FAR CRY is the film version of a popular video game that I know nothing about. However, I do know something about the career of infamous German director Uwe Boll, a man responsible for the likes of BLOODRAYNE and ALONE IN THE DARK, and commonly thought of as one of our worst modern directors. I'm pleased to report that FAR CRY is by far the best Boll film I've thus watched; it's no masterpiece, that's for sure, but it's reasonably entertaining, unlike the majority of his output.The film contains all of the ingredients usual for a Boll-style B-movie: an ensemble cast of fading faces, lots of low rent action, some cheesy effects and the like, and plenty of cliché. However, this time around that mix is quite fun. Til Schweiger, the German actor who rose to international prominence after his part in Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, is fine as the likable and humorous hero, and Emmanuelle Vaugier and Natalia Avelon are suitably attractive female co-stars.This film is a German/Canadian co-production which is quite convincing when it comes to the styling. The action scenes are fairly well done and certainly you often see B-movie shoot-outs that are done far worse than the ones here. Some of the old-timer actors playing tough guys include Don S. Davis, Craig Fairbrass, Udo Kier, Michael Pare, and Ralf Moeller. The plot is your usual nonsense about a mad scientist creating an army of super soldiers and the one or two soldiers we do get to see here are pretty impressive, coming across as a zombie version of the ones in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. Anyway, FAR CRY is no great shakes as a film, but it is a reasonably entertaining B-movie nonetheless.

Bad directing, bad acting, bad lines, bad everything!The plot and story line are hideous; acting is worst than in Catholic school play; some silly lines are beyond unfunny.The special effects are somewhat good...well for a 1980's movie. Shooting is as bad as it gets, high-caliber machine gun's short-distance shooting precision is beyond terrible; however, handgun's log-distance shots are so precise that I even jealous of the guy's skill :) Of course, there is a love scene, that looks like a preamble to a low- quality, low-budget German porn. I understand of course, that anyone escaping death (who has been shot at, escaped from an exploding boat, dropped from the helicopter inside a car) wants to have sex with the person they just met. This is not a spoiler, just a hint of the hideousness that you will experience while watching this movie.Overall - don't even bother watching it (I watched it on Showtime).

There are no spoilers in the review and neither in any other film review all my reviews are based upon my view on the movie and no one others please feel free to send me a message or your review on this movie far cry the movie based upon the great fps (first Person Shooter/s) Game seen as it is based on a game it probably would be bad because most movies based upon games are shocking Eg Alone in the dark It would of been good if it was not made by shocking The director 30 million for this movie no way i could make better on movie maker Pros Good Fight Scenes Cons Jack Carvers Accent Acting Effects Guns battles sound effects Muzzle Flashes Just about everything 3.5/10 Reviewed and Watched By Jack Doyne Next Review Doctor who Classic

I've never seen a Boll film before but I have heard the rumours. This might be why I thought this wasn't too bad. My expectations were way, way down.However, it wasn't as bad as I feared. Now granted, I'm glad I didn't pay money to see it but it was better than some of the drivel I've seen. This, I could actually sit through and didn't think that I was completely wasting my time.The locations and sets were good, the cinematography not bad, the acting let things down a bit and the writing was very, very ordinary. I even found the references to the game (as little as they were) amusing.