Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136982 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-06-24
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 96 minutes

Customer Reviews

Scott Adkins' performance boosts the rating up by at least 2 stars
After an American reporter is captured by a Bosnian warlord, the US Special Forces are given the mission to save her. Scott Adkins is looking for the warlord himself, but for a different reason. And man are they lucky Adkins shows up. He is a one man army and gets the US soldiers out of some tight situations.

The movie moves along at a good pace, but it all comes down to the final battle between Scott Adkins and the warlord's top man. It starts out like a bad wire fu scene but quickly turns into one of the very best action scenes of the 90's. The rest of the action features explosions and thousands of bullets being fired. It gets pretty unrealistic when you have a group of about 8 taking on 500. They are lucky someone didn't just throw a grenade at them. But, all of this can be excused because the final fight is so outstanding. Scott Adkins is without a doubt one of the most physically gifted actors in the world and I can't wait to see what kind of a role he is given in 'The Bourne Ultimatum'.

I would have to name this as Isaac Florentine's 2nd best movie just behind the recently released 'Undisputed 2'. Even though all of his stuff goes direct to video, his movies still feature better action than ANY other American movies.

4/5

The DVD from DEJ productions have good sound and picture quality.

More Action From Isaac Florentine
The director that brought us 'U.S. Seals 2' is back with another low-budget, high-octane action thriller. In what may be a nod to those who objected to the over-the-top unrealistic tone of "U.S.Seals 2', this one is a bit more realistic. The plot is less outrageous, the villains more like people you read about in the papers, and the combat action looks a little less Hong Kong extreme and a little more like real military take-downs.
But 'Special Forces' is still a Heroic Bloodshed flick through and through. The action is almost non-stop and choreographed with flair and skill. For a low budget movie there's a remarkable amount of stop-the-DVD-and -watch-it-again moments. And the climactic battle has one of the best martial arts showdowns I've seen in years. If you like wild action, you'll get a kick out of this.
The more realistic tone will probably please some, but I'd just as soon see the director cut loose. I bet he would make a drop-dead cool sword & sorcery fantasy flick.