Cross Wars (2017)

Callan (Brian Austin Green) returns to the scene with his team in order to oppose the return of the evil Gunnar (Vinnie Jones); his path crosses again with Frank Nitti (Tom Sizemore) detective under the city of Los Angeles.

Director:

Patrick Durham

Writers:

Patrick Durham, Jonathan Sachar

Stars:

Brian Austin Green, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian Austin Green	...	Callan
Vinnie Jones	...	Gunnar
Danny Trejo	...	Muerte
Tom Sizemore	...	Detective Frank Nitti
Lori Heuring	...	Lucia
Tim Abell	...	Riot
Roman Mitichyan	...	Scientist Konrad
Amy Jane	...	Riley
Juhahn Jones	...	Blackfire
Patrick Durham	...	War
Jonathan Sachar	...	Shark
Dave Reaves	...	Kade
Jason Scott Jenkins	...	Jax
Ned Liebl	...	Saint
André Gordon	...	Ranger

Storyline

Callan (Brian Austin Green) returns to the scene with his team in order to oppose the return of the evil Gunnar (Vinnie Jones); his path crosses again with Frank Nitti (Tom Sizemore) detective under the city of Los Angeles.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | 

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Taglines:

Never too late to save mankind!

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Did You Know?

Goofs

Pizzle-Fire references the "70s Batman show" when he's describing a typical villain trap from the 60s Batman show.

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Quotes

Gunnar: [when challenged for his ambition to destroy the entire universe] I'm not a mass killer. I'm a cleanser.

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Connections

References Duck Dynasty (2012)

User Reviews

Don't cross this war

Did not want to dislike 'Cross Wars'. It was again not a bad, if not new, premise, Vinnie Jones has given alright performances in the past and Danny Trejo has saved (or nearly) bad films (and he has been in a lot of them). It had potential to work, and would have done with effort being obvious and like those in front of and behind the camera had their hearts in it.

Neither of which can be seen with 'Cross Wars', something that is really quite unforgivable. Being one of the worst films seen recently and nearly ever, 'Cross Wars' is being a very poor film with no redeeming traits and a lot of things done absolutely terribly. There is not much to add to what has been said very well already and the review is at the risk of repeating what has been said. Just for the record, 'Cross Wars' was watched with an open mind and not without the intent or want to dislike, let alone hate, the film, quite the contrary.

All the acting ranges from insipid to terrible, nobody looks engaged or at ease. Jones phones in and lacks vigour and intensity for a role needing both for it to work, while Trejo tries the hardest of everybody but hams it up so much it's like he belonged somewhere else. In all fairness the characters are clichéd and are never engaging or easy to get behind, didn't care or endear to any of them.

The chemistry is static, likewise with the barely existent direction that indicates someone who took part in a bet/dare and lost it by a landslide without realising the amount of work needed in making a film. The script is from start to finish is a cringe, weep and toe curl-fest.

Furthermore, the story has no tension or suspense whatsoever, is very lifelessly paced and executes a very derivative if slightly intriguing idea with no imagination or originality. Basically non-stop indifferent dullness and predictability that is so overdone in the cheesiness and silliness, if it was meant to take itself seriously that was not done. 'Cross Wars' has a very dreary, one-note and less than slick visual style with well below average visuals and no attempt at authenticity. The sound is monotonous and over obvious, while the lighting lacks atmosphere and consistently and the photography lacks focus and often static in the more dramatic scenes.

In conclusion, awful with a noticeable lack of effort (apart from Trejo who goes overboard with it). 1/10 Bethany Cox

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Release Date:

7 February 2017 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Double Cross

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morningstar Films, Four Horsemen Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min