Land of the Free (1998)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Absolutely the worst movie.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Plot: A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts himself and his family in danger of being killed.Looking at all of these user reviews for this film, I don't get it this is not supposed to be high art, it's supposed to be entertainment. Land of the Free is a pretty good film that knows what it is and goes with it. Speakman does an adequate job along with most of the cast. The action is pretty decent for the most part. The only problems I had were I wish Speakman used more of his kempo style at the end of the film and that the score is very over bearing and lame.This is not one of PM Entertainment's best, that would be the Gary Daniels films Rage, Riot, and Jeff Wincott's Last Man Standing, however its still pretty decent considering some that were pretty bad from that company, I'd say give this film a chance and see it for yourself, it's at least worth a one time watch.

I seriously don't know how anyone got funding to do this film. The script it trite, hackneyed and just plain awful. And the actors (yes, including William Shatner) deliver their lines with all the believability of the unstrung characters at Disneyland. The whole thing seems like an excuse to destroy a bunch of cars. There are plenty of car chases, but you could probably see better action at a destruction derby. The 'hero' can't generate any sympathy from the viewer and the plot depicts the American voting public as just plain brainless to believe in the BS the Shatner character is speaking. Don't waste your time watching this when it comes to cable in your town. And surely don't waste your money in buying a copy.

Any of the movies from the company "PM" are usually gonna be pretty bad. PM uses the same actors quite frequently, especially Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen. I was surprised to see Bill Shatner show up. The most ridiculous part of the movie to me is the climactic fight between Jennings (Jeff Speakman) and Shatner's character Aiden Carvell (however it is spelled, who cares!!). Speakman at the time was only 38 or 39 years old and is a martial arts expert. He is supposed to have a hand to hand fight with portly, aging, senior citizen Shatner. Come on! Shatner only got one good lick on Speakman anyway in the fight. Plus, he was another example of the kind of bad guy who talks instead of just killing the hero when he has the chance. He walks up to Speakman with a gun and says "It's over!" Just shoot him! Speakman then kicks Shatner's ass while he is badly injured (Speakman).Bad movie but I bought it cheap on DVD and watch it frequently if I am bored just alone because the climactic fight is so hilarious! Why do they have all these former TV stars in this movie by the way? Bernie "Doc" Kopell from "The Love Boat" shows up. Charles Robinson from "Night Court" plays a bad guy and of course William Shatner of "Star Trek" plays the bad guy ringleader.

There's not much to redeem this movie. But when you see Jeff Speakman and William Shatner on the cover, you pretty much know what to expect. Cheese, and lots of it.Chris Lemmon was actually passable as a bad guy, despite being the worst actor in the entire world. Charles Robinson (Mac from Night Court) was also very good.One of the best scenes is the schoolbus car chase. Although we're meant to believe they're driving across town, they are clearly just driving up and down the same street over and over, passing--and crashing into--the same cars repeatedly. There are only about four cars in that scene other than the bus and the bad guys.The car chases were very impressively overdone. Each time a bad guy's car rear-ended another car, it would take flight as though launched from a catapult. The bus was hit broadside, and exploded like it was packed with dynamite. Then it blew up again a bit later.The music was remarkably terrible. It's like they just picked random pieces for each scene, and turned them up even louder during the quiet scenes somehow believing this would add to the suspense.Overall, I have to give it a 4 just for cheese value.