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Sweepers | Year: 1998 Directed: - Keoni Waxman Actors/Actresses: - Dolph Lundgren - Bruce M. Payne Another baddie for Lundgren... So here I am, writing another review for yet another Dolph Lundgren flop and there is little I can say about this film that I didn't say in my others. "Sweepers" is not only a bad movie, it's a bad direct-to-video. The plot, which is so predictable it hurts, concerns a mine sweeper whose son is killed one day by bad guys. Now there is a super mine out in the open and Lundgren must find it. The action is very badly directed and the story is very annoying, like a loud neighbor. I suppose if you like Lundgren, you'll like this movie. But everyone else will want to stay far away. So bad I cannot summerize This is not a typical Dolph movie nor is it a typical obscure film. I mean it's obscure, but not in a cool new find way. Perhaps it's due to bad writing and directing but it just seems so different in terms of dialogue and plot development. For most of the movie Dolph sits around and drinks but after about an hour he finally gets down to some action. He also sounds different. His voice is gravelly. Like he's smoked 100 cigars a day for a decade. But I guess this is him just getting into character, too bad it's not interesting but it's nice to see the effort. There should plenty for Dolph to get his teeth into here and lots of opportunity for a hot-potato of a movie. Land mines are a delicate issue but at some point in the movie it all collapses into standard action-man territory. The beginning is badly directed, some shootouts seems really false and the trailer is, by far, the WORST I have ever seen. The DVD has plain old stereo sound with a pan and scanned fullscreen picture. Avoid it. Difficult to like. This is not a typical Dolph movie nor is it a typical Hollywood film. It just seems so different in terms of dialogue and plot development. For most of the movie Dolph sits around and drinks but after about an hour he finally gets down to some action. He also sounds different. His voice is gravelly. Like he's smoked 100 cigars a day for a decade. But I guess this is him just getting into character. Don't get me wrong. There's plenty for Dolph to get his teeth into here and lots of opportunity for a hot-potato of a movie. Land mines are a delicate issue but at some point in the movie it all collapses into standard action-man territory. The beginning is badly directed, some shootouts seems really false and the trailer is, by far, the WORST I have ever seen but somewhere inside Sweepers is a great movie trying to get out. Look hard for it. Image Entertainment's DVD is not so hot. It comes in a snapper (from before Image switched to keep cases) and is only in Dolby Stereo and is panned and scanned to fullscreen from the OAR of 2.35:1. Buy Sweepers at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Sweepers Search with the Priority Search Engine on Sweepers This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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