Excellent but underrated film

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I knew going in that the rating was low, but I thought maybe it was because Uwe Boll have many people who dislike him and maybe didn't give it a fair chance.Now don't get me wrong, the first Uwe Boll movies I saw was 'House Of The Dead' and 'Alone In The Dark' and later 'In The Name Of The King' and they truly were terrible so he does get a bad name occasionally for a good reason.But I've also discovered that he occasionally can be a pretty good filmmaker as well 'Rampage', 'Rampage: Capital Punishment', 'Assault On Wall Street' and 'Heart of America' are all solid movies for me.I think those movies are close to Boll's heart and therefor they come out a lot better as he gives them a proper effort.With this one though, not much effort was given at all.The dialogue is poor, the acting is poor even the cinematography and pace is poor yeah there's really not many positives to give away here.If I was forced to give one positive than I suppose I could say that at least it's not Boll's worst movie.

Remaking classic films is admirable. It is a great way to introduce a new generation to the classic stories of our culture, when it's done correctly. Suddenly is a remake of the 1954 Frank Sinatra film by the same name, starring Ray Liotta as Tod Shaw. Shaw is an aging, alcoholic cop in a small town, who is at the end of his career. One day, rather suddenly, the President makes a surprise stop in the town where he works. As they make the final preparations for the visit, Shaw comes to realize that a local family has been taken hostage, and the President is in danger. In remaking a film like this, producers should only consider going one of two ways. Either make it a true remake, set in 1954, or adapt the story to fit the times, Uwe Boll did neither. This remake is very much the same story, but takes place in 2013. This is problematic, as it makes the story somewhat unbelievable. There are better ways of doing things, modern technology, many different things the story could have and should have changed, but it didn't. As for Ray Liotta, he's probably the last person I would cast to reprise Frank Sinatra. When Sinatra made this film, he was 39 years old, Liotta is 58 years old, and he more than acts his age. Are we really supposed to believe that at nearly 60 years old, Liotta can even attempt to take on a beast like Dominic Purcell? The whole thing was just way off target, but I am giving it 2 1/2 stars, because of Purcell. This guy just gets better with every performance, weather it's the lovably naive escaped con or the scary cold assassin, Purcell is always believable and fun to watch. Suddenly was never that great of a story to begin with, but for some reason Uwe Boll had a connection to it, and decided to remake it, but the way it is done makes it almost comical and anything but a fitting tribute to the work of Frank Sinatra.

First thing - Secret Service agents are all wearing the exact same ties, white shirts, black suits, and the same style black shoes.Continuity problems – at one point, one of the actors grabs a case out of the SUV to carry into the house, but walks through the front door without anything in his hands. The house is supposed to be isolated on the side of the mountain, yet in outside scenes, other houses are visible across the street. In another scene Ray Liotta is unshaven and in the very next scene he is clean shaven.If you can ignore all the directorial and other mistakes, it's watchable, but only barely.

"House of the Dead" director Uwe Boll and "The Killing Machine" scenarist Raul Inglis have appropriated Lewis Allen's presidential assassination thriller "Suddenly" (1954) and updated it. Basically, Boll and Inglis preserved the basic plot, but altered the characters. Nobody is truly the equivalent of Sterling Hayden. Hayden was the sheriff, while Ray Liotta is cast as a deputy rather than the chief. Erin Karpluk shares little in common with Nancy Gates as the anxious mother. The filmmakers have aged the character of Pidge, too. In the original, Pidge was an adolescent, but here he is a teenager. Ellen hated guns in the original, but she wound up using a gun to save the day. In the remake, Ellen makes no comments about violence and guns. Ellen's father in the remake is a goofy home-repair screw-up, while James Gleason in the 1954 version was a retired Federal agent. Boll has made a respectable thriller with a top-notch cast. Indeed, the performances are all first-rate with Liotta and Dominic Purcell going toe-to-toe for top acting honors. Clocking in at 90 minutes, "Suddenly" isn't bad, but neither is it above-average. The exterior scenery is majestic.Right-wing assassins take over a house high enough above the town of Suddenly so they can shoot an Obama presidential look-a-like. Ray Liotta plays an alcoholic small town deputy with a dark secret. Liotta is as close as you can get to a hero in this complicated yarn. Altogether, Frank Sinatra version of "Suddenly" released in 1954 surpasses this polished but pale rehash. The good citizens of the small town of Suddenly are surprised when they learn that the President is passing through town. The town fathers stage a reception for him. Meantime, bogus Federal Agents Barren (Dominic Purcell of "Prison Break"), Conklin (Michael Paré of "The Lincoln Lawyer"), and Wheeler (Tyron Leitso) take over the house belonging to Ellen (Erin Karpluk) who has a son named Pidge (newcomer Cole Coker) who likes to make up tall tales. When the film unfolds, Deputy Reed (Ray Liotta) gets into a fight over his gambling debts. Reed's chief rubs him the wrong way about his drinking problem and then demands that he surrender his gun and gunbelt. Our trio of villains stashes Ellen, her son, and her father in the basement. The power has gone out at Ellen's house because her home repair father shorted out the electrics. Eventually, Reed comes to check up on Ellen, and all hell breaks loose. The villains capture Reed, recapture Pidge and the President steps up to the podium to speak as the assassins take aim.