Best movie of this year hands down!
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
View MoreIt is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
View MoreBlistering performances.
Dolph plays ex-FBI agent Jason Price, a man who runs some kind of witness protection program. When a ruthless assassin called "The Cleaner" is bumping off supposedly protected people, Price must slowly unravel a complex series of lies, deceits, betrayals and double-crossings.What happened with this film is - it's mid-period Dolph and got lost in the video store shuffle. It's in some kind of nether world between his classic 80's and even 90's outings and his current renaissance. It's hard to imagine someone in '01, while perusing their local video store, not just giving the cover a cursory glance and then moving on. But we can see why Dolph took the role. It's different. He probably yearns to play reasonably non-meathead-y roles like this. In Hidden Agenda, he's smart, he's good with computers, and in his cover as a suave restaurateur, we see his classy side. We applaud this change of pace, but that's not enough to make the movie GOOD, unfortunately.Despite the film's strengths, when the film begins, the audience is treated to a jumble of names and situations, as if the filmmakers assume we already know what's going on. So after some more muddled plot developments and frustrating computer gobbledygook, the movie is halfway over and we're not hooked in and involved with the plot. Even Dolph seems bored a lot of the time. Add to that some confusing and characterless "intrigue" and the end product is what best can be described as an arrested development in the Dolph canon. Yes, there are some nice changes of pace, but at what cost? Plus there are some annoying editing tricks and techno music during the scant fight scenes. The problem is, this film doesn't EARN the tricks. It seems like a cover-up for a lack of something. And therein lies the crux of the matter: The filmmakers should have cut a lot of the fat and talkiness and stripped down the film to a race-against-time battle between Price and The Cleaner. Assuming it was done correctly, this would have given the film the turbocharge it needed to be successful. Sadly, instead, with the technology on display (Icarus and Daedalus?) it's like watching a dramatization of an episode of "90's Tech" on the History Channel.We see what the filmmakers were trying to do...had this film come out in the theater it would have starred Matt Damon (doubtlessly wearing glasses) and been a slick Hollywood thriller like Paycheck (2003) or Hackers (1995). So imagine that formula applied to a Canada-shot DTV product with Dolph Lundgren and there you have it.In the case of Hidden Agenda, different does not necessarily mean better for Dolph fans.For more insanity, check out: comeuppancereviews.com
View MoreI liked this. A friend told me to hire it out so I did and I thought its really good. I loved the lighting they had in the film, it kind of looks like it got some inspiration off the Matrix in that department. The fights were pretty good too, Dolf kicks ass!! The only down point would be that the end was not as good as the beginning and the music wasn't great, but I thought it had a good storyline. B+
View MoreThe movie has a very mysterious twist to it. You don't know who is good and who is bad, along with surprising scenes that you won't believe are possible to occur. The movie is exciting and incredible. The movie includes two hot chicks, and other scenes that'll make you say "wow, how did that happen?" I recommend the movie to mystery and action fans.
View MoreThis was a pretty good thriller, top acting, fights and some stylish direction. Dolph Lundgren puts in a great performance. The storyline was interesting and I like the fact that some time and effort was put into researching some rather cool devices. The music was pretty good too.
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