Far Cry (2008)

An ex-special forces soldier turned boatman is hired by a journalist to investigate a top-secret military base on a nearby island.

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer

Stars:

Til Schweiger, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Natalia Avelon

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Til Schweiger	...	Jack Carver
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Valerie Cardinal
Natalia Avelon	...	Katia Chernov
Udo Kier	...	Dr. Lucas Krieger
Chris Coppola	...	Emillio
Ralf Moeller	...	Max Cardinal
Craig Fairbrass	...	Jason Parker
Michael Paré	...	Paul Summer (as Michael Pare)
Don S. Davis	...	General Roderick
Suzanne Ristic	...	Theresa
Jay Brazeau	...	Ralph
Mike Dopud	...	Leader
Steffen Mennekes	...	Young Mercenary
Michael Robinson	...	Tourist George
Carrie Genzel	...	Tourist Laura

Storyline

Jack Carver, a German ex-special forces soldier turned boatman, is hired by Valerie Cardinal, a journalist, to take her to a nearby island where her uncle Max works in a top-secret research facility, smuggling information out. However, the facility's director and evil mastermind Dr. Krieger is actually creating genetically modified super-soldiers with no intelligence, and Uncle Max and Val are taken by Krieger's mercenaries. It's now only up to Jack and his trusty handgun to save them and defeat Krieger's evil minions.

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Plot Keywords:

murderess | murder | woman murders a man | man tied up | tied back to back | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Video game-to-movie enthusiast Uwe Boll had already acquired the film rights to Far Cry the video game from Crytek before the game was even released (and subsequently became a smash hit, spawning several sequels), which explains how such an unsuccessful director had been given permission by Crytek to handle such a anticipated project. The film was budgeted at £30 million but took in less than $1 million at the box-office.

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Goofs

While mercenaries chase down Valerie and Jack with boats, Parker's pistol is shown to be empty in close shot (slide is locked to back-position). In the next cut the weapon is reloaded again (slide is where it is supposed to), but in the next shot immediately after it the gun is empty again.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Dr. Krieger: [From Trailer] You're just a simple boat man.
Jack Carver: I didn't say anything about being simple.

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Alternate Versions

German theatrical version was precut by the distributor before submission to the FSK. The submitted version with reduced violence was rated "Not under 16". This was done because they anticipated the film would be rated "Not under 18". However, when the film was submitted to the FSK in its uncut form for home video, the film was rated "Not under 16", too, meaning the precut version was completely unnecessary (because the guidelines for home video are more severe than for theatrical releases).

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Connections

Featured in Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story (2018)

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Soundtracks

Onaway
Performed by Richard Smith
Music & Lyrics by Jacques de Rooij & Richard Smith
Published by X-Tended c/o Arabella Musikverlag GmbH

User Reviews

Not a horrible movie

I'm going to make this short as I don't know much about how to properly review a movie. Seeing how the director behind this movie is Uwe Boll which, as a lot of you probably know, isn't a very well liked guy I'm guessing that a lot of people gave this a 1 on principle alone, some of them even without having seen it imagine. Bearing this in mind and having just seen it I can say that while it's far from the best movie I've seen it isn't horrible. I'd say not worth buying but renting this for a lazy Sunday or something isn't wasted money. The dialogue could be better and there's not much in the way of character development or anything but it has solid action through and through. Final verdict 5.5/10 - Worth Watching.

Details

Country:

Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2008 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Фар Край

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$783,501

Company Credits

Production Co:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Far Cry Productions, Brightlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1