Big Game [DVD]

This is a suprisingly good film. It was reccommended to me, but i saw the low IMDB rating and thought the worst. Wrong, this is a good and fun film by the director of Sisu. Give it a go.

This film keeps your attention & not once do you feel like hitting the fast forward button. The late Ray Stevenson plays a badly with a sense of humour.

As long as you are expecting a fun movie rather than a particularly serious one, then there is much to recommend this. An unexpectedly pleasing on-screen chemistry between Samuel L Jackson and Onni Tommila does much to propel the film out of the cheesy territory it could so easily have found itself in had such a mix been lacking, but it is not this alone which makes it work; clearly there was a decision to ape serious action movies in terms of style and pacing. It is this which really makes things work as a mostly played-for-laughs storyline unfolds against the visual and audio backdrop of a 'serious' action movie. Needless to say, a film which sees Air Force One being shot down has quite a bit of CGI (as well as some nice practical effects), yet it is to the credit of the film-makers that they decided to go all out on the effects in spite of the less serious tone of the film, that high end CGI juxtaposes nicely alongside a script which isn't taking itself too seriously. In a similar vein, camerawork, editing, soundtrack and score help tremendously too, these being as good, if not better than that seen most serious action flicks. Seeing Samuel L Jackson playing so against type, as a politician who has to rely on someone else to save him rather than in his usual hard man role is kind of fun too, that said, fans of Jackson are treated to an - admittedly somewhat predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable - nod to his more common screen persona (note that if it wasn't for the F-Bomb Jackson drops in this scene, Big Game would actually be a reasonably family friendly movie; yes there are people killed in it, but for the most part its done without any gore. Supporting actors also help to make things work, largely by playing things deadpan straight; Ray Stevenson, Mehmet Kurtulus and Jim Broadbent are clearly having loads of fun with the task, taking things pleasingly right up to the ragged edge in terms of 'hamming it up' as action movie cliche characters. Of course if you are a fan of classic action movies such as Die Hard and Air Force One etc, then you will enjoy all the numerous nods to serious action movies (everything from Indiana Jones to Cliffhanger gets a little salute), and all whilst appreciating a good fun yarn.

Apart from the odd wearing a good watch...but you expect with Mr Jackson

Films such as this are often under-rated however though never in line for any awards, the film is hugely entertainingin my view.Those that watch films purely to be entertained and don't necessarily set out to fault the story-line wont be disappointed.'Oskari' (Onni Tommila) is the son of an accomplished 'Finnish' Hunter who had proved himself at the age of just thirteen,it is now the turn of his son 'Oskari' who now approaches his thirteenth birthday to go into the forest an prove himself a worthy hunter.Meanwhile the U,S President 'William Alan Moore' (Samuel L Jackson) is on AIR-Force-One on route to a meeting in Finlandunaware that the Presidential Plane is about to become under attack from a terrorist-cell.Air-Force-One is built to counter such an attack, however there is a traitor on-board who has disabled the defence systems,thePresident is jettisoned in an escape-pod which hurtles toward the forest.'Oskari' is the first to find the pod and releases the President from it, an unlikely relationship between the President and thethirteen year-old hunter develops quickly, though 'Oskari' still needs to complete the task he'd been sent in the forest to completestill needing to prove himself to both his Father and their small community.However it soon becomes obvious that they are being hunted by terrorists along with a once trusted member of the Presidents teamnow turned traitor.Back in the States the Vice-President and aids are desperately trying to locate the Presidents whereabouts if he'd survived the crash.'Oskari' will put aside his task to help the President.This is an enjoyable watch, some action sequences along the way though the film is more about the young thirteen year-old provinghis manhood through courage,Features - Interviews with Cast and CrewVFX.Breakdown.

This is not your usual big budget blockbuster action movie but its still just as damn exciting! Especially if your a Sam Jackson fan of course! From the director of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale which is another little gem of a movie! Sam Jackson plays the president of the united states (who better for the job) he don't need to do much in this movie to be cool anyway, his plane (Air-force one) crash lands in the middle of the wilderness, surrounded by terrorists on the ultimate hunt, he must survive with only the help of a 13 year old boy who is out to prove himself a man and a hunter and a hero, there is plenty of great action that's thrilling and exciting and funny at times all mixed in, its a really easy going movie, not a lot to think about, the set-up is there from the beginning and it could be a tad predictable but sit back and enjoy the ride you go on with the characters! it also stars Ray Stevenson who plays a nasty villain he's quite entertaining too, I think this was a gem and had fun with it no matter how silly it is, give it a chance, nice locations too, great effects, for a smaller movie it has a lot to offer!Blu-ray looks great in HDFeatures include some short interviews with cast and crew and a short VFX breakdown.Region B only, 90-mins, 2015.Comes with a nice lenticular slipcase (while stocks last)