Product: Mean Guns [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 4.0
Despite the simple plot, a great movie
This movie is a straight-to-video insane shoot'em up flick starring Christopher Lambert(in his best performance ever as the psychotic Lou) and Ice-T(Mr. Platinum Teeth). The plot is basically 100 criminals who have betrayed the crime organization known as the Syndicate are put in a prison and told that the 3 standing after 6 hrs will get 10 million dollars. Then, the criminals are thrown guns and baseball bats to dispatch each other.....plot heavy, eh? What makes this movie work well are the wonderful action sequences, a great performance from Christopher Lambert as Lou, a psychotic killing machine with the best lines in the flick, and the actors who played Marcus and D both did well in their roles. Also, the movie's "soundtrack" is quite good....you'll see why if you watch the flick. The only weaknesses of this flick are really the annoying innocent lady, who, while she adds the human element of the flick, is very annoying throughout the movie. Also, the well-endowed femme fatale of the flick, nick-named Barbie, is somewhat annoying at points in the movie. Despite these flaws, this film is a great action movie even though it went straight-to-video.