The Ultimate Weapon (1998)
When mercenary "Hardball" Cutter discovers that the team he is working with is actually a group of IRA gunrunners, he decides to put a stop to their plans. Furious with Cutter, the gunrunners target him, his partner, and his family.
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Brilliant and touching
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
When mercenary "Hardball" Cutter discovers that the team he is working with is actually a group of IRA gunrunners, he decides to put a stop to their plans. Furious with Cutter, the gunrunners target him, his partner, and his family. The Ultimate Weapon feels like a bad remake of movies such as Commando, First Blood, First Blood Part II and Rambo III and it is actually. It's very cheap with pretty bad acting by everyone and sorry to say this brother but Hulk Hogan belongs in front of a big ring type of flick and nothing something like this. (0/10)
When I saw this on prime, it looked so horribly stupid that I had to watch it. The premise was obviously stolen from Commando, but over a decade later when movies of this genre were long obsolete and irrelevant. Hogan even steals one of the best one liners from Commando "I lied"...amazing, but I guess since this appears to be a Canadian production, maybe people wouldn't notice. The bottom line is, I was expecting a stupid useless movie with mindless action and violence, no plot, or any redeeming qualities and maybe a few topless shots.. well, that's exactly what this movie delivered, so I have no choice but to give it a solid 10.
Since this film is brought to you by the same guy you directed 24 and Kung Fu The Legend Continues ("look I'm not my father, I don't do Kung Fu, I'm a cop, thats who I am, thats what I do!"), Id have to say this falls right in lock-step. This is an action film with no action. Let me explain, there is no tension, there's nothing to grab you and shake you about, it is a dry run at half-speed. Watch it for yourself and tell me if any of the action looks anything but Hasselhoff-staged. Not since Knight Rider has there been such action and adventure. Hulk Hogan with hair-doo and sidekick couldn't have less chemistry, the bad guy is a frightening as Ferris Bueller's father. This is a dry, moldy, wet noodle of a movie and I smell conspiracy: Jon Cassar "who are you working for!" Another Jack Bauer classic is: "what are you talking about!" This is what I would yell at Director Casser for such an opus.
This movie is utter and total crap. Flashy catch phrases try to make up for the poor acting and bad writing. The henchmen of the main baddie can shoot, but one of them walk up to Cutter's friend that they think is dead to get a shot by his shotgun. If I had a good five seconds and I was a bad guy I would have shot right away rather then checking if the guy was dead. The added "Man I am good" from Cutters friend made me laugh so sadistically with sarcasm that I couldn't control my utter outrage of funding for this piece of dung. Sitting threw the last scene of the movie when the main baddie's friend comes back in a cop car to run over Cutter and is diverted into the barn where the main bad guy is standing on a bomb made the movie totally believable. And if you believe my last line.... you sure are gullible!