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Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Started off reasonably well, then the camera man seemed to have lost his way. The only thing he kept filming was the stonework inside the building. For Example, Dolph and Gina were talking at length, and the camera pans to the stonework, you don't see their faces, just a glimpse of an ear and top of Gina's' head. The camera work just gets hilarious after this, when they're not in the frame at all. Spent most of the movie talking about it. I had read the previous reviews, thought i'd give it a try as Dolph's a good actor. Gina's voice was really annoying but could see by it.

Waxman (Dolph) is an ex-Special Forces soldier, and expert marksman. Sometimes his emotions get in the way of his targets and will end up in a crisis of conscience. Now holed up in an unfinished skyscraper with his female assistant, Clegg (also known as Spotter - Waxman is also known by Shooter in some sources) (Bellman) - Waxman and Clegg must execute their new assignment, as well as survive the night in a creepy building with bad guys after them. Will they make it? Well, the movie certainly lives up to its name, as Dolph doesn't really say that much here. Apart from that, this was the beginning of a phase of more serious-minded films from Dolph, leading up to Hidden Assassin (1995). In Silent Trigger, however, there's a lot of set-up in the plot (perhaps too much), but what's good about this movie is that it is at least trying to be different. What helps that are the stylistic flourishes by Russell Mulcahy that provide atmosphere and interesting shots, camera-work and set design.On the flipside of that, however, the fact that the movie takes place in one location (except for Dolph's flashbacks/memories) impedes the movie, even though the set is impressive. Additionally, many scenes needed more light and were too dark to see. And there needed to be more goons for Waxman and Clegg to dispatch. So in summation, we liked what was there, so we wanted to see more of it: more locations, lights and baddies. That would have helped this movie a lot.On the bad news front, there is some really stupid and unnecessary (well, it's always unnecessary) CGI at times. And it's 1996 CGI at that. The inanity of these few moments shouldn't put you off seeing this movie, we just like to point out when this happens as a warning to potential viewers, and take the opportunity to say how much we hate CGI. There's also the classic "one really, really annoying character" cliché we see often. But the violent bits that are in the movie are great, and that keeps the viewers' interest.Also it should be pointed out that Dolph has an extremely large, complicated gun. When he's assembling it, it reminded us of the scene in Spaceballs (1987) where the ship keeps going and going and going. This thing is a monstrosity, but it does some serious damage.Shot in Montreal (it has a very Canadian feel), Silent Trigger is worth seeing but it's not the best Dolph vehicle out there.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

A shooter and his spotter lie high in a church tower. When the green light comes he is unable to shoot and his spotter is order to kill him. Before she does, they are ambushed and escape across country. Years later the same two are unwittingly paired for another job and realise that those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.It starts well – better than expected, the only weakness of the first 20 minutes or so are some very poor computer graphics. However after that it slows right down and, even though I still expected something more from it – it never really delivered. To keep the story going while they set up their shot, we rope in a crazy security guard to keep the story doing something. When the action does finally come it doesn't convince and doesn't totally hang together.The problem is partly that nothing is explained for the whole film – not for tension but just for convenience. They work for an unnamed agency, their jobs have no motive, the flashback story is set in an unnamed country etc. Suddenly at the end we're expected to care about whats happening even if we don't know why it's happening.It's a shame because Lundgren is actually OK in this – I'm not a big fan but he's OK. Bellman is so-so, but she sounds like she's surpressing her voice and sounds weird. I couldn't place her the whole film – then I realised she's from the UK and is from the series Coupling. The director has done some OK action movies and did some cool shots with this. It's just a shame that most of it is so dull and without tension – even the nice ending is spoilt by what went before it.Overall good start, reasonable ending but the bit in between could, nay should, have been much better.

In my opinion, this movie is pretty uneventful and somewhat boring. It's okay to let long time pass between action sequences if you know how to fill the "downtime" well... This movie doesnt.However, this movie utilize some of the best lighting I've seen. And considering this is sort of a B-movie, it's simply amazing. They've used lots of colored, cleverly placed, spotlights to enhance the walls. You could almost be fooled to think the movie was designed by an interior decorator.So, if you are interested in the technical aspect of moviemaking, it's worth seeing just for this reason. This movie should be an excelent guide movie on how to use spectacular lighting the correct way if anyone are teaching a course in this.So, to sum up, slow movie, some stupid scenes that people have mentioned here before, but nice lighting makes it worth watching.