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User Reviews for: Army of One

wolfkin
CONTAINS SPOILERS4/10  2 years ago
So firmly in the "It's so bad you laugh more at this than at most comedies" genre, that you would think it originated it. Half the movie _sounds_ like it was ADR'd.

The premise... well I'm always up for the premise in whatever form. The "They left me for dead and now I have to get revenge on all of them" is a movie that I'll always watch. _Surviving the Game_, _Revenge_, _Even Lambs Have Teeth_, there's a lot of movies in this genre and I'm here for all of them.

This movie however is awful. Laughably so. I mean the bullet physics alone. I mean the idea that you have a gun that shoots semi-auto and you can't hit but one time from 12 feet away? I've also never hated a protagonist more. I mean sure a lot of these movies involve things only white people would do but sneaking into an empty cabin that isn't yours. Having sex in it because it's too rainy outside to wait and then exploring the cabin? This stuff is why everyone doesn't like white people(1). The amount of contrivances in this movie is worthy of a drinking game in itself. The genre is about one person using a certain set of skills to survive and one by one take down those who tried to kill them. This movie however feels like every time our protagonist could get a leg up the movie tears it down for no reason other than to give her something to struggle with. There are some AWFUL one-liners in here. So bad you'd think they don't understand the point of them. But there are also a few that work. There are some fun ideas here but it's all about the execution that mostly doesn't work. The ending attempts to go for a super well choreographed high intensity fight and it feels as dinky as the music.

Highlights
- "Throw 'em in the gully" and then they get the body and swing it over the gully which based on the way the body bounced visibly was approx 1 foot deep. I watched this scene three times and I'm still not sure if it was intentional or not
- Where did she get the axe from anyway?
- In a scene where they do the traditional redneck thing an play guitar by the fire "I can't play this thing for ****"
- [spoiler] Girl what are you doing [spoiler]bringing along a SHOT, and pregnant know nothing hostage with you [/spoiler] when you could have dropped her off with[spoiler] the Sheriff to both explain what you're doing and why. And reveal situation as well as ensure her safety since the Sheriff is the one person you trust[/spoiler].
- The trap [spoiler] holy heck the trap scene was hilarious. I was expecting _Shooter_ quality planning and it just ended with one of the weakest branch whippings I've ever seen but it totally killed [/spoiler] someone.
- [spoiler] Be Ready, I might need you from time to time [/spoiler] I mean holy heck I thought it was over but then they pulled out that one. Just terrible.




[1] Facetiously
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Reply by otaku_scientist
2 years ago
@wolfkin Great summary. With just a tad more effort this could have been great. You missed one though (and so did Butch). <br /> <br /> How did Butch not kill her at point blank range?<br /> <br /> And, /spoiler why kill off the best character in the movie. Butch was hilariously bad.<br /> <br /> I'm still wondering if they made this bad to be funny, or were the production staff not aware?
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