Soldiers Of Fortune

It must have been embarrassing for Christian Slater last year. His movie Playback was the lowest grossing film of 2012. On a budget of 7,5 million dollars, the movie only grossed 264 dollars at the box office. Times have changed, and even if Christian Slater starred in some box office hits in the 90´s, the movie industry have found new names to big titles. I am pretty sure he is a nice guy, at least you get that impression on interviews, and maybe he enjoys doing low budget movies. Soldiers Of Fortune is an action movie, with co stars Sean Bean and Ving Rhames. Maybe this is exactly where mr Slater fits in, or is he out on too deep water ?

Captain Craig McKenzie ( Chistian Slater ), a disgraced special forces officer, is hand picked to lead the ultimate extreme vacation. Five very rich people want to experience something out of the ordinary, and hope that this will give them the rush they need. As the mission begins, everything goes terrible wrong, as Captain Craig and his amateur soldiers, have to survive against the tyranny of Colonel Lupo ( Gennadi Vengerov ).

Even if Soldiers Of Fortune did terrible at the box office in Usa, the movie did quite well in Russia, grossing over 1,5 million dollars, i´m not surprised why. Action movies like these ones does not draw a big audience in the U.S. like they did back in the 90´s. Some parts of Europe still love these kinds of action movies, that´s why so many of them are made in Ukraine, Bulgaria and Russia. The audience has not changed much over there, so you know how to keep fans interested, casting well known stars that have made some classics in the past. So what about Soldiers Of Fortune ? There are no surprises here, this is exactly what you would have guessed, action made for fans of Chuck Norris, but with less fights, and more weapons. Still, what we have here is a perfect example, when you have no script, and just follow the american way. Christian Slater is pretty much the same, he always is on screen. Sean Bean is at least an actor we know can deliver, but here he does not deliver much at all. I will say this is not as bad as the latest Seagal movies, he is long lost from hope. Director Maksim Korostyshevsky have put together an action movie, that will only please fans of old action classics. By the way, check out Dominic Monaghan in here as one of the millionaires, he is actually not that bad. Soldiers Of Fortune is nothing you will remember, but better than any episode of Småstadsdrottningar ( Small Town Queens )....i just dont understand why tv does shit shows like that.

Rating: DD