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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Great Film overall

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

A lot of fun.

The film opens with Craig McCenzie (Christian Slater) leading a secret reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. With the life of a fellow soldier (Freddy Rodríguez) in danger, Craig ignores orders to save him from our own CIA man Carter Mason (Colm Meaney). Rather than get a medal, they are dishonorably discharged from the service. They have fallen on hard times.Our heroes are then recruited by the lovely Cecelia (Oksana Korostyshevskaya) to lead a group of mercenaries to act as freedom fighter for a mineral wealthy island known as Snake Island (Black Sea?) against a ruthless colonel (Gennadi Vengerov) his equally ruthless daughter (Sarah Ann Schultz) and his arch enemy Carter Mason. However there is a catch to this whole thing. Not only must he free the island but do so while escorting 5 millionaires who want to "play soldier" for various reasons. They are funding the revolution. Thus a play on words of "Soldiers of Fortune."The 5 guys are:Dimidov (Sean Bean): He is originally from the island. He is in the mining business and already knows how to handle weapons.Grimaud aka Grim Reaper (Ving Rhames): An African general who knows how to fight. He sold the colonel weapons and he is late on his payment.Sin (Dominic Monaghan): Video game designer who makes violent video games. His psychologist recommended reality. For added measure he has a broken leg.Haussman (James Cromwell): He has done everything in life. His goal is to die so his kids get his fortune and not his wife (Ekaterina Suslova) known only as #5.Vanderbeer (Charlie Bewley): Runs a successful Wall Street hedge fund that made money when everyone lost. He just wants the bragging rights.Of course things don't go as planned and Christian Slater must save the day against overwhelming odds uncovering all kinds of schemes and plot twists. Unfortunately the plot remained as simple as a Steven Seagal movie. The film had potential but quickly falls off the edge. Slater being the main character was a stroke of bad casting as I don't see him convincing in this role.PARENTAL GUIDE; F-bomb, no sex, no nudity.

Forget the romance or intelligent plot. The main thing in this movie is manly guns and booms and shooting some badly scripted, badly acted baddies.Normally, this would be worth of 6, but I add: +1 Star for easy and relaxing fun to watch. It had some mandatory "emotional non-fun", but I couldn't take them seriously. Another +1 Star for actors, who made the most despicable rich creeps you would love at end. Their chemistry with each other have bit of the charm of The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and The Dirty Dozen (1967).Just give your brains some rest and grew an another chest-hair by watching this movie.

"Soldiers Of Fortune" is about millionaires who want to play soldier and end up getting involved in a real war. Of course, they all have different agendas, as we learn throughout the film. The problem is, this film has no idea if it wants to be a buddy comic film (see arms merchant Grimaud (Ving Rhames) paired up with video game designer 'Sin' (Dominic Monaghan)), or a serious action film, and basically is neither. It also has James Cromwell (NOT the bad guy for once), and the real baddie, Colin Meaney (playing well a mean ex-CIA agent named Mason, who sells himself to the highest bidder), basically collecting paychecks. The main reason to watch this film is to see Sean Bean (Dimidov), who turns in an excellent performance as a trader in precious metals, who starts out as a questionable character, and becomes a hero in the end. The worst performance belongs to Christian Slater (Craig McCenzie), who once again seems to think he is tough guy, but unless it is the cynical type (like in "Broken Arrow" or "Hard Rain") he is not. Spoilers ahead: Perhaps the worst part of the film is the ending where the "Soldiers Of Fortune" liberate an Eastern European Island from Mason, and the other bad guys, and save Cecilia (a stunning Oksana Korostyshevskaya). It was totally predictable about what would happen to each character, except who would end up with Cecilia? You think through most of the film, it would be Slater, but you realize that it was probably Bean, who ends up saving Cecilia's life, after a boating accident where she almost drowns (she plays "chicken" with a evil woman, and wins). Note: Dimidov and Cecilia hooking up, is not a given but after he throws away a piece of the metal he wanted, you can guess he will give up his lifestyle for her (particularly after he saved her life). Basically it is not worth your time, except to see Bean (for a change), survive and probably get the girl. 3 of 10 Stars.

Alright so this is a bad movie by many standards.But what did you expect? It has a budget of 8 Million $, most of which was spent on explosions and well known actors. And you know what? Budget well spent.I guess everyone who watches that movie on his or her free will, knows what waits inside. Horrible dialogue, paper-thin plot, sometimes cheap looking stunts, and so on.But the fun in these kind of movies lies not in its script, or in emotional attachment. No, films like this serve only one purpose: Leave your brain at home and prepare to be a little boy again. I for my part love art-house movies like The Help, My week with Marylin, and so on. But when i was a kid, my favorite movies were Best of the Best, Bloodsport, American Ninja, stuff like that. So maybe your girlfriend will hate you, when you drag her with you to see "Soldiers of Fortune". But for a night out with your mates, it fits perfectly. And I guess I am not alone with my opinion, or else "Machete" would not be so successful.I for my part am glad whenever I see Dominic Monaghan, Christian Slater or Vingh Rhames pop up in a movie. Why? Cause I like them and I like it when they get a job. And I seriously believe that they had a heck of a time shooting this movie. Sometimes an actor has to blow off some steam, see Liam Neeson and his newfound action persona.So is it a bad movie? Of course it is! But i have DVDs at home that are much worse. The remake of Total Recall is 20 times more expensive and does the same job like Soldiers of Fortune: Being a loud, testosterone-filled, action-packed movie that has no other purpose than to blow your ears off. Sometimes that is enough for me to be entertained.