{"id":170894,"date":"2017-09-19T06:51:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=170894"},"modified":"2017-09-19T06:51:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:51:47","slug":"cartels-dvd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2017\/09\/19\/cartels-dvd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartels DVD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Steven<\/a>
Steven Seagal in the film Cartels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Title: Cartels
\nLionsgate
\nDirector: Keoni Waxman
\nWriter:\u00a0Keoni Waxman & Richard Beattie
\nCast: Steven Seagal, Luke Goss, Georges St-Pierre,\u00a0Martine Argent,\u00a0Florin Piersic Jr.<\/span>
\nRated: R (Violence\/Language)
\nRunning time: 100 min
\nSpecial Features: Trailer
\nAvailable: Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD September 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Marshall Major Tom Jensen (Luke Goss, Death Race 2 & 3<\/em>) joins a team of DEA agents to guard crime boss Joseph ‘El Tiburon’ Salazar (Florin Piersic Jr.,\u00a0Comrade\u00a0Detective<\/em>) in a luxury-hotel safe house before transporting. Cartel underboss Sinclaire (UFC champ Georges St-Pierre) and his hit squad ambush the hotel; and it’s up to the DEA agents with Agent Harrison (Seven Seagal) to protect El Tiburon, and find the mole that tipped off the cartel.<\/p>\n

The Good: \u00a0The DVD offers subtitles that are extremely helpful for when Steven Seagal says lines his incoherent Marlon Brando voice. There’s some decent action, but not enough.<\/p>\n

The Bad:\u00a0My suspension of disbelief is put to test during a scene where Steven Seagal is climbing several flights of stairs. I would believe this was done in one take, and he just climbed the last 3 stairs before taking a break. The wardrobe department couldn’t find a pair of sunglasses to fit Georges St-Pierre’s face. Dude is supposed to look cool and menacing, but ends up looking like a dorky European tourist. \u00a0The romantic side story is laughably unbelievable. \u00a0The CG blood effects were bad. \u00a0They didn’t want to waste money on practical squib effects, so it’s as if they just let some animation student from The Art Institute do the job for class credit.<\/p>\n

There are no special features to warrant the purchase, even if you are a Segal fan. He’s barely in this film and he still gets top billing. \u00a0Cartels<\/em> is boring. It takes almost 45 minutes to see any action, and then it’s downtime central until the last 25 minutes. My husband kept having to wake me up, because I literally kept drifting off. \u00a0The ending is so abrupt and leaves you saying “What the F—… is that it?” There is no ending, there’s no resolution, and quite frankly I didn’t even care.<\/p>\n

Acting: D
\nStory: D
\nTechnical: C
\nTotal Rating: D
\nReviewed by: JM Willis<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title: Cartels Lionsgate Director: Keoni Waxman Writer:\u00a0Keoni Waxman & Richard Beattie Cast: Steven Seagal, Luke Goss, Georges St-Pierre,\u00a0Martine Argent,\u00a0Florin Piersic Jr. Rated: R (Violence\/Language) Running time: 100 min Special Features: Trailer Available: Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD September 19 U.S. Marshall Major Tom Jensen (Luke Goss, Death Race 2 & 3) joins a team of 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