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e-revo 2012-05-23 08:24:13

Worst movie ever!

I'm a long time IMDb user. But I never had the willpower to register,didn't see the point. But after I saw this movie I knew I had to writeabout it.This is by far the worst movie I've seen, and I've seen some horriblecrap in my day.The plot is utter crap. Its...its beyond words. O.o Actors arehorrible, even the good ones are directed so badly that they end upsucking too. Special effects are special in a way the kids who ride theshort bus are special. The directing is just....boy-howdy....out ofthis world. Smooth like a rhino in a dishwasher. Durham is Trying tomimic Tarantino, and failing extraordinarily hard, hell Tarantino'sdead Goldfish could do a much much much better job.In conclusion, don't watch this movie. Its worse than spending 2 hourson lemonparty.Also Brian Austin Green is utterly talented and a complete douche.

james-ross-822-974923 2012-05-23 03:21:11

Cross delivers

This film promises action and actually delivers. Imagine? An actionfilm that actually provides you with, you guessed it....action! I wassurprised to read other reviews criticizing this film so let's look atthe ingredients; Hot shot good guys, menacing bad guys, hot girlsthroughout and high powered gunfights from start to finish. Babes andbullets, what more could you want from an action movie? Vinnie Joneshas become one of Hollywoods most intimidating characters with a looklike he makes a habit of kicking butt before breakfast. This filmprovides fantastic special effects, unique gadgetry and explosions bythe handful.Cross appeared as though it was shot entirely in thewarehouses, ports and on the rooftops of LA adding to the grittiness ofthe film.All in all, the makers of Cross did an excellent job ofdelivering on its' promise for an action film. I would recommend thismovie to all action fans and look forward to a healthy dose of doubleCross.

Tony Heck 2012-05-20 23:52:07

A hybrid of "Kick-Ass" and "Scott Pilgrem vs. The World". Not nearly as good as either. Hardcore comic fans will love. I say C+

If you could live forever would you want to? After given a Celtic Crosswith incredible powers Callan (Green) forms a team that battles crimein Los Angeles. When Gunnar (Jones) (a man who can't die) steals thecross in hopes to destroy mankind it is up to Callen and his team tosave the world. This movie sounds much cooler then it is. This is alive action comic book type movie complete with the writing during thescenes just like in a comic book. The first half hour or so is reallyentertaining, then it drags on, and on, and on for another hour beforethe action packed last 15 minutes. The acting is not the best, but witha former 90210 star at the helm that's not surprising. I would call ita mix between "Kick-Ass" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", but not asgood as either of them. If you are hardcore in to these types of moviesyou will love this. If, like me, you are a casual watcher of super-heromovies you may not be impressed. Overall pretty entertaining in partsand very, very slow in others. After watching "The Green Hornet" thisis a tremendous let down, even though its not really fair to comparethe two. I give it a C+.Would I watch again? - Pretty sure I won't *Also try - Kick-Ass

gkey63 2012-05-20 07:14:09

This deserves a miss.

For employing some great names in Vinnie Jones and Ving Rhames, youhave to wonder if they are embarrassed for the final product that comesout in this altogether bad, as in poorly constructed, film. It is likethe actors were thrown together with a partial script and told toad-lib their scenes. There was no flow, it was extremely boring and thedialogue was terrible. They forgot to edit this movie to try and makesomething interesting. I really tried to find something positive inthis film but couldn't. It is just plain bad and for those actors thatshould be embarrassed, move on.... bad direction, bad script and badediting meant this was doomed from the beginning. Awful.

amnesiac12001 2012-05-19 23:26:55

Poorly Made Film That I Nevertheless Respect

This film is a textbook case of "biting off more than you can chew."Which sucks because with a couple million bucks, it could've beensomething impressive.The premise is actually promising: mythological-powered heroes sharingthe spotlight with action heroes in a comic book universe as they savethe world from supernatural threats. There are actually some clever andwell-written lines and zingers in the script, and these are the linesusually best delivered. It also manages to not take itself tooseriously, which makes it easier to digest. I'd argue that it's adirect descendant of "Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai" which makes it'sfailure all the more painful.Unfortunately, the movie tries to do too much with too little. Whilehalf the cast is composed of well-known and very talented actors, theother half is composed of stunt men and friends of the director's, andit shows. The budget is woefully small for subject matter of thismagnitude, and while there's some spirited camera-work and cleverproduction schemes to compensate, it doesn't quite pull off.The biggest problem is that the director didn't have what he needed tolight it properly. Considering that the budget was likely under$800,000 it could have been anything: not enough lights, not enoughmoney to get additional shooting days, or not enough money to keep thetalent on longer than needed, etc. but the limits of the budget reallyshow. The setups are nowhere near as dynamic as they need to be, thelighting is stark and practical, and the set design virtuallynonexistent. The setups reminded me of a lot of mid-budget HD pornmovies where they shoot the action head-on and in two shots to keep theborders of the set (and the warehouse beyond) out of frame.The cast is staggeringly impressive; there's some real talent here, andSizemore, Busey and Jones tend to have the best delivery of some trulyunderwhelming lines, but even their contributions can't distract fromthe fact that the film was so rushed that they didn't have time tolearn their lines as well as they should. In the commentary, thedirector admits that Sizemore often had to learn his lines minutesbefore they shot a scene, so this probably happened more often thannot. More than anything, it looks like Hollywood actors doing a favorfor a film student and his buddies.Visually, it looks like a cross between "Repo: The Genetic Opera," "TheBatman XXX" parody, and the "Angel of Death" web series with Zoe Bell.Still, the fact that the director managed to get the film made with thecast he did for the money he had and in LOS ANGELES (at God knows WHATrates) is nevertheless impressive, and I have to respect him for that.Because the budget was so low, it's hard to tell how much of the film'sfailure is due to ineptitude or finance, so I'm not going to write offthe filmmakers just yet. With more money and a larger crew, he mightactually have done this (or the sequel) right.It falls short of the "Buckaroo Banzai" level it wants to be, but its adigital age cult curio nonetheless. Perhaps not one of the best, but noless worthy of consideration.

damian5000 2012-05-19 05:42:28

About on par with C-Grade made for TV shows

I felt a lot of heart went into making this movie, but it just doesn'tmake the grade. Cheesy one liners, though delivered well and fit the spirit of themovie well, still end up being cheesy one-liners. Special effects were worse than what you would see in an episode of aSci-Fi Channel original or TV episode like Stargate.The only thing that got this movie beyond TV was the mid level, mostlywashed up actors, who have been popular in the past, or were in goodmovies at one point in their careers. Regarding Danny Trejo at the top of the Bill, he shows up for literallyless than 20 seconds, and wasn't even part of the movie from what Icould tell.Names like Shark,Ranger,War,Riot,and Backfire make me think they dideverything they could do put the movie at C or worse. It's like theydidn't even make a pretension of trying to be better than that. Almostlike they all got together and said "let's make a really good D-movie,and let's work really hard to make it that way!"Anyways, to sum it up...The heart and hard work was there, and theacting mostly decent, but I feel with the cast and the story line itcould of been better...Maybe even end up something of a cult flick, butit doesn't quite get there.

2012-05-17 21:53:31

Great Action Flick!

This review is from: Cross (DVD) This was a really fun, action packed flick! I especially loved Wire - she was my favorite character! I heard rumors that this might be a trilogy - I sure hope so! Bring on the fun!

dripple32 2012-05-17 10:44:52

Worst movie i've ever seen !! I'm putting it in my IMDb bottom 100 or better yet bottom 10

This is without a doubt the worst movie i've ever seen. I've seen somebad movies and some good bad movies this is just bad bad bad.It lists a cast that made me think this might be entertaining, but itsfar from it. From the first 2 minutes this movie had me shaking my headin disbelief at how bad it was. It had all the acting skills and dialogof a very bad porn movie. I don't want to seem to harsh but i've seenbetter acting at a children's 1st grade play and thats the truth! Thismovie shouldn't even rate a 1 but thats as low as I can mark it.This is a straight to DVD release if I was you, flip the DVD over andwatch snow on the TV its more enjoyable than this rubbish.

happyjacks290 2012-05-16 16:32:23

Instant Classic. A Great film

I knew going in that this was an "action-comedy" . Unlike most idiots,I actually took the time to read the TAG-LINE. It' reads, " To Stop AnAncient Evil, its going to take BIG Guns, Hard Sticks and ExplodingBalls..Come on folks, these guys aren't trying to make "the godfather". Theywere trying to make the first comic-book action-hero film. And guesswhat - They did it.The film opens as if you were in a comic book. And for the first timein "comics-to-film" history, they actually stay in the comic bookworld. You always feel as if you were in the comic.They didn't spend a 100 million dollars on special effects. They tookthe route of using "real stunts' and minimal effects. They did throw insome HUGE explosions. Then they threw in about a hundred gorgeous girls and some incrediblecars for decoration. Not a bad idea. Unless of course, you aren't intohot chicks and cool cars. It's arguably the best "cast" in an action film since the Magnificent7. Brian Green holds up against some of the biggest bad guys inHollywood. Vinnie Jones, Tom Sizemore and Michael Clarke Duncan. A funcameo from Danny Trejo is always good for us cult followers.Jake Busey and Brian Green are on the same team but are absolute scenestealers when they comically collide. I suppose they added Billy Zabka and C. Thomas Howell and RobertCarradine to make sure they had all the super stars from the 80s.I'm not sure how first time director managed to wrangle that manycelebrity actors, not to mention keeping some of them out of troublefor long enough to shoot a film. But they all work great together andadd a lot of color to the film as a whole.Now... for the major goods. The film has some of the best one liners inten years. They blurt out some of the most outlandish one-liners you'veever heard. I'd type some but don't want to cause a spoiler alert..Now, given, I'd like to see this film done at a big budget like TheDark Knight but clearly, they all got together and had some fun on ashoe-string budget.Maybe they'll have a big budget for part 2. If they do, I'm guessingthey will blow up 30 cars, and add another 100 stunts to their arsenal.Throw in 200 hot chicks, blow up the other half of downtown LosAngeles, throw in another 40 or so celebs...I know I'll catch flack from all the kids that love major studio filmswith 200 million dollar budgets, but I'm an indy-guy and this was thefunniest and most entertaining indy film i've seen in a very long time.Mark my words.. You will hear people quoting these lines for years tocome...You heard it here first. Jack B

ansarm 2012-05-16 13:21:12

Huge disappointment

I give it one star because of the huge disappointment it is. Nice cast,OK story. The direction and editing is just awful. Add to it the reallyprimitive special effects. I had a feeling I was watching a 1990'sSciFi channel production. To top it wall C Thomas Howell the king ofrip-off B movies has a bit role. And it has big name bad guys and theyounger Busey in it. It must have had some financing, they just blew itor were forced to work on a shoe-string budget. Lesson learnt, onceagain, don't see a movie for the cast. And it has some good reviewshere. Who wrote them? It is mind boggling how someone can like it. Onthe contrary it is unintentionally funny at quite a few points. Unlessu have time to kill, spare yourself the aggravation of watching this.

amt1111 2012-05-15 01:53:56

Great Date Night Flick

Friday nights we always check out a movie. My boyfriend brought homethe movie "Cross." Apparently it starred some of his favorite actorslike Jake Busey and Michael Clark Duncan…. Of course my boyfrienddidn't mention to me that Brian Austin Green was the leading manbecause he knows I used to have a hugeee crush on him back in his 90210days.In all honesty, this film was pretty cool! I really liked it!! And yes,Brian A Green did such an amazing job playing Callan. It was super funto be reunited with my high school crush playing a rebel superhero ofsorts. Plus Vinnie Jones! I remember watching him in "She's The Man"and "EuroTrip" and loving him then! Seeing him as this immortal with alust for blood in "Cross"...now, that was really really cool andunexpected!! My boyfriend really knows a good movie when he see's one.His dad is a film maker after all. I was told that the best part ofCross was the story and I agree! It's absolutely true! I loved beingintroduced to Callan's world and watch his fearless, yet ratherrealistic, battles against the bad guys through a more light-heartedapproach to this genre. Apparently there are 3 other Cross's as welland this was just the beginning of a Cross saga? At least, that's whatI got from the cool comic book-ish opening sequence! I certainly hopeso! My boyfriend and I will be first in line to watch it!!! I love thisfilm and everyone I know will love it too!!

Terry Roehrig II 2012-05-14 17:24:28

It doesn't get any worse than this...

Oh boy. What a mess of a movie.It starts out just fine, we're treated to a comic book intro, givensome back story on how whoever possesses a staff has the ability tokill everyone on Earth and then it turns into a live-action film. Ithink maybe I would have preferred the voice over and comic book artover the real-life actors myself.It took about the first 30 minutes of the movie just to introduce allthe characters -- with their name and area of expertise superimposedacross their bodies and/or faces. Do we really need this many bitplayers, hell, some of them don't even have lines! This movie brokeevery law of bad film making, it's just beyond bad -- and not in a goodway. You know how those cheesy movies that are so bad, they're good?Not this turkey, not by a long shot.The acting was downright laughable most of the time, it was like theywere reading cue cards or trying really hard to make some stuff up.It's billed as an action/comedy, yet there is hardly any action in themovie at all! The stage blood looked like watered-down ketchup, theactors who got shot wouldn't just fall down, they had to "brace" forthe impact.... this movie is just plain terrible.We even had the old throwback to the 1950's cop shows where the copgoes into an alleyway and pays for information on where the bad guysare hiding -- at least make it fun or play the scene tongue-in-cheeklike Frank Drebin did in "The Naked Gun" because the only thing "funny"about this movie is that it even got made in the first place. Awful,awful, awful. I think I actually lost a few IQ points by watching thispiece of garbage. More reviews at www.soveryterry.com Final Grade: F

pandora-blue 2012-05-13 08:24:46

A New Legion!

Brian A. Green's legion of comrades kicked some serious ass in thisfilm! The legendary Michael Clark Duncan definitely showed me the truedefinition of "boss" as he played his game of poker...even in watchingthe trailer! A simple threat with his gun quickly turned deadly and youknew instantly he was a force Callan and his team were to be reckonedwith. Add in another antagonist, immortal "Viking" played by VinnieJones and you've got yourself a truly great story that big shots likeMarvel and DC Comics often bring to life.Typical superheroes are sporting latex and fishnets.Realistic superheroes are wielding guns on the force and in war,fighting against enemies of the dark like drug-lords and criminals. Ithink the main reason why I enjoyed this film so much is because it wasso real and relatable. Definitely worth watching.

lovemoviesalways 2012-05-12 12:16:05

Garbage

I watched this movie today. Man was I disappointed. The dialogue is allone liners, the film is lit poorly, shot poorly. Story is confusing. Amess. And it looks like people who the filmmaker knows are puttingoverly nice comments on IMDb. This is Produced fairly well because goodcast. They are all past their prime thought. C,D and a couple Blisters. However, the director has no clue. Everyone needs a paycheck Iguess but this is a perfect example of producers who think they candirect. Wow. I am really shocked this got made. I love film and I amsad to say this is a fail. At least he tried. Getting a movie made isan accomplishment. This is not a good film through. Makes me wonderwhere the business is headed.

clintjonesjr 2012-05-11 05:37:57

A Film For The Ages

A film for the ages. This one will stick around for a very long time.Intense dialogue with gritty delivery. A shoe-string budget seems tohave kept the large action scenes limited but they overcome that withgreat dialogue and fun special effects. The big name cast isincredible. Even the director does a Tarantino type cameo in the film.Nice job there as well. Very fun and unexpected. This film willcertainly grow as more people find this little gem on a shelf in theirneighborhood video store, redbox, itunes, amazon, everywhere you canfind it. If entertainment is what you're looking for, Cross succeedsgreatly with a lot of unexpected fun elements. Great success!

bugsico 2012-05-10 23:40:42

I actually wasted part of my life watching this, but I was bored.

Let's face it folks, Vinnie Jones is no actor, although he's being paidquite a lot of money for having no talent in this area. He could be aworthy critic though, as several times in this film he uses a wordwhich could well describe this effort - "Pathetic". That's about itreally. There are several attempts at comic book emulation, and a minorlove interest, along with a little childish humour. It would be OK forchildren's' television if it were not for the occasional "F word", butfrankly, it's going nowhere, despite the ending which seems toencourage the viewer to expect to suffer a sequel. I really do hopenot!

2012-05-10 06:44:12

Sony, you picked a winner!

I just have to come in here and say to all you haters on this film:What is your problem?? Don't hate on the heart put forth into this filmif you don't even have a heart to say something decent about it. Toeven begin to compare it to the big budget action movies is unfair. Howwould X-Men or Green Lantern or Green Hornet or Batman look on an indiebudget?? I believe that this amazing film will become an instantclassic because it achieved everything a superhero film contains withan extra dose of 'heart and soul.' It just may be a bit too smart tothose who are hating on this project. So it leads me to believe thatthose reviews were written by pubescent, rebellious middle schoolers.Listen, I enjoy a good story, a good book, or a good film. As I watchedthis film, I noticed that it went deep into Egyptian history withelements of Celtic mythology thrown in there as well while maintaininga fun action film. It's nice to know that Sony distributes an excitingaction, star studded, and intelligent story such as this one that makeme want the sequel right now. I very much look forward to it!

2012-05-09 18:01:44

Saint assasin on ..... very funny

I really enjoyed it....I just watched it on the east coast... i have to say i did not expect much from it.. and i was much more entertained than i expected.. i actually laughed out loud a few times.. it is a little silly but also fun.. and entertaining, kids should have fun with this 8-17 year olds. Some beautiful ladies in the film.. some aweseom cars.. and gun fights.. for a low budget feature it was pretty good.. I'd give it a B+ for action and Cast , and an A- for comedy

gavin6942 2012-05-09 19:47:35

Painful to Watch

Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic cross, Callan (Brian AustinGreen) continues to fight evil... Now, joined by a team of weaponsexperts, Callan battles an unstoppable empire in Los Angeles.I want to find the words to describe this film without beingdisrespectful, but it is just not a good movie. I see the potential,and some moments are better than others, but the film wavers betweenhumor and seriousness with a cacophony of sound and juxtaposition ofimages that hurts the mind. Some films, notably "The Spirit", havebalanced this well. This film has not. Would it make more sense if Ihad read the comic? Probably. But as a comic fan, I never heard of thisone, so I think it is safe to say few people will know what is going onany more than I did. I learned a new word, though: Anzshlastic. Does itmean anything? Probably not.Seemingly, the movie was made to coincide with the Green Lantern movie.Not that there is any connection, but someone here has a glowing greencross that gives him super powers. Sounds like another hero's ring.Beyond that, no connection, and the plot is a big mess. There is theconcept of finding the bloodlines of the Greek gods. For some reason,only one person has the bloodline when you would think all theirdistant cousins would, too. And there are multiple villains, withlittle background offered about them.The dialogue is written for a ten-year old. Sometimes we get decentone-liners (most of which come from Backfire, Jake Busey's character)and there was a good Gary Busey "Point Break" joke. But often we haveeverything dumbed down. Gunnar (Vinnie Jones) says over and over againthat he is immortal and will be the last to die. Yeah, I got it. Did hehave to repeat it? No. All this does is take a great actor like Jonesand make him look like a fool.The press release is far from accurate, too. It says "beautiful, youngwomen start disappearing". Young, maybe. Beautiful? Hardly. And what isthis about Gunnar being an immortal Viking? That never plays into theplot at all, and he clearly has an English rather than Norse accent.The only thing really going for this film is the cast. Besides thosementioned, we also have Brian Austin Green, Tom Sizemore, MichaelClarke Duncan, Danny Trejo, Lew Temple and C. Thomas Howell. How such agreat ensemble ended up in this stinker is beyond me.Nowhere in the press release or on the DVD cover is there a singlequote from a review. Also, it arrived for me to review a week after itwas released. This leads me to one conclusion: the people behind thisfilm know it is not good and want to avoid more bad coverage (though,to do that, they should never have sent it at all). Possibly redeemingit is a director's commentary (I have not listened). There are deletedscenes, but those amount to single sentences trimmed from variousspots. Why they were cut at all is beyond me. In short, avoid this filmlike the plague. Besides Jake Busey, it is a failure (and that is a sadthing when Busey is the best part of your film)

zuki-sunsdahl 2012-05-09 00:40:20

Words cannot describe

Please save yourself the time and skip this one because it was painful.The only reason I watched until the end was because I kept tellingmyself that it couldn't get any worse, but it somehow managed todeliver in that department. I guess I would have to blame the abysmal writing as the reason thismovie was so bad. I like most, if not all, of the actors/actresses intheir own right, but it felt at times like they were trying to delivertheir lines awkwardly. Vinnie Jones is probably never going to be in Oscar contention, but heknows action and cheesy one-liners. Unfortunately, even he couldn'tsave this one. For the most part, Brian Austin Green turns in a decentperformance (hence the 1 star) but the rest should have passed when thescript came across their desks.