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

In the end scene when Jack Carver is walking away from the couple the sound guy and his microphone are visible on the boat.

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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 WatchMojo: Top 10 Worst Action Movies (2015)

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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

Why such bad ratings?

Maybe it led people to believe it had something to do with the game franchise, saw it and felt helpless after. But that's not the movie's fault. Even thought the title was poorly chosen it would be wrong to misjudge it for the gaming franchise. Any good action-lover would mark it as a decent watch. It had Til Schweiger and Emmanuelle Vaugier. Also to be mentioned, Craig Fairbass. Udo Kier playing a part in the movie. Follow up his previous films. The movie runs very fast, it doesn't lag. Keeps you engaged and entertained. Why I rated this in its mediocrity is when I saw this had a budget of $30,00,000. It left me shocked with the feeling that it could have done so much better. Where did all that money go? It leaves you wondering and disappointing.

Details

Country:

Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2008 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Far Cry

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