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The Detonator (2006)
If you take it for what it is, a straight to DVD film, it's really good
First and foremost: What's with the voice dubbing? It is so clear it isn't Snipes's voice. I didn't understand why they didn't get him to voice his character in the voice over bits? Did he want more money?
The Detonator is not a bad film, much better that many straight to DVD films I've seen recently. It could have been better though. If they payed more attention to the dialogs ( silly at times), if they spent a little more cash on the action sequences ( some blue screen stuff isn't great,really), if they got a different editor ( sometimes it feels like a stitch up), if they got the actors playing Romanians to actually sound Romanian ( with the exception of Silvia Colloca, whose accent seems quite accurate)
it could have been better. But for its market , it's pretty cool.
I was entertained by this film. didn't have great expectation, so I wasn't too disappointed. Wesley Snipes seems a little bored at times and the result is that he's a little lame. But he shines when doing action stuff. The best performances come from the supporting cast: Italian actress Silvia Colloca as the troubled Nadia ( in some knock-out costumes) delivers a good performance, given the lines she was given she does a decent job ( especially when showing some emotional range), William Hope and Michael Brandon are good as the FBI agents.