![]() While he mainly paces around the command center and looks at screens of what's going on, he has a great voice that is fun to listen to. Thankfully, Tom Sizemore is here to perk things up. Even if you don't, there are plenty of African dudes screaming while shooting machine guns, and we can all agree on the entertainment value of that. Perhaps it's just our preference, but if you see the movie yourself you will probably agree. The urban sequence was by far the best in the film - they should have kept the whole thing in a gritty city environment. Speaking of locations, the movie really picks up steam when we move out of the African countryside and into the streets of the city. Though, to be fair, the movie is shot well and the African locations we always seem to be slogging through look better than ever. And don't be fooled by the SEAL Team moniker this is actually an Africa Slog. And while there does seem to be some CGI blood, bullets, and even drones, it appears to be mixed in with the practical, real stuff as well. Maybe it's so the movie can seem authentic, but they should have concentrated on character development instead. Much like the American Heroes series, or the latter-day Sniper sequels, there is a lot of military jargon being said in between (and during) the war sequences. Maybe it's assumed we know them because this is a series - but these characters aren't in the previous entries, so that theory's a bust. Who are these people? We never get to know them. Sure, there are a lot of blow-ups, firefights, and modern-day war movie setpieces, but the problem is that we as viewers are not invested all that much because there is nil character development. Assuming all the above information is correct - and that anybody cares - we may proceed. This is actually the fourth installment in the Behind Enemy Lines franchise - but has nothing whatsoever to do with the Thomas Ian Griffith film from 1997. Let's see if we can sort this out: SEAL Team Eight is not the eighth sequel to the franchise, the eight refers to the number of the SEAL Team. Along the way, the team gets involved in many shootouts and scrapes.but who is really behind the nefarious uranium deal? Seeing that they are BEHIND ENEMY LINES, will anybody be coming to their rescue? What will happen to SEAL TEAM EIGHT? While fighting their way through them, they rescue a hostage named Zoe Jalani (Meriel) who turns out to be handy with a gun and proceeds to accompany the team on their mission. He sends his boys, led by Case (Shrapnel), to the Congo in Africa to uncover the illegal sale and mining of yellowcake uranium which is controlled by an evil African warlord and his goons. Ricks (Sizemore) is the commanding officer for SEAL team 8. Reviewed by tarbosh22000 5 / 10 Keep your expectations low. We have become so spoiled by high production films that I actually do genuinely enjoy these college graduate movies and it felt like a college graduate's first movie. outside of all of that we have a flick that you can rent on a rainy day to enjoy. Was it not for silly dialogue and over the board trivialized gunfights and 9 gazillion bullets that never hit anything and the pointless explosions and yes even nudity. I gave this movie a 5, even though I think it really deserves a 3 but it honestly tried. We got to see elements of Africa in all of its beauty zebras and all. Camera work (minus the usual hand-held) was spot on. ![]() Yes the plot line is overused and yes there are elements in which you roll your eyes and yes dialogue is silly but behind all of that there is some good fun to be had in this movie. It was as if he or she poured their heart and soul into it and it shows. Given that frame of reference I find it amazing that director of photography went above and beyond. I think as a viewer you can't honestly expect a blockbuster from a low end production studio. Reviewed by yarik83 5 / 10 This is a good movie wrapped up in bad cocoon but bear with me
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