Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, Laura Fraser, Ian Hart, David O'Hara
• Directors: James Bruce
• Writers: James Bruce, Freddy Deane
• Producers: Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Brian Linse, Danny Dimbort, Danny Lerner
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Dimension
• DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009UZGLE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,101 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Den of Lions" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gotta like Dorff, February 5, 2007

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Brian Horner "searcher" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Den of Lions (DVD)

Stephen Dorff plays an undercover FBI agent who gets sucked into the Russian Mafia by gaining the trust of the big daddy mob boss (played by Hoskins). I have to tell you I had a hard time getting the image of Hoskins chasing Roger Rabbit out of my mind for most of the movie. I just couldn't separate him from that character and the Russian mob guy (horrible accent included). Yes, there were a few unbelievable scenes (even cheesy at times).
But I love Stephen Dorff as an actor so I was able to overlook some of the shortcomings of this film. My advice is, if you're not a big Stephen Dorff fan, then you probably won't like this movie very much, because it offers little else at times. If you ARE a Stephen Dorff fan, then you will probably really enjoy this movie, because as a previous viewer said (it shows a lot of sides to Dorff) and his character is much more multidimensional compared to some of his other films.
I bought it and am keeping it.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Den of Yawns is more like it, March 26, 2006

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Michael Bolts (Superior, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Den of Lions (DVD)

Stephen Dorff (Blade, FeardotCom) in another horrible movie stars as Mike Varga, an American FBI agent who goes under covers...not under the covers...undercover with the Russian mafia's "Marlon Brando", Darius played by Bob Hoskins (Unleashed, Roger Rabbit) in the stupidest way imaginable. Dorff gains Hoskins' trust. David O'Hara (The District, Made) whos Irish is playing Freko here or whatever his name was who is Russian and who is Darius' right hand man and who doesnt trust or think Dorff is who he really is. The lovely Laura Fraser (A Knight's Tale, Vanilla Sky) is alright here (she's done better) plays Katya, Darius' Daughter who Dorff falls in love with during the process. Ian Hart (Enemy of the State, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) who is wasted plays Rob who is Dorff's friend within the FBI. The action sequences are weak, the acting is even weaker and the suspense and surprises arent that great although I did think Dorff actually killed Hart. Speaking of Dorff and Hart I think this is the first time in a long time they've worked with one another. Both of them starred way back in Backbeat where Ian Hart played John Lennon and Stephen Dorff played Stu Sutcliffe. Although the Russian women in this movie are hot hot hot! This movie isnt. Though if you wanna see Bob Hoskins kill some guy with a poolstick this is the ticket for you otherwise steer away. Also starring Zita Gorog (8MM 2, Underworld movies)

1.0 out of 5 stars Dialogue - atrocious, Direction - ditto, February 26, 2009

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Pat Nava "Patrick "The Lab Rat"" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Den of Lions (DVD)

This was one heck of a stinker. The director must have thought it "artsy" with the slow-motion, stop-start, and flash-changing scenes. These "touches" were extremely annoying throughout a film that was annoying enough with the terrible acting and accents. Bob Hoskins as Darius; the Russian Mob boss was particularly bad with his "Russian accent."

Stephen Dorff playing the FBI agent Mike Varga on loan in Hungary, to stop the Russian Mafia did some narrating during the film; which didn't add anything to it. I've seen him in a few stinkers before; I added this one to my list. And his FBI superior, Rob Shephard (Ian Hunt) was also not very convincing, even as an American he came across very phony. That, and "Katya" (Laura Fraser), Darius's daughter, was nice to look at but a pain to listen to. She rounded out an absolutely boring and inept cast in a "bottom-of-barrel" directing effort by James Bruce.

There's no use giving a story line, since this is really supposed to be a review. This film stunk.