U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force (2001)

As Good As It Gets

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Def worth either a 10, or a 1... because you either love or hate this movie. I really wonder if the directors/actors/sound effects guy were actually trying to make a god-awful movie or not, but if they did they succeeded cause its just sooo bad its good. I rented it for my boyfriend and his roommates, and we all sat around laughing hysterically and drinking for every fake "whoosh" added in... They just couldn't get over the impaling/"its OK, i'm fine" scene or the scene where a guy gets shot and does a back somersault into a boat. Def had the best "oh-my-god,-did-they-just-really-do-that" ending ever in the history of movies. Bottome line-- don't watch if you actually wanna watch a good movie, but watch if you feel like a good laugh.

This was a GREAT martial arts movie, but there was nothing new (the same old hollywood action story). The storry suxed and most irrittating of all was the stupid "woosh" sounds when they moved. So if you want to watch a film with awsome fighting, this is the one. And if you want to watch a realistic movie under the same concept see Navy Seals.

After seeing the first U.S. Seals, which was an atrocious movie, I figured I would see U.S. Seals II just for laughs. Well it certainly didn't let me down in that department, but for all the wrong reasons.You can tell any movie is going to be bad when it opens up with the main character cocking his pistol, staring directly at the camera, and giving this RIDICULOUS grin. Then his commander says, "Good Luck, and Godspeed!". Even if he was a good actor (rest assured, he is not), it is still a very corny line.The action starts up pretty quickly, and just like in the original, it goes down hill even quicker. Even the average viewer will notice that the "weapons" (are they even real guns??) change several times in the battle. I almost burst out laughing when the SEALS start shooting the bad guys and one of them runs out WITHOUT A GUN and jumps over some crates like he was hit. Then a bad guy is shot and flies through a wooden door and flips around several times until he decides he is dead. It is also enlightening when a SEAL says, "Hey Amigo" and shoots the guy who promptly flies 30 feet onto the ground, the rolls around a few times. I was rolling on the floor when a jeep on fire plunges in a lake (you can see the fire go out) and then boom!, BOOM!, BOOOOOOOOOOM! and half the port blows up!! Then, after the bad guy in the tower is shot for the 5th time, a SEAL pulls a bazooka out of nowhere and blows up the tower and the bad guy flies (extremely fake).The worst part about this is the first 30 minutes of the movie have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the rest of the movie. I'll spare you the horror of the rest of the movie but I'll briefly discuss the other bad parts:-Everytime anybody moves their hand, head, body, gun, or whatever it makes this retarded WHOOSH sound - just like the first movie.-About every 30 seconds the movie starts playing this ridiculous, and very tiring, chinese music.-One of the bad guys uses his DEADLY SCARF to fight a SEAL - he whips it around and knocks the SEAL down, eventually killing him with a SCARF.-The army major is wearing absolutely no army patches on his uniform, and also has an Australian accent.-Not a single US weapon is used in the movie.-The rest of the movie is set on an island NORTH of Siberia, yet everybody is wearing shorts and t-shirts?-The head SEAL is also apparently quite adept at operating a submarine.-(SPOILER) The whole plot basically revolves around 2 nuclear missiles on an island that is permeated with methane gas - precluding the use of guns. Now you would think that the whole grand scheme of LAUNCHING A MISSILE off the island would set off the methane. The head bad guy is also smoking a cigar the whole time, but a tiny spark in the end blows up the whole island??

Ever watch a bad movie all the way through, desperately hoping it would have a redeeming feature? Don't do that with this one.I happen to like many somewhat cheesy military/martial art movies, and thought this movie would be a harmless departure for an hour and a half or so. Don't be fooled: It does harm. This is one of those movies that makes you pick up a book by Steven Hawking and read a page of it to prove to yourself that you are not really that stupid. While I enjoy watching movies to escape for a while, I have never been so eager to return to daily life. Why is that? I'm glad I'm not those actors, and the director, and anyone else whose resume is forever soiled with this movie. (underline, italics, the lot) This movie is as uplifting as an episode of The Anna Nicole Smith show (no pun intended), because it makes you say to yourself, "No matter what kind of financial or personal problems I'm having in my life, it could be worse."The acting makes Lorenzo Lamas look like Laurence Olivier, and that whooshing sound was so obnoxious and pervasive that it became an in-joke with my friends to make that sound when reaching for car keys, pulling them out of pocket, inserting in ignition, turning to start, putting in gear, and finally looking back over shoulder and striking a pose. The guns that are used in the opening of the film are not SEAL weapons, not American military weapons, not foreign weapons, ...come to think of it, they're not weapons. They are quite obviously made of wood. They don't shoot blanks or even have moving parts. This, along with the previously stated exploding waterlogged vehicle gave me pause during the opening credits -- should I cut off a limb while watching this 'movie' to see which I regret more in the morning?I have to give this movie a 1 of ten because imdb doesn't go lower.I'm glad so many people have already stolen my thunder about this movie because I think to spend another minute on this gives the film far too much power over me, and it wins. But I'm still not this movie, so I win.