A lot of people hate this movie because it has no authenticity, but it is a typical old school arnold, sly, or even charles bronson typish movie. Basically, there's a bad guy he hurts the good guy in some way and then a huge fight ensues in the finale followed by the good guy winning. A lot of of old school type of aspects in this movie because of the way it follows the typical type of genre. I do enjoy these kinds of movies because we don't see much of them anymore. So, I will continue to watch these for as long as people end up making them. Also, you have to keep in mind if it wasn't for those old school actors none of these movies would have been made.

Some bad guys kidnap some people and force them to guide them through some woods.The oddest thing about this movie is that it has two relatively well known names in it - Gil Bellows as the main baddie and wrestler Steve Austin as the goodie. Otherwise it is an unexceptional action(-ish) movie with a pronounced nasty streak. Bellows, in particular, seizes every opportunity to chew the scenery with the greatest of relish. This does not make his performance good. Steve Austin is a wrestler not an actor (although I do appreciate the contradiction inherent in that statement). Most of the other cast are forgettable. There are some bloody effects, and the winter hostility of the forest comes across. Otherwise there is little to recommend this film.

This is quite possibly the stupidest action movie I've ever seen. The plot, is cliché, sure, they all are in this genre now. There is a reason that Stallone and the Spermanator are famous for their abilities to make crappy plots work. Stone Cold doesn't have that, the dude is a good actor, and was a great athlete, but they have to stunt doubles for him RUNNING for christs sake. And as awesome as a clash between "Steve "I drink beer and have rough sex with fear" Austin" and "Darth Maul" could have been, it's not. It's the antithesis of what you'd expect from such a showdown.I mean, there is a low speed ****ing ATV chase, and seeing Austin pop a wheelie on a four wheeler to smash a bad guy into a wall, before shooting said ATV with a flare... Was beyond my tolerance for stupidity, I was hung over, on the couch, and helpless to turn this off since my xbox controller was out of reach. I'm warning you ahead of time so no one else has to suffer. Don't watch this.

Now, I'm usually against dumbed down action movies, but this movie is pretty much straight up about what it is.It starts with some expositionary dialog in the beginning about Steve Austin's Character with Eric Roberts as his side kick. Incidentally, Eric is only in this film for about five minutes, but his quick demise allows people to put his name on the DVD cover so you think you are watching a better movie than you are.Still, the movie has some awesome scenery in the ROckies, Austin is passable and likable as an actor, the villains aren't cardboard cutouts, but have some depth to them. The ending is a bit silly, but really, I think they worked on the Spielberg rule that if you've brought the audience along this far, they'll go along with anything.There are a couple of scenes where Austin does some wrestling moves. Because you can't have a movie with a wrestler in it and not expect him to wrestle, I guess. Well, it's more plausible than "Hell Comes to Frogtown"...