not going into this film expecting much, however, had the film been edited properly so there were no questions left to ask, and/or the final script written as such, this film would've been one of the better B-films this year. Sadly it missed the mark, and thus a 6/10 from me.
"Jackie" Chan
ks-6050017 December 2019
A dog's dinner
Leofwine_draca8 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A really poor indie masquerading as an action thriller. There are a few lacklustre martial art fight scenes and that's it. Dolph Lundgren plays a morally ambiguous character but only has very limited screen time while most of the action is given over to poor and lesser known stars, as with many recent Bruce Willis movies. A few faces show up in support but are nothing to write home about. It's a real dog's dinner of a movie.
Drab action flick
carlwilkessob15 January 2021
Warm moist turd
brett-7626010 December 2020
What did I just try and watch??? It was so bad I dont even know where to begin. The acting was nothing short of horrific. A high school drama club would have done a better job than this. OMG it was just terrible. Put it this way Nicolas Cage AND Bruce Willis both passed on staring in this movie. That should tell you everything you need to know. Like I said this is a warm moist turd... Factory fresh as a matter of fact.
Really bad acting
mhien16 March 2020
Just a waste of time!
loidsebayneck26 February 2020
This is quite the most out of order, loosely connected rushed put together mess! What's with all the disco lights and the random music, and the acting is so bad, the cast must of been on real drugs! It's just about watchable if you can stomach it, but honestly, better left alone!
Worthest Movie Ever seen From Dolph Lundgren
Rateitall10 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
It Just needed 10.. Yes.. 10 Seconds To Watch what's goin - on - That Time to get a Rating Result. like that worth scenario feeling aslike that shinelight 💫 violet separated ROOM ? WTF ? !
and that as start theme ?
cmon Dolph you had really, defently pretty much better movies as this one.
sorry to rate this with an 1 star.
but it's infact.
greetings.
Action Film
tizianoghezzo17 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
An exceptional film and Natalie very good actress.
When you're stuck at home and you're tired of more cerebral cinema, you may well find yourself longing for a bit of cheap and cheerful action. You won't get much cheaper than this. Acceleration is guaranteed not to require any thought. You can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Nice, with some flaws, but it's normal.
minunimion7 March 2020
I'm not going to write anything about, just take some time to watch this movie until the end, but don't expect miracles, not even an oscar movie. It's a honest action movie to spend some time without always thinking of the real life.
A movie is a movie... the real life is real life. Don't confound them as many people do.
The Russian Bots are Here
jlong-8959913 May 2020
:) colourful turd. Fun at first but then stinky
mieschkaeden3 June 2022
While Dolph is a nice person and good human and 90% of his movies are fantastic this one sadly is not. You can tell they tried but the movie feels ( and looks ) like a 15 year old living out his action fantasies. Watch his other movies . This one is unfortunately not good at all.
Cheap John Wick wannabe
SindarS15 October 2020
This movie is like a "John Wick wannabe" with a female lead, but lacks any of John Wick's charm or polished quality and the result feels like a cheap knock-off. It seems more like a vanity project for Natalie Burn who plays the protagonist and is also the producer of this "marvel".
I've played video games that had more coherent storyline than this movie. It seems that somebody threw up on a piece of paper and called it a movie script. The movie never bothers explaining any backstory of the characters and the chaotic scene cuts don't help the story progression either. For its empty story, the movie has a surprisingly big cast. Granted, most of them are just mindless goons that are supposed to be unceremoniously killed off. For an action movie the fighting and shooting sequences are just laughable. So are the sound effects - they could just go: "pew-pew!".
The acting is awful across the board, but it's not like they had much to work with anyway. Sean Patrick Flanery just mumbles in incoherent sentences through the whole thing trying hard to be "the crazy bad guy" and Dolph Lundgren was relegated to sitting in a basement and looking at 3 computer screens for most of the movie. Unfortunately he is way past his prime like some other action movie stars from 80s and 90s.
It's not a completely amateur effort, so gets 2* for spending about 1/3 of the time driving around in Maserati, nice opening titles and some decent post-production effects.
I've played video games that had more coherent storyline than this movie. It seems that somebody threw up on a piece of paper and called it a movie script. The movie never bothers explaining any backstory of the characters and the chaotic scene cuts don't help the story progression either. For its empty story, the movie has a surprisingly big cast. Granted, most of them are just mindless goons that are supposed to be unceremoniously killed off. For an action movie the fighting and shooting sequences are just laughable. So are the sound effects - they could just go: "pew-pew!".
The acting is awful across the board, but it's not like they had much to work with anyway. Sean Patrick Flanery just mumbles in incoherent sentences through the whole thing trying hard to be "the crazy bad guy" and Dolph Lundgren was relegated to sitting in a basement and looking at 3 computer screens for most of the movie. Unfortunately he is way past his prime like some other action movie stars from 80s and 90s.
It's not a completely amateur effort, so gets 2* for spending about 1/3 of the time driving around in Maserati, nice opening titles and some decent post-production effects.
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