Sniper: Special Ops (2016)

SNIPER: SPECIAL OPS is a low budget war flick following a squad of soldiers as they battle terrorists in Afghanistan. It was written and directed by Fred Olen Ray, so you have some idea of the level of talent on display here. The film was made to cash-in on the success of films like AMERICAN SNIPER although the story feels more like BLACK HAWK DOWN with a bunch of American soldiers pinned down by the enemy and fighting against the odds. The action never seems to leave the same few streets and, while the direction is okay, it's far from exciting or thrilling. Fans of Steven Seagal - if, indeed, there are any left - will be disappointed to see that he's relegated to a supporting role here and takes part in no hand-to-hand combat, while the unknown Rob Van Dam is an unremarkable protagonist and seems to be cast just so the name 'Van Dam' can be sneakily written in big letters on the video cover.

This was a terrible movie. Everything to do with it looks so fake. The ACUs are so jacked up it's not even funny. I would not buy this movie if it costed only 5 cents. I don't understand why directors put these Military movies out without just looking at the uniforms and how weapons shoot. Yes, you have to have one error but SF dudes aren't wearing cut off t-shirts. M4 does not shoot fully Auto.

I tried watching this movie today and failed. The once great Steven Segal, renoved action star of Under Siege not to mention his martial art and music career, has released this movie on to us and my god was it hard to watch. Although maybe difficult to believe I got excited seeing the poster for it and boy was I let down.First shot of the movie features Segal with a goatee and mustache rendering him almost unrecognizable and then after 13 minutes of you watching the screen wondering when something is gonna happen something happens. Spoiler alert not even the action scenes are any good. Hope I didn't ruin the surprise. The G.I. Joes of the movie then just leave their champion sniper along with his partner right there and run away. I can't believe someone actually made this movie. Don't watch it.

Remember when Seagal used to make films where he appeared to be pro-active and actually put some effort into his fight scenes and running scenes?Where you one of those people who just yearned for a Seagal film where he would be sitting down for 90% of his screen time' and be wearing sunglasses for 99% of his screen time?Well after 28 years of appearing in films, here's the one you've been waiting for.....And it's not that Van Damme either.....When the mission to rescue a U.S. Congressman who has been kidnapped by the Taliban goes sideways, Army sniper Jake Chandler and his injured partner are left behind. Now, on their own, they must survive in enemy territory and wait for their unit to come back for them........Terrible is one word to describe this film, others would be using obscene language, so I'm not going to go down that route. The film is split into two different stories, one involving a spoilt little rich girl who wants in on the action, whilst the grizzled soldiers are like 'no way....no way.....no way........go on then'.The other is involving (ha ha involving) Seagal and a sweaty partner who cannot walk just sitting in a room. He sweaty partner is a walking (pun intended) cliché, talking about being back home and blah blah blah, and Seagal sits there, in his sunglasses saying nothing.And there is literally one point where he gets up and goes to the shop.This is a real new low for Seagal, he is once again dubbed, he's hardly in any shots with other people in the film, and he could've been using a double half the time as his face is that obscure.But it's worth watching for the sheer audacity of a once reputable name in Hollywood doing something so lazy, so meaningless, and so offensive toward his loyal fan base.He knows his fans will see this no matter what, and he's just sitting there, and I for one, felt unhealthy just looking at the man.Absolute trash from beginning to end....