Tockinit not horrible nor great

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Barry_Norman After reading the comments here I was fully expecting a bad film. This gave me the incentive to watch this film as a good cheesy romp can be entertaining. I wasn't let down.I agree with an earlier comment made that obviously people here have taken this film WAY too seriously, judging by their reviews. Think, how many disgruntled, suspended L.A detectives do you know get invited to appear on a T.V reality game show?The first 'controversial' scene with the car chase ripped from Last Action Hero was comical if anything else. It does seem a bit disjointed from the rest of the film but sets up the premise (an over-the-top one) of why our hero is off work and has nothing better to do other than to eat barely-cooked hot-dogs dipped in mustard and appear on Reality TV game show.After that were introduced to the rest of the contestants and the shady game show host. It appears he has plans about pocketing the cool $10 million prize for himself rather than the unwitting contestants. Again, what T.V company would bury $10 million in a treasure chest on a remote island?They get there, have a getting to know period where the dominant characters emerge to lead the two teams to the treasure. Of course Treat is one. They later find out that a team of 'pirates' will hunt them down to prevent them from getting the secret stash.Next day they set off with good intentions but eventually run into a band of men carrying large machine guns, and not paint-ball guns as they were led to believe, and run for their lives. Meanwhile a huge tropical storm is brewing.Basically then it turns into a cat-and-mouse type of affair but the cats aren't very proficient killers. An over-the-top sequence that resembles the nuke scene in Apocalypse Down, just to take down half a dozen straw huts is hilarious. I wouldn't say this was a particularly violent film. Just an implausible one. Like hiding in a beach cave while a huge 50 foot tsunami wave is just outside threatening to destroy the whole island. And what happened to the building at then end.You can't really go into this film expecting a masterpiece, just accept it for what it is, ridiculous, over-the-top hokum and you won't be disappointed. 6/10

Miss_MiChiMi This movie was completely disappointing, ridiculous, and pointless. The acting, and I use that term loosely, was not even good enough to be labeled amateur. These were zombies with scripts moving their mouths and making sounds. The premise was ludicrous, start with the reality show, mix in a generous helping of Survivor, add some desperate actors and writers, add heaping tablespoons of cheesy special effects and completely plastic looking scenery, slowly whisk in some type of hallucinogenic, put on film, edit for two seconds, and serve tepid. I am a Michael Dudikoff fan, but this was almost enough to change me. (I said almost!) His "bad guy" was as menacing as a 2 day old kitten. Treat Williams' performance was comatose at best. He made it painfully obvious that he was not happy to be in this fiasco. Had he have had any less enthusiasm he would have been sleeping throughout the film with a sign in his hand reading "This piece of crap is not my idea. Please forgive me!" Tim Thomerson. I have learned the hard way that when a movie displays this name in the opening credits, it is meant to serve as a warning, "This is your last chance to run like hell." Tim Thomerson is quickly becoming associated with pitiful, misdirected, farfetched, and downright horrible B movies, at least in my psyche anyway.Unless you are completely bored with no alternative for cerebral stimulation, do not under any circumstances watch this movie. If you like Treat Williams or Michael Dudikoff, they have better, much better films out there. This one should be recalled and destroyed!

Theo Robertson ***** MILD SPOILERS *****Suppose you were in a gang of bad guys and saw an undercover cop snooping around and he made a break for his car . What would you do ?A ) Shoot the cop ?B ) Not shoot the cop and let him escape in his car then give chase throwing sticks of dynamite ? The logical answer is A but for some reason the producers chose B so they could stick in a pre title sequence completely stolen from LAST ACTION HERO. When I say stolen I don`t mean they`ve stolen the idea , I mean they`ve stolen the entire clip of bad guys chasing after Arnie throwing sticks of dynamite at him . Why the producers did this I`ve no idea because it must have cost a fair bit of money for copyright and the sequence is rather unnecessary , it could have easily have been referred to onscreen with one of those " You goddam idiot , you`re off the case , get yourself another job " type scenes . Oh and the director is Jim Wynorski and the screenwriter is Steve Latshaw a couple of gentlemen who have done this naughty trick before which is why their movies like RANGERS and MILITIA have totally failed because they`ve constructed their own movies around other peoples movie clips Thankfully with the exception of a couple of short clips of PREDATOR the duo have decided to make more or less their own movie this time . The central plot revolves around a TV reality show called TREASURE HUNT which sees the former cop and a bunch of other people trying to find 10 million dollars in hidden treasure on a tropical paradise only to find that the people guarding the loot aren`t what they appear to be - They`re serious criminals who want the ten million bucks for themselves so the premise is a bizarre mix of SURVIVOR meets THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME The film has a strange feel since the first half is slightly light hearted and there`s a few digs at the reality TV craze but when the criminals appear on the scene things start getting a bit violent which jars with the first half . There`s also a rather unnecessary plot device of an unexpected hurricane wreaking havoc on the island and a massive tidal wave which for some reason is quickly forgotten about ie The treasure hunters hide in a coastal cave but for some reason they don`t get drowned ! I have to admit for a film made direct to video GALE FORCE is above average. It`s obvious that the cast had a great time making this movie and their enjoyment comes across so well it`s almost infectious . It`s a dumb movie but not unlikable and hopefully Jim and Steve will soon come to the conclusion that films work best when they`re 100% original

henrikmoy this movie contains awful story,gruesome special effects and even worst acting!How can u get away with this in 2002? Beats me! The story takes place on a island during a recording of a reality program!Then all hell breaks loose and offcourse there is a major storm coming (thats why that stupid title "gale forces" lol)