The Eliminator
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Bas Rutten, Dana Lee, G. Anthony Joseph, Michael Rooker, Wolf Muser Director: Ken Barbet Brand: MTI Producer: G. Anthony Joseph Producer: Beau Rogers Producer: Cauri Jaye Producer: Chris Smernes Producer: Daniel Springen Producer: Gerald I. Wolff Writer: David Neilsen DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Mti Home Video Product features:
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Movie Reviews of The Eliminator
Movie Review: (2.5 STARS) Lower-Budget "Hard Target": Bas Rutten's Promising Debut But the Film Is a Letdown
Summary: 3 Stars
Though `The Eliminator' (2004) can hardly be called an A-Class action flick, it is benefited by the presence of two actors - one is always underrated Michael Rooker ('The 6th Day'), and the other is Bas Rutten, Dutch fighter of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). At least Michael Rooker can act, and Rutten can fight like a real fighter, and his acting is not bad.
The plot is yet another retread of `The Most Dangerous Game.' (If you haven't seen this 1932 film, imagine a John Woo film `Hard Target.') It is about Rutten's character Dakota Varley, who is kidnapped and brought to the island to join a deadly game of cat and mouse. He and six other contestants are nightly hunted by men with rifle, and only the last man standing gets the reward of $10,000,000.
Michael Rooker plays (don't say again) rich and sadistic villain and organizer of the game. Though he is often typecast as baddie, he can show a much wider range of acting than is generally believed (see `The Replicant' or `Here on Earth'), but here he is strictly confined in a mold of a theatrical villain, without humor or anything special. The other actors are not particularly great though Paul Logan is slightly better than the rest of them, showing unexpectedly convincing portrait of rapport with Rutten's hero.
[ACTIONS ... NOT GREAT] But what we need is action, and action scenes of `The Eliminator' clearly need more money. From the opening lame, unexciting boat race, most of the actions fail to deliver the thrills and excitement, and though the fighting scenes of Bas Rutten are pretty good, they are buried among the weak script and inept direction that only gets worse as the film goes on. Apparently the island is much bigger than Manhattan, but the good guys can find a "secret passage" without even searching it.
As for the actions, `The Eliminator' deserves two stars or less, but I find Bas Rutten is good if not as good as The Rock and other action stars. He has made a promising debut, but the film itself is a letdown.