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4.0 out of 5 stars
Above average for DTV action, September 26, 2001
You have to remember that this film isn't competing with the latest John Woo or James Cameron big budget spectacular. It's competing with the loads of shoddy or indifferent direct-to-video movies that come out each year. Among this crowd, Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault stands far above them. There is one main reason for this: ENTHUSIASM. The director really seems to be enjoying himself. He keeps the pace up and puts together quite exciting action scenes with rather stylish and varied visuals (lots of low angles, slow mo, tracking shots, etc). And there are a LOT of action scenes in this movie. It runs 96 minutes or so and close to 60 minutes of it is action! One particular scene runs for close to 25 minutes, going from a chalet gunfight to a ski chase to a busy city street explosion and finally to a tank battle! As you might guess, the production values on this one seem a tad higher than most direct-to-video fare. Lots of location shooting, good lighting, and plenty of vehicles. It's not at the level of a big studio of course.
Cons are the uneven acting and the weak, illogical story. I consider the latter to be a bonus in this case, as it makes room for the extreme amount of well-executed action during the film. One final note: The action scenes here are not especially realistic and the tactics they use aren't made too obvious. Go see Proof of Life if you want a highly-convincing depiction of a military-style action. Operation Delta Force 5 actually shows the tactics better than 4, but the action scenes are less entertaining (different director).
Bottomline, if you like action and don't mind slightly lower-budget pictures, then you could do a lot worse than this film.
The DVD is full screen and Dolby 2.0. Picture is very clear and sharp. Colours are reasonably bright. Sound is very loud and active. Not bad at all for a budget disc.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Where? What? Why?, March 22, 2009
Where is the story? There is plenty of action but no continuous story. I loved the different scenery, but why? The action makes it worth the low price, but their really was no there there. What was the deal with Mac "the Maniac" soldier? Why did they not show the completion of Hutch's fight with the railway goliath? One minute they are fighting and the next Hutch joins his compatriots on the empty train. If we have a nuclear menace, then it always helps if he enacts some major destruction in the beginning of the movie to enhance the threat. Too many times I was asking who was shooting at who? Decent action movie, but why? Loved the ending though-the tension build up and the sadness.
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