I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

FIFTY/FIFTY is a somewhat bland buddy-buddy comedy action film from the team at Cannon Pictures, and one of the studio's lesser efforts. It stars the great Peter Weller (of ROBOCOP fame, of course) as a tough-talking mercenary and Robert Hays (of the AIRPLANE! series) as his wisecracking partner. Together they're tasked with overthrowing the corrupt dictator of a country in south east Asia, a task which sees them running around in the jungle a lot and shooting extras. While the Malaysian filming locations are authentic enough, the action is half-baked and the whole plot feels very cliched. This was directed by Charles Martin Smith and it's not one of his memorable efforts; everyone's on autopilot, going through the motions rather than making an effort. You'd be better off watching something more cheesy and over the top like DELTA FORCE 2 or COMMANDO.

take one part Commado, two parts Rambo, one part Lethal weapon, and one half teaspoon of Airplane! and you've got Fifty/Fifty. It's yet another one of those eighties b-movie rambo based war movies. Where people in SouthAmerica/Africa/SouthAsia are being ruled by a harsh dictator or some such and our heros come in unite the people defeat said dictator and the movie ends. See McBain, Commando, POW The Escape, Dogs Of War, Rambo, and thousands of others like it at your local video store. These movies rule for the simply fact of low expectations, lots of gun play and explosions and cookie cutter plots and charecters. Thses movies are Americas version of 60's and 70's martial arts films from China and Japan.

So, you are with a group of mates(pals, friends, buddies) and you are renting a video. If your group is mostly men then I recommend fifty/fifty. It has all the elements that you would expect from an action/adventure/ comedy. One liners, 'n' all that. But this film is most definitely unique.If you know films well and you also know a few flashy words and concepts to go with them then you will recognise it as a film that breaks a few of the genres' conventions. If not, well you can use that as an excuse to your girlfriend who says that you watch films with no taste. A right royal Buddy humour filled picture. In other words you will laugh your lungs dry!

This is pure mindless, popcorn entertainment. From the countless shoot outs to the funny buddy-cop type banter between the two stars, this is the kind of movie to watch when you just want to sit back and lose some brain cells. Pretty Average.