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Perfect cast and a good story

Good start, but then it gets ruined

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

THE HUNT FOR EAGLE ONE: CRASH POINT is the follow up to the original HUNT FOR EAGLE ONE film. These are war movies starring B-movie action hero Mark Dacascos and shot in the Philippines by long-time exploitation producers Roger Corman and Cirio H. Santiago. The first film was a drivelling mess of badly-directed nonsense, but to my surprise this sequel isn't too bad.Let's get this straight, however: by mainstream standards, this is poor. The storyline is hackneyed and predictable and the direction is hardly adequate. In addition, the acting is wooden across the board, including that of Theresa Randle (who returns from the first outing) and newcomer Jeff Fahey, who should know better.Even so, this is mildly entertaining to a degree. There's a greater emphasis on close quarter combat than in the first film, including a couple of decent fights between Dacascos and various villains. The violence has also been amped up, making this more of an all-round guy's flick. Hardly what I could call good, solid entertainment but it passes the time if you're in the mood.

I like Mark Dacascos from Cradle to the Grave, but he was so much better in that movie. here is is just another emotionless grunt with some hoo yahs.The fact that there are no memorable quotes from this film is indication that there was no memorable dialog. There wasn't much dialog at all. It was just a bunch of shooting and some martial arts (very little).It actually seemed to be a vehicle for Theresa Randle (Bad Boys, Girl 6) to show how tough she could be. OK, you're tough. Now get some lines that are worth remembering.

Not bad if you just want to see straight action. The gun battles and fighting sequences were great and also extensive. The explosions looked surprisingly good as well (and there are quite a few of them). The flight sequences seemed low budget, but this is a straight to DVD movie after all. I am a Mark Dacascos fan (ever since Brotherhood of the Wolf) and was glad that he was in a leading role and got to do some fighting. Even though he was playing a marine who did mostly physical stuff he managed to make the character shine through. I wish that Theresa Randle (the other star of the film) made more appearances. Overall, it had its cheesy moments but they were probably outweighed by raw and gritty moments of excitement.

Picked this one up at the video store because I was looking for a nice shoot 'em, but also had a little hankering for some fu with my blood and guts. When I saw Mark on the box, I thought maybe I'd get both -- and this movie didn't disappoint.First off, Mark Dacascos kicks ass. BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF anyone? That said this movie had some sweet gun play in it as well. I particularly liked when Mark gets pinned down at the bombed out building and sprints the gauntlet to blow up the M-60. It was like LAST OF THE MOHICANS clicked off safe onto fully automatic. Mark also shows some real chops acting wise. Great gravitas that made you believe that his unit would follow him into battle. Why he doesn't get these roles more often is beyond me. That's not to say this movie isn't without it's problems.Like whats up with all the plane shots from the nightly news? I mean whoever made this thing obviously knows how to make action look real -- and let pros like Mark do what he does best -- but the plane stuff and CGI are laughable. It looks like they stole the plane from the video game my dad plays on his Atari in the basement. And why is the Colonel talking all the time just repeating what we already know from watching the movie? I was like - no kidding Sherlock.All in all, I say get this if you like to see stuff blow up, watch guys go down with spin kicks, and want a little acting with your action. There is some real BAND OF BROTHERS moments that I liked, especially with some guy named Steve Cryin, I think. Hard to tell from the titles which screamed low budget. But even with the budget, the shots showed real visual flare. BOONDOCK SAINTS this isn't, but I would put the best stuff in that category.