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2.0 out of 5 stars
A movie for Gary Daniels`s fans!, February 17, 2002
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This review is from: Black Friday (DVD)
This is a action thriller about a man`s family that is held hostage by masked terrorists and plans to get revenge! This is a low budget movie that has it`s ups and downs but it is entertaining if you can get by the bad music that is stuck on one beat,horrible dialogue,bad effects,bad color,way off camra work,and a conversation that goes nowhere for about fifteen minutes. We looked at the box and saw Gary Daniels was holding a katana sword and We found out that he didn`t even have a sword at all in the movie so don`t plan on seeing Gary use a sword on anybody. Now for the good stuff about Black Friday. It has a few fight scenes that last a long time and there is some good shooting scenes aswell. These scenes however are tilted and discolored by the camra so it`ll seem different. Black Friday is a movie that doesn`t have the greatest production and fight/shooting sequences so its not no Steven Seagal movie but if you are a fan of Gary Daniels this is a must see and a must buy or even if you are a movie lover that loves martial arts and shooting this is something to check out!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
DON'T MESS WITH GARY DANIELS!!!, April 9, 2007
'Black Friday' is a very ambitious independent project with Gary Daniels as the lead star. Unlike most Gary Daniels movies, the story is actually good and not cheesy whatsoever. Gary Daniels looks AWESOME in his fight scenes, but I was most impressed by his acting. I never thought he was horrible, but I had no idea he could actually act. The directing job is stylish and definitely gets the most out of the limited budget.
The movie starts out with Gary Daniels finding out that his house has been taken over by terrorists. His family was taken hostage and he has to work with a special police unit to help save them. The movie quickly turns into a wild ride when the cops decide to kill Gary Daniels. They never planned on letting him live, but he escapes and now all of the cops are in trouble. The story gets really good here. It spends too much time going over Daniels past, but the film only has a few hiccups, and the main problem is that the second half is a little slow moving. I don't like giving too much away in my reviews, so expect the plot to be a lot deeper than I described.
While the movie can be slow at times and it isn't the most gripping thriller, it is a great movie for how low budget it is. There are 2 extended fight scenes. The first one is very good but the final fight goes on for way too long and Daniels opponent has to take about 100 punches and kicks to finally go down. I still liked it. You can tell the director meant for it to be overlong and it is actually a pretty unique scene.
3.5/5
The DVD from Platinum Disc has decent picture quality. It looks to be transferred from VHS but luckily it is newer movie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
not bad for low budget, September 16, 2006
this movie was quite good. yo can really tell that the cast and crew did their best to make sure that it is a good movie, but i think that what stopped them was the money. they didn have the budget to make it as interessting as it could be. but the fight scenes are great, the way the camera move during the fight scene is well done, the soundtrack was awesome, but still, i feel that there were something missing... but at the same time i love this movie.
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