This is a very under rated movie. I remember when it first came out "Siskel and Ebert" TV show was THE movie review program and at that time they had a big called "the dog of the week" where they would show a couple clips from some grade Z film and trash it. Siskel said they had picked "The Challenge" based on the fact it was advertized as a cheap Bruce Lee knock off. Instead Siskel turned the segment around and instead of trashing it talked about how fun it was and what the heck was the studio thinking to just dump it like that. As for the movie, good cast, has all the elements for a "movie that men want to watch" namely humor, sex, and plenty of action. Very well made and considering Frankenheimer I would have thought people would give it more of a chance. If you like Hugh Grant movies skip it, if you prefer Tarentino then by all means check it out. Wait until you see Scott Glenn being served food that is still crawling!
Review of The Challenge
