Weaponized

NR 3.6
2016 1 hr 31 min Action , Thriller , Science Fiction

A damaged homicide detective (Johnny Messner) must prevent a grieving father from unleashing a "robotic virus" that he believes will destroy the terrorist cell that murdered his son, but at an unimaginable cost.

  • Cast:
    Tom Sizemore , Mickey Rourke , Taylor Cole , Johnny Messner , Jonathan Patrick Foo , Michael Paré , Chris Damon

Reviews

Cathardincu
2016/03/01

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

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Chirphymium
2016/03/02

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Neive Bellamy
2016/03/03

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Ava-Grace Willis
2016/03/04

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

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Michael Ledo
2016/03/05

The film takes place in the not so distant future. On July 4, 2017 an ISIS attack on the Pentagon kills Alex Norris, son of Blacksun CEO Kyle Norris (Tom Sizemore). About 12 months later Detective Mitch Walker (Johnny Messner) is dealing with a Manchurian style candidate who just murdered a group of people including a senator. Mitch starts an investigation and confronts a bunch of confused facts, simply explained using the word "nanotechnology" and not knowing anything about it or how it relates to the mega-Robot which had nothing to do with the main plot.The film wasn't that hard to follow. Mitch was more confused than me. Mickey Rourke is now headed down the path where he will be competing with Eric Roberts for low budget shaggy bad guy roles. The robot at the end of the film provided us with a second climax but otherwise was just a silly add on. The drama aspect and soundtrack was on the made-for-TV quality. It attempted to blend science fiction with a crime thriller, but both aspects were weak making the film a bit boring.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. Calls Arabs Rag-H@#ds for very poor effect.

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Brodie McGee
2016/03/06

If you think people are joking, they're not. This movie is so atrociously awful it's almost funny. The acting, the filming & editing, the screenplay and dialogue: it's all absolutely crap.I'd say it's a saving grace for the film, but I still don't think it's enough to warrant *anyone* seeing it: the actual story behind everything is somewhat interesting. The conspiracy theory of the private military agency and everything they're doing *could* have been done really well, but unfortunately the poor cinematography, acting, and dialogue just make this a horrible, horrible movie.There isn't a single scene in this movie worth watching.

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Sam smith (sam_smithreview)
2016/03/07

This 2016 Action Thriller, directed by Timothy Woodward Jr stars one of the most bad boys of cinema. The one and only Mickey Rourke. It was amazing seeing him play a complete opposite of what he usually plays. From The Wrestler, Whip Lash or Ivan Vanko, Rourke is known for playing really physically strong characters who are extremely bad ass, yet in Weaponized he plays a professor who is not only fragile in his movement and actions, but also has a very different physical appearance. This was a complete shock to me, I couldn't believe that it was him for the first few scenes.Now that I have gotten my shock of Rourke's amazing performance out of the way lets get into the film. Weaponized is an Action Thriller, set few years in the future, 2018. After Tom Sizemore's character loses his only son in a terrorist attack. It prompts him to finance and create a new nano technological weapon that allows the transfer of minds from soldiers into any one. Essentially killing terrorist without the sacrifice of American soldiers, infiltrating any and all aspects of the government and having full control over anybody's action. If you are a fan of 80's Action films, especially Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, then you will Love this too!!! Was great seeing Tom Sizemore play against Mickey Rourke one more time. Makes me want to go and re watch that classic film too!Acting in the film, was overall good. With the exception of Mickey and Tom who were both extremely great! Especially Mickey. Johnny Messner does a great job and is very likable as a lead. The style, the feel and the action are all done in great feel and look very good. Especially the fight between John Foo "Who is from Tekken" and the henchman. The story is great. With the Government being accused of doing lots of shady stuff from financing Saddam Hussein to putting him in power, to spying on their own people, to even the theory of U.S.A planning the whole 9/11 it does make you think if this weapon was invented would the U.S Government tell people about it?Overall this is a very enjoyable action sci-fi flick, with some really cool fight scenes, some really great performances from amazing actors, an entertaining plot and CGI that is better then TNMT or Transformers!!

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greer_james
2016/03/08

sometimes there is a B movie that you "might" want to see based on character experience, or just because. This is not that movie. 57 minutes of waiting for the plot to reveal itself. You already have a clue that Catch-22 or some subliminal messaging is occurring, but you have to wait... .. and then? You wait a bit more. Then it's all too clear. You've been trapped in a theater with overpaid, underworked actors who are more interested in a paycheck than improving your world view. skip it.trust me. You can thank me later.For those that watched it anyway; answer me this. How many characters does Micky Rourke have to play before you realize he can't act? I'm not saying he doesn't readily assimilate into the ultra-plaid professor, I just wonder what damage he does to his body; bulk up, shrink down, bulk up, slink down. Obviously, this is a shrink down phase, but I'm still not buying it. "in the future" professors can wear many levels of plaid, and? exxtra long collars? I'm not trying to sound like a fashion nazi, but thankfully he was killed early(spoiler) The movie, the lighting, the rustybucket that is used for the setting, the script, the tech, the tech, well, you should have it by now... skip it. Have a nice day Jimbob

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