S.P.L.

S.P.L. (2005) - Sept. 17, 2005
Oh the humanity. This was a terrible, terrible film. It was a poorly-made, overwrought piece of garbage. There wasn't one decent character in the whole movie, nor was there even a single line of dialogue that seemed real. The whole thing was melodramatic and cheesy and so badly done. The performances were all over-the-top, the plot (involving a group of corrupt cops trying to take down a mob boss) was one big cliche, and the action scenes, for the most part, sucked. The director, up until the final action sequence, seemed to be taking a page from the Michael Bay school of direction, with lots of quick cuts during the action scenes. Plus, the whole movie had a glossy, Michael Bay type of look to it. But then there was the last fight sequence, in which the main character takes on Sammo Hung's main henchman, and then Sammo himself. This almost seemed like it was from another movie -- it was really good. I don't get that. If they were capable of making action this good, why'd they save it for the end? It the whole movie had been punctuated with action scenes of that caliber, it probably would have been decent (it certainly would have been a lot easier to overlook how terrible the actual movie was). *