Puncture Wounds (2014)

After returning home from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, John finds himself struggling with PTSD. What little peace he had managed to build around him is shattered one fateful day when ... See full summary »

Directors:

Giorgio Serafini, James Coyne (co-director)

Writer:

James Coyne

Stars:

Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones

Cast

Credited cast:
Cung Le	...	John Nguyen
Dolph Lundgren	...	Hollis
Vinnie Jones	...	Bennett
Gianni Capaldi	...	Vin
Briana Evigan	...	Tanya
James C. Burns	...	Sgt. Terry Mitchell
Robert LaSardo	...	Magico
Jonathan Kowalsky	...	J.P.
Jake Jacobson	...	O'Hanrahan
Scott Sheeley	...	Carsen
Hanley Chan	...	Meth Lab Crew
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Haydee Bonilla	...	Sondra
Donald DeNoyer	...	Henchmen (as Donald Denoyer)
Charles Steven Durán	...	Henchmen (as Charles Duran)
Roy Elghanayan	...	Henchmen

Storyline

After returning home from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, John finds himself struggling with PTSD. What little peace he had managed to build around him is shattered one fateful day when he rescues a local call girl from a group of violent Aryan Brotherhood pimps. Having killed several of the high-ranking brotherhood during the rescue, John and his family are now the prime targets of Hollis, the ruthless criminal leader of the group.

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Plot Keywords:

karate | explosion | shootout | bloody violence | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

Pain runs deep.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexual content and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Premiere TV [Netherlands] Voltage Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 July 2014 (Guyana)

Also Known As:

Puncture Wounds

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Media Bridge, Picture Perfect Corporation, Voltage Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Briana Evigan and Dolph Lundgren starred in Stash House, portraying Amy and Andy, respectively.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hollis: [visiting a cohort in hospital] You look like you were hit by a fucking truck

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Connections

Referenced in Puncture Wounds: Behind the Scenes (2014)

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Soundtracks

""New Beginnings"
Written and performed by Brian Jackson Harris, Justin Raines, and Michael Wickstrom
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User Reviews

An unexceptional and tiresome DTV entry

When this movie popped up on Netflix recently, I decided to give it a look since it had Dolph Lundgren in it, one of my favorite B movie actors. Also, with this movie he returned to his acting roots of playing a bad guy after so many years of playing heroes. Sadly, this novelty did nothing towards saving this pretty bad movie. There are many problems with the movie, but the main problems are that the movie is very slow and boring. The pacing is sluggish, and there are some plot holes and murky plot details that reek of amateurish writing. The movie could have been livened up by some good action, but the movie disappoints in this area as well. Believe it or not, in the first hour of the movie, there are only about two minutes of footage that could safely be called "action". And when the action does come, it's choreographed, directed, and edited in a way that comes across like the protagonist (or antagonists) are not skilled at all in hand to hand combat (or other kinds of combat, for that matter.) As for the acting, lead actor Cung Le (who in many scenes looks like Cuba Gooding Jr.) is really bland and lacking charisma, and Lundgren gives a very lazy and unemotional performance, clearly just being here for the paycheck. Not the worst action movie I've seen, but it's so boring that I would only recommend it for insomniacs.