Watched this tonight....
Ever want to see a heist flick that out-extremes even "Point Break"? Then I implore you to check this out.
Here's the IMDB summary:
"An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. Following an unexpected windfall on only their second job, the gang nets $20 million in untraceable bonds. Having scored enough money to retire on, Slim and his crew decide to call the robbery game quits. But both the mob and the police have other plans in mind for Slim: they want him to keep working, for them."
Before I start, could everyone please refer to me only as a risk-taking rush-seeker from this point on? Is that too much to ask?
Back to "Riders"...
Holy shit! Just a ridiculously bad movie, with amazing turns by Bruce Payne and Stephen Berkoff as the corrupt police chief looking for a lucrative retirement bonus and a corrupt Southern preacher with ties to the Mafia respectively. The former's line delivery in particular is enough to put him up there with Travolta in "Battlefield: Earth", and I can only imagine he'd even climb higher with repeat viewings.
My favorite line though comes from Natasha Henstridge, a cunning and erotically-charged detective who has just figured out that Stephen Dorff is actually the extreme sports bank robber her department is pursuing, not the insurance agent she's fallen for while practicing rock-climbing:
(Not verbatim, by the way)
'Tasha: "I know you're not who you say you are."
Tim Conway: "What? I'm just a lowly insurance agent."
(From this point on, verbatim)
Jugs from "Species": "Insurance is just another form of risk-taking. Isn't that what you're about-- taking risks?"
I lost my shit throughout this movie. Four stars out of four stars... if you can appreciate crap. Thanks to "Super Action" channel for introducing me to this one.

1 Comments:
Oh man Oh man...
You're a brave individual. To subject yourself to that much action and sexy risk-taking intrigue in one sitting!?
As the newly deemed "expert" of this film (i.e. the only person I know who has watched it in its entirety), do you think it really called for 41 stunt people?? Yes. 41. I checked.
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