Reviews

There aren't really any WOW moments in this film and it's difficult to pay attention when Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones aren't on screen but still it's got something that keeps you watching.

I'm not a wrestling fan but i'm aware of who Austin is and he has presence. You find yourself rooting for this guy even though you know very little of his characters background. Part of this might possibly have to do with the fact that Vinnie Jones plays such a hammy over the top right git of a villain and you can't wait to see him get his butt kicked. He's Funny and nasty in equal measure.

However, take these 2 guys out of the picture and there's not really anything else going on to get your teeth into. Fear not though they don't go away for long and you can guiltily smirk again. It's also good that the humour in this film actually works and doesn't make you cringe.

Worth noting, this is a huge cut above your usual action fare which gets farted out on to DVD with annoyingly persistent regularity. So if you've been waiting endlessly for a good old fashioned bruising action movie like we used to get in the 80's and 90's then this might just begin to restore your faith in this genre.

I've gotta say I had really low expectations going to see this but seeing as I had a soft spot for this series I didn't mind giving it the benefit of the doubt. I write this for anyone else who got enjoyment from the first two and even the scorpion king, pretend this doesn't exist, I and many others have made the sacrifice so you don't have to.

I'm not gonna slag the cast off, it's not their fault. They are all wasted talents here. It's the script, you can get away with a story like this no problem with an audience looking for escapism, but you cannot write such inept, brain lobotomising dialogue and expect people to buy in in any way. It's actually pretty insulting, not to mention boring. That's the annoying thing, story wise it isn't a stones throw from the first two and the action is a bit flat but its not badly staged, so it's down to an incredibly childish, fun sucking leech of a script. And it's not like the other films had brilliant scripts either, so wow, big problems here.

It's technically well made and lots of stuff goes bang, but exciting it isn't and it really feels like a forced, soulless cash in that probably wouldn't have been made if not for Indy's reappearance this year. Not even a guilty pleasure. (I thought Stealth was a guilty pleasure and we know how badly that was received, so I didn't really think this could be as bad as all that since it is by the same director.......WRONG!!!)