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Rating:  -
Collateral Damage threatens to become a good film on several occasions but never quite makes it. Partially it's due to the post 9/11 re-editing that played down the innocent civilian casualties in Arnie's quest for vengeance on Colombia terrorists, but more because it seems that the script was probably rewritten a few too many times to accommodate the Austrian Oak. Some swipes at the duplicity and counterproductive nature of American intervention in South America survive as the war hits home, but the film is ultimately content to turn its revolutionaries into cardboard fanatics (not to mention throwing in a ridiculous scene with a snake in case we don't get the point) and go for the big bangs. Still one of its stars better pictures of the last 12 or so years, though.
Rating:  -
This is a great movie. It follows a man named Gordy Brewer who wants a team of Columbian terrorists dead after they killed his wife and son. He gets into lots of fights as well as lots of trouble, all the while saving lives and joining teams. Soon, he saves another mom and son, only to find out later the mom is the terrorist leader who put all this together. He stops her & her sidekick from escaping, soon getting into a fight with both of them. It's a long, brutal and difficult battle, but in the end Gordy wins(what would you expect from Ah-Nold?)Anyway, if you like action movies or films about hope and care, then this is the film for you. It's not the very best, but it is good.
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I have to admit that I enjoy Arnold's movies and even like the ones that are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNREALISTIC like Commando. But, this one was absolutely horrid. The plot is lame, the action is lame, the suspense is lame, everything is lame. It was terrible! Arnold plays a firefighter bent on revenge after his son and wife are killed in an explosion. And of course, he kicks but. Anyway, I own this terrible movie and think about throwing it out of my window a lot. It's horrid!
It's not interesting, boring, repetitive and there is no suspense. Oh my gosh! Is the terrorist attack going to work? Of course not because Arnold the firefighter will save the world! I hated this terrible movie!
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Not bad for his 2nd to last film. I'd say this was definately better than Terminator 3, which was somewhat of a letdown. Arnold plays a real guy in this movie who has a real personality, unlike in some of his others. He is also humbled a little more, and by that I mean he gets the crap beat out of him in some scenes, so don't expect a Commando re-hash. I'd say that this also has alot of meaning compared to Arnold's other beat-em up shoot-em up flicks. But, you won't be let down with the action that is also included in this film, it's just more meaningful. I think you'll like this if you like Arnold, but also appreciate intelligence and substance. If you liked True Lies, you'll like this.
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Collateral Damage was Arnold Schwarzenegger's next to last movie before entering California politics. It's a good thing he changed careers. A few more stinkers like this and he wouldn't continue to work in Hollywood. Yes this is another of the movies that belong in the Lesser Schwarzenegger pile right under the 6th Day and Batman & Robin. Brain Damage is a better title for this movie because you'll need to be in order to enjoy this movie.
Arnold plays surprise-a guy named John (again-don't these action heroes have any other name other than Jack or John? No Daves, Earls, or Lyles around to kick butt?) who is a firefighter who saw his family murdered by terrorists. He decides with no military training or skills to go into the Amazon rain forest to seek out the terrorists and kill them. The film tries to be complex, but goes nowhere fast. I wound up checking out of this movie around the hour mark and came back to see the ending only because nothing else was on TV. True to formula Jack kills the bad guys after spouting the clever cliché.
Watching Collateral damage will give you brain damage. Avoid this waste of time at all costs. For a good bad action movie fix get Deadly Heroes, American Ninja, or American Ninja 2. Or you could get one of the better Schwarzenegger movies like Commando, True Lies, Terminator Total Recall or T2.
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