Verdict
Summary
I was consistently surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. Tibor Takacs (The Gate) did a really good job of keeping things interesting, and his big coup came when he hired good actors to fill the roles. A shame that this wasn’t also released on Blu-ray.
Plot:
A Black Ops sniper goes after the rogue agent who betrayed him.
Review:
Much better than most movies of its ilk, Sabotage is an involving action / intrigue film starring Mark Dacascos as Michael Bishop, a former Black Ops sniper who was almost killed in the field by a rogue agent named Sherwood (Tony Todd). Several years later Bishop is working as a bodyguard to a wealthy businessman who is killed right in front of him … by Sherwood. This leads to the involvement and investigation of the FBI, and the agent assigned to the case is Agent Castle (Carrie Anne Moss), who doesn’t trust Bishop. Through hard work and determination, Bishop and Castle begin working together to find the rogue group who hired Sherwood to assassinate the businessman. Bishop gets into a couple of close quarter fights with some bad guys, and faces off with Sherwood later on.
I was consistently surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. Tibor Takacs (The Gate) did a really good job of keeping things interesting, and his big coup came when he hired good actors to fill the roles. Aside from those I already mentioned, Graham Greene plays a pivotal role, and all of the characters are three-dimensional. Dacascos has several scenes that feature his extraordinary prowess at physicality and martial arts, and both Moss and Todd make him look even better. Takacs later worked with Dacascos again on Red Line and on The Crow: Stairway to Heaven. This was one of the better efforts from Imperial Entertainment.
Sabotage makes its debut on DVD from MVD Visual, and it comes in a widescreen transfer, which is very welcome, which begs the question: Why No Blu-ray? The DVD is bare bones, but it’s still nice to have anything with Mark Dacascos on DVD, especially now that it’s been offered in widescreen for the first time. It’s affordably priced to own.
