As an actor Rob Van Dam makes a great wrestlerAs an action movie this makes a great comedy His enthusiasm in his delivery of the most basic of dialogue is hilarious. Bautista, in his first acting gig, looks embarrassed like he can tell how bad the end product is going to look. Van Dam plows on with the unbridled enthusiasm of a child as the movie lurches from bad to worse. Watch for the laughs Take a shot every time Van Dam shakes his head in confusion

"Wrong Side of Town" looks like the kind of action-thriller that either Stallone or Seagal could have made in their respective primes. Indeed, this David DeFalco epic appears pretty threadbare, but it wears its basic budget well. This is a formulaic, fist-for-fist, bullet-for-bullet, tough-guy actioneer that doesn't try to be anything more than it is. This virtually plot less narrative possesses a sense of spontaneity sets it apart from most crime melodramas which involve a complicated heist, kidnapping or something else. Everything transpires throughout an evening so it is somewhat unified in terms of time, place, and setting. The action takes place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and this is a fresh break from the usual metropolitan city. The performances may not hoist any eyebrows, but nobody looks like they were reading their dialogue off a cue card off-camera. Rod Van Dam looks more like a wrestler than a Navy SEAL, but then this is a movie. Aside from Van Dam's incongruous casting, writer & director David DeFalco has rounded up some fairly realistic genre types that we haven't seen before that adds some distinction to this minor action piece. Believe it or not, "Wrong Side of Town" has a couple of surprises so that it is not entirely predictable.The plot opens with the villains killing one of their own who informed on them. This scene introduces the chief villain and his lieutenants and provides us some idea about how dangerous they are. Later, the chief villain reprimands his worthless younger brother about not doing anything stupid. The younger brother who never does anything that he is told is a stereotypical character just as the all-powerful crime boss. A stupid, coked-up, low-lifer tries to rape Dawn (Lara Grice of "Soul Men")the wife of war hero Bobby Kalinowski. Bobby (Rod Van Dam of "Bloodmoon") is a former Navy SEAL intervenes in the nick of time. The low-lifer charges him with a knife and the our hero deflects the attack. The low-lifer collides with a sofa and accidentally embeds the blade in himself. Naturally, the restaurant/crime boss Seth (Jerry Katz of "Black Russian") blows his fuse when he learns about this tragedy. He orders his army of goons to kill our hero and he puts a bounty of $100-thousand on our hero. David Bautista has an incredible scene with Ja Rule in the park when argue about the future of our hero. A nitty, gritty, somewhat bare bones thriller with a bare-knuckled sense of humor. Literally, our hero and his wife go to the wrong side of town and have to fight their way back."Wrong Side of Town" is a realistic movie in the terms that everything that happens could actually take place. Although some contrivance occurs in the story, most of what happens looks genuine.

This is one of those crap movies with poor actors. Rob Van Dam doesn't have a clue about interpreting, or what so ever! They managed to make every single fight into a "please guys, don't make me hurt you" scene. You already know exactly what is about to happen, since the first scene. Don't bother spending one and a half hour watching this! I will regret it forever! Bobby (Rob Van Dam) gets really hurt since the beginning and he is always OK during the fights. When they are trying to hide in the car park with the mercedez, Clay (Edrick Browne) parked the car with the lights on!!!! Then the bikes pass, the car is shown with the lights on, and in the next scene the car has the lights off! Completely bad produced and directed!

I wasn't exactly disappointed with the film but it looks better on the case then it is on film. There were a few things wrong. One of which is the fact that when you look at the cover for the film you think that Batista is the main focus of the film. His not rob van dam is the main character but Batista is made to look more powerful which didn't work for me. There were some shaky camera shots that could have been fixed with the use of a steadicam or a tripod. One the upside it had a slight graphic novel feel about it with it's lighting in the strip club scene and the opening credits are quite graphic novel looking. The performances are very good I just think it could have been tightend up and made a better impression on the audience. It has an interesting look and feel.