Sinners and Saints (2010)

Here was a chance to do something intelligent around New Orleans - make an interesting action thriller etc; what we get instead is a sadistic mess, where everyone simply goes full turbo out and out machine gun hell for leather - which sounds great - but trust me it ain't.

The film is so one dimensional as to be dirigible - there's so much wrong with this I don't really know where to start. Hang on, yes I do, the script is linear, non-worked through, pulp action without irony or purpose - and that's really where the fault lies - even Steven Segal and Van Damme at their cheesy worst have purpose - this seems so all over the place I couldn't begin to understand how it got greenlighted.

Both sadistic and stupid if hard action is absolutely your best thing, then sure you'll cheer as another person gets doused in petrol and set alight. I couldn't see the cop side of this - it's all beyond lawless nonsense to me....

Fmovies: I want 100 minutes back of my life! This movie has zero originality, zero character development and zero credibility. The story is basically the same as every police/tough guy movie you have seen. Police with a troubled past find brutal killings, he goes Rambo, he stands up for "the right things" (Which means that he should be thrown in jail - permanently), he has a black partner etc, etc, etc. I can guess EVERY SINGLE EVENT in this movie before it happens The shooting scenes are a complete joke. NO WAY would our hero survive those, let alone winning them. If this were a less serious movie I wouldn't mind but this movie is trying so hard to be realistic & gritty. No human being but an incompetent American citizen could believe this crap was real, and because of it you lose interest. Fast.

This has to be one of the most overrated movies at IMDb and I guess it's because too many flag fanatic morons gave it a good grade.

I don't usually watch action. I prefer horror. I watched this because Costas Mandylor was in it and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the movie contained an excellent cast of actors entirely and it kept my attention throughout the whole film. Johnny Strong was a great star of the film and I feel as though he really made the main character believable. I really enjoyed it and in fact I now own the movie for further viewing. I will say that some of the shooting scenes seemed rather lengthy, but the overall story and plot as a whole was very interesting to me. I thought the use of human psychology throughout the film definitely added something. I wouldn't say this is my favorite movie, but it was definitely entertaining and collection worthy. Another great movie with Costas Mandylor in it, what more could a fan ask for?

Sinners and Saints fmovies. Johnny Strong lives up to his name in this new entry in the cop action movie. Strong plays a tough street cop with demons of his own on the trail of a sadistic murder crew in New Orleans. There's plenty of gritty action and gun play. The high body count is mostly thanks to Johnny Strong himself who plays judge, jury and executioner to the lowlife gangsters he encounters. There's a good supporting cast featuring Tom Berenger, Sean Patrick Flannery and martial arts bad guys Costas Mandylor and Bas Rutten, but this movie belongs to Strong. His physical presence is as important as his dialogue. In one fearsome fight scene the shirtless Strong, ripped and sporting some awesome ink, slays 4 thugs up close and personal. The plot twists and turns and the villains do some awful stuff before Strong and his partner, clean cut Kevin Phillips, bring them to justice. It doesn't take a genius to figure out this movie is working the whole Lethal Weapon thing, but it seems to update it with more realistic characters and some graphic action that might be too much for the squeamish. Still, if you like to see a tough cop cleaning up the streets old school, this flick is for you.

"This is N'Awlins white boy, you ain't seen nothing' yet." After a call goes horribly bad Detective Sean Riley (Strong) is given a new partner. Trying to cope with a failed marriage, the death of his son, and a series of brutal murders that is affecting the entire city he is a very unstable officer. When clues lead to something bigger then either expected it is up to the two new partners to work together and stop the ring before it's too late. Lately the "cop revenge" movies have been very slow and not exciting to watch (Blood Out/Set Up). This one, while slow in parts, is very good. I tried as hard as I could not to compare the two, but this one reminded me of a harsher "Lethal Weapon". There really is nothing new in this movie. A loose cannon of a detective is teamed with a family man who is by the book, the two somehow can work together and yada...yada...yada. Even though this is a movie that has been done to death it is still very enjoyable and very much worth watching. I really enjoyed it. Overall, one of the few repetitive type movies that is exciting and worth a watch. I give it a B+.

This film was action movie popcorn fun. Like an action flick you catch halfway through on TV but stop and watch the rest anyway.

The gunfights and gear were great and brutal. Whoever choreographed the gunfights did a bang up job with the weapons handling and gear/holster choices. In true action movie fashion there's a few instances of endless magazines but still a lot of reloads.

The acting was so so and it was what I expected from a awesome shootout movie but it still had a lot of great 2nd string actors like Flannery, Berenger, and a few others that you don't know by name but will recognize. Johnny Strong will only get recognized for Black Hawk Down and Fast and the Furious but he did a good job for leading a fun Street Kings, Dirty Harry, gunfight flick.

If you have a couple of hours to kill, and can find the movie, go ahead and give it a shot.