Nonureva Really Surprised!

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

MaximumMadness (Note: Given the subject matter of the film, this review will contain copious uses of the word "extreme." It really can't be helped.)This is a film I have been seeking out for some time.I saw previews of it back in 2002 on several VHS tapes and DVD's I owned. And whenever the trailer would pop-up, a big, goofy smile would creep across my face and I'd let out an laugh. Because it looked bad. Really bad. Yet it also looked like it might have a hint of brilliance. Not in an intended way, mind you... but rather unintentional brilliance. It looked like it had the potential to be one of those "so bad, it's good" classics. One of those movies that's just so poorly put together, you can't help but enjoy it.Yet the film was also enigmatic when it came to trying to find it. For several years, I'd make an effort to seek it out. Whenever I was at our local Circuit City, Hollywood Video, Target... I'd inevitably take a quick peak to see if they had it. And I could never find it. And not only that- nobody I talked to had heard about it. Nor could they understand how amusingly bad it looked when I would try to describe it.So you can imagine my surprise when now, years after I eventually forgot about the film, I happened upon a random copy by chance at the home of someone I know.Remembering how interested I was in checking it out, I borrowed the copy and finally gave it a watch.... ... ...it wasn't worth the wait.Not only is it not a good film on its own, "Extreme Ops" isn't even good in an unintentional "so bad, it's good" kind-of way as I'd hoped. It's just a poorly put-together mish-mash of actors giving bad performances, portraying bland characters with occasional spurts of some of the most boring action I've ever seen.We follow a group of extreme sports fanatics and their director as they take a trip to the Alps to shoot "extreme" stunts and have "chill sessions" in between. However, they are unaware that a Serbian warlord is coincidentally in the same area, and he decides the kill off the extreme sports fanatics in an attempt to make sure nobody witnessed he or his plans. And so our heroes must attempt stay alive and thwart his schemes the only way they know how- displays of their extreme sporting talents.The performances are of literally no consequence. Save from a decent- enough performance by the underrated and criminally under-recognized Rufus Sewell, and the absolutely adorable Jana Pallaske making for a fun, spunky rocker/punk chick that I found endlessly likable. Everyone else completely blends into the background, being stock- beyond- belief.Directorial duties are handled by Christian Duguay, probably best known as the director of the first two "Scanners" sequels. And I can't help but feel Duguay was lost in making this film. (I'm guessing because of a lack of experience with "extreme" action) Performances and handling of the material often feels forced, coming off more as an out-of-touch director's attempts to be "extreme" than actually being extreme. It feels like a film made by someone who doesn't understand the material.I also have to comment that I found the camera-work to be quite poor in terms of composition and movement. Perhaps it was an issue with the copy I viewed, but I felt the framing of many shots (particularly during the climax) was very "low." (As in things would often go off the top of the frame a little bit.) And it was distracting. It felt like the actors were always about to bump their head on the top of the frame to me, and I found myself instinctively ducking my head slightly while looking up during my viewing as though I was trying to look up and see more of the picture.A major part of the failing of this film is that it doesn't do anything truly interesting with the characters or storyline. Nor does it do anything truly interesting with the stunt-work. I understand the idea of a film based around extreme-sports fanatics from a studio standpoint- extreme sports were popular at the time and had the potential to support a lot of good action- but this film doesn't do anything with the idea. The plot is among the thinnest you'll find, the characters very stock, and the displays of action are often boring and honestly are about as thrilling as anything you'd see on a cable- sports channel for free. It doesn't work for a feature-film, and there's no real draw for the audience to invest their time or money in seeing this film. Heck, the same year this was released, the original Vin Diesel vehicle "xXx" came out, and while not a great film, it more properly and interestingly utilized the concept of focusing the film around extreme sports. (In that film's case, by being a tribute and subversion of spy genre movies like the Bond series.) It just shows how lazy and haphazard this film was, when around the same time, other films more fully explored a similar concept.That being said, this isn't a total loss. As stated above, Sewell and Pallaske do well in their roles. And I did find a few scenes effective. Particularly a well-done effects sequence where characters have to out-race an avalanche. While it wasn't particularly showy, the scene did give an accurate depiction of what an avalanche looks like, especially for its relatively meager budget. (Although some laughable green-screen shots nearly ruin it.)I'm going to have to give "Extreme Ops" a poor 3 out of 10. It has its moments, but it feels too much like a lazy cash-in on trends of the time, particularly "extreme" sports, and is quite shoddily assembled. Definitely one to avoid.

aleksandar "Yugoslavia has no border with Austria", but of course Yugoslavia had border with Austria, and second, it is shame to put serbia and serbians in negative roles, it is fake and untrue!"Yugoslavia has no border with Austria", but of course Yugoslavia had border with Austria, and second, it is shame to put serbia and serbians in negative roles, it is fake and untrue!"Yugoslavia has no border with Austria", but of course Yugoslavia had border with Austria, and second, it is shame to put serbia and serbians in negative roles, it is fake and untrue!"Yugoslavia has no border with Austria", but of course Yugoslavia had border with Austria, and second, it is shame to put serbia and serbians in negative roles, it is fake and untrue!

therealxoxo I thought that Extreme Ops was one of the best action movies I have ever seen. It is also very suspenseful. Most of the actors and actresses in the movie did their own stunts, which is incredible. The action and stunts in this movie are amazing. People on snowboards and skis outrunning an avalanche. Priceless.And then there is the involvement with the terrorists out of nowhere. That is pretty cool. I think Extreme Ops has a good them to it. But I recommend seeing this movie if you're an action movie fan. I won't give away too much information. Just watch it. You'll love it! Even if some people said the movie sucked, I highly disagree. Just don't listen to them until you see it, and judge it for yourself. Enjoy!

GThing Wow I wish I could jump off of some random bridge and flip around a light pole and land on top of a moving train and then jump over an overpass and flip around and land on my feet. I also I could act. The worst thing about this movie is itself. Horrible acting, horrible script, cheese ball story, horrible directing, horrible effect, the list goes on. The only thing I liked about this movie was at the end of it when I got up and left, promptly beating myself senseless and gouging my eyeballs out with a hot spork - because it was far more entertaining than this stupid stupid movie. For the above reasons, I have placed extreme ops as number one on my all time worst movie ever list. It's like MTV spring break exploded and created this mass of stupid catch phrases and teen boppery. This movie is not even fit to be played on Saturday afternoons on USA. The only thing this movie is fit for is to be played in torture chambers with people having their eyes glued open - and I wouldn't even use it there unless I really really hated the person - I mean, it's unchristian.