What a waste of my time!!!

Really Surprised!

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Carlito Kane kidnaps the Governor's daughter and her significant other in order to free Carlito's son Manual Kane. They kill the young man to show how serious they are.Shortly thereafter, Carlito kidnaps Frank's grandson Mario, then attempts to force Frank to recant his testimony against Manual. Vanessa (Frank's daughter, Mario's mother) uses the money Frank gave her (which he won from prize fighting) to buy drugs. After she attempts suicide, Frank takes her to emergency. In the meantime, the Governor takes Carlito's trumped up evidence to force the Attorney General to have Frank arrested.Frank does get arrested, but he and the cops sort things out. Frank goes rogue for a while, handing in his badge, even though he does not have to do so.Does Frank get Mario back? Does the governor's daughter get rescued?-----Scores-----Cinematography: 7/10 OK, not great.Sound: 6/10 A bit out of control on levels at times. The actors seemed to be miked OK.Acting: 6/10 Danny Trejo and Jonathan Banks are their usual menacing, intimidating selves. John Savage gave a sub-par performance, which I did not expect. The other actors were forgettable, except for the terrible Torsten Vorges.Screenplay: 4/10 Throughout the film, I was confused as to whether Frank ever was a righteous cop. Early on, he kills a couple of cops, for instance. I was surprised to see that he had a badge a bit later. After the large number of felonies that he committed, I did not see how he was not arrested. When Frank and the kids leave the site of his killing spree, I wondered how many years of therapy those two would need later on. They leave happy, though. Sigh.

Review: Typical Trejo movie, but in this one he actually lives. This is your average cops against the baddies type of movie with some kidnapping added for flavour. Although Trejo is looking pretty old, he proves that he can still kick ass against the bad drug lord who is trying to save his son from a lethal injection in prison. The storyline isn't that complicated but it could have done with a bit of work. It isn't as bad as a lot of Trejo movies that I have seen lately, but it still felt like a B movie that deserved to go straight to DVD. Average!Round-Up: I'm enjoying watching these mindless Trejo movies, because you know what to expect. He usually dies within minutes of his movies, but in this one he lasted all the way through, which was quite surprising. He actually said more than a couple of lines and I could tell that the director wanted to make a franchise out his character. All of the other actors need to go back to acting school, but it can't really blame them because the script was pretty terrible. At the end of the day, it isn't amazing but it's a easy way to pass the day.Budget: $3million Worldwide Gross: N/AI recommend this movie to people who are into there thrillers about a cop trying to take down a drug lord, 2/10

Bad acting throughout.Bad direction throughout.Bad acting throughout.Poor story throughout.Bad acting throughout.Poor plot devices throughout.Oh, and did I mention the bad acting throughout?The story starts reasonably OK, but quickly descends into a mindless mess with poor continuity and random scenes that make no sense. For example, having been kidnapped, the hero jumps out of a moving van only to find his car parked right next to where he jumped out... Well, that's just handy as they can now have a mandatory action film car chase can't they?Very low budget film that has not used the little budget it had in an intelligent manner at all.Only worth watching if you are in the mood for a laugh at how poor film making can get. A shame really as Danny Trejo was good in the Machete films, but then they did not take themselves seriously as this clearly does.Avoid.

Good cop gets accused of being a bad cop, good cop gets angry, hands in badge, goes out on his own and gets all the bad guys, including the really bad guy (naturally, he goes down last), dodging all the bullets and saving the day (and his nephew). Heard that one before? I'm sure you have. So have I. Been there, done that.Sometimes I get the feeling that the gun manufacturers in the USA finance movies just to show off their arsenal of weapons - especially when there's a scene in the back of a low-dive bar where all sorts of weapons are on display, shining like diamonds, for the good cop to choose from. I think the only smart phrase in the whole movie is when good cop meets naughty daughter at the detox center and addresses the recovering folks: "Remember, work the steps because the elevator is broken". Every other scene and piece of dialogue is deja vu all over again. No smart twists in the plot, nothing. Pity, because I like Danny Trejo - his ragged looks, his style, the characters he portrays. I just think he stands out more in supporting roles than as the man in charge of operations.