Ambushed (2013)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Just perfect...

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper than she can handle - the case becomes personal for Maxwell who has to combat ruthless killers and dirty cops in an all-out action filled finale to bring the criminals to justice. This is one of Dolph Lundgren's worst films and even worse than "Certain Justice" the characters and acting is dull, the action is boring and the whole movie is simply a mess and for the love of god stop trying to make Randy Couture happen he is pretty good and charming in The Expendables Trilogy but in anything else? He is just boring!!

Fancy Screen Splitting and a goodly Amount of Gangster Violence can't really Save the Awful Acting and Worn Out Familiarity Found in this, yet Another, DTV, Bargain-Bin come-on Sporting Three Recognizable Expendable Type Actors Highlighting the Packaging.It is No Surprise that the Focus of the Movie is more on Two Twerp Leads that are Awkward and Embarrassing most of the Time, especially Our "Henry Hill" like Narrator that Tells the Audience everything They already Know from Seeing Dozens of similar and Better Movies.The Side Plot of Our Anti-Hero and His Cute and Naive College Girlfriend is Boring and so Badly Written and Acted that the accompanying Writing and Acting can Appear Acceptable. Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones, and Randy Coulter are the Money Magnets for this Slick but Ultimately Doomed DTV.The Two Lead Actors are so Irritating and Dull that Mentioning Their Names is a Credit Undeserving, Ditto the Girlfriend. However, for Those that Like Cheap Thrills and have a High Tolerance for Ineptitude, this may be Worth a Watch. The Gun Violence is the Best Thing in this Thing, so for Those with a Gun-Fetish, this one's For You.

I picked this up from the bargain bin at a local discount store. I wasn't expecting much, but boy... was I pleasantly surprised.Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture all play important, but primarily supporting roles. It's the duo of Gianni Capaldi and Daniel Bonjour in their roles as up-and-coming drug traffickers who are the major focus of the plot, and the two do a more than respectable job.They are not good guys, although Frank (played by Bonjour) seems to want to become one one day.Much of the film is narrated by Bonjour, in a fashion similar to what Ray Liotta did in Goodfellas. You really didn't like the character of Henry Hill, and you probably won't like Frank very much, either. But in both films, the narration tends to help the audience understand why these guys are doing really bad things.There is quite a bit of violence, foul language and nudity in Ambuhsed (aka Hard Rush). Which is pretty much what you'd be looking for in a modern action flick.The acting is decent, the script is good, the plot is good, the score is great. The pace slows down in a few places, but they don't break anything. Don't pass this one up the next time you're rummaging through the bargain bin.

Being a fan of Dolph Lundgren and drug empire type movies, I thought I would like this flick. Sadly, to my dismay, I was already annoyed by it only 20 minutes in. This movie is a TERRIBLE effort to put a notch in the "great drug dealing and organized crime movie" list. The whole movie was just a series of attempts to push the envelope and create scenes that are evidently supposed to have shock value in the same way that movies like Scarface and Goodfellas were successful with. To make a good movie from a script like this requires a decent budget, a really good writing and production staff, good actors, and an original plot. Ambushed lacks every one of these. If your going to have a bad cast, at least have a good writer and director. For example, when he goes to his girlfriend's house for dinner, and she answered the door, the way she was speaking was agonizing! I am unable to explain exactly what her acting was like... kind of what you would imagine an ignorant, flaky, brat female speaking to her depressed Poodle and a crying child, while flirting with someone and begging for gas money at the same time. Repulsive. Just as bad, is this RANDOM Scottish gweedo trying to act like Tony Montana meets Hulk Hogan, with a BAD accent. Insanely ANNOYING. Even worse... in one scene, the guy (I have not taken the effort to get their character names) walks in the apartment with a huge bag of blow, kicks open his dealers door and yells "POLICE!". The dude in bed grabs a pistol and fired several shots at him, somehow missing from close range. They immediately walk into the next room and admire the huge bag of blow, but nobody seems to care that several shots were just fired in their apartment while they are standing over a bag full of cocaine. Anyway, don't bother! I do still respect Lundgren, though. He earned my respect many years ago, and for that he can get away with junk movies like this.