Warriors (1994)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Shimon Dotan

Writers:

Alex Epstein (writer) and
Benjamin Gold (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Gary Busey	...	Frank Vail
Michael Paré	...	Colin Neal
Wendii Fulford	...	Jody Richardson
Catherine MacKenzie	...	Janice Neal
Liz MacRae	...	Loretta Vail
Griffith Brewer	...	Truscott
Peter Colvey	...	Ladislaus
Richard Zeman	...	Willard
Desmond Campbell	...	Jordan
Ricardo Juárez	...	Romeo
Aron Tager	...	Gen. Moorhead
Minor Mustain	...	Col. Willis
Andy Bradshaw	...	Lieutenant
Vlasta Vrana	...	Mr. Parker
Isaac Anbar	...	CIA Supervisor

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

Canada | Israel

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Arama Film Productions

Soundtrack:

A LOVE THAT'S REAL

Gives Canadian Cinema a Bad Name

This is in response to one review that claimed "Warriors" was bad "even for a Canadian film". First of all, yes, the film stunk to high heavens. The acting was terrible, the action was sub- par at best (you can't have a train chase like you can a car chase!), and the characters were awful. However, to suggest that this sort of fare can be expected from Canadian filmmakers isn't fair. I don't know if this was the intention of the reviewer, or not, but that's what happened.

Canadian films (and I know I'm generalizing here) are by-and-large strange, often unpleasant, and (like it or not) unique. It's also true that they are definitely not for everyone, because of their odd nature. Yet, we see cinema up in Canada that simply does not get made anywhere else. A good Canadian film typically has a very unique concept that can be done for very little money, or a unique take on a familiar subject (also done with very little money).

This dreck called "Warriors" fails utterly, in my mind, because it attempts to imitate and American form of action film. Because of this, it suffers from its low budget that Canadian films just about always have. Every attempt to imitate the Americans (that I've seen, anyway) by a Canadian filmmaker, has failed. I can only hope that the Canadian film industry can be judged by better examples than this. For some titles that have been well-received, check out "Last Night," "Passchendaele," "Eastern Promises," and "The Sweet Hereafter", just to name a few.