Damage Reviews

05/07/2010 (DVD)

It's not a bad watch but I did notice that I was complaining about the fights during the flick.

The story isn't half bad but it is those "nothing special" plots that has been done several times.

An okay movie for one of those rainy afternoons IF you haven't got anything better.

An adrenaline-pumping and hard-edged knockout. A strong, solid and riveting action-packed drama that's loaded with intense fight sequences, head-bashing thrills and dazzling suspense. A great story of friendship and redemption in the unlikely of places. It packs as much punch as it does heart. Steve Austin. Walton Goggins and Laura Vandervoort are terrific. They work well together showing great depth and character development. Austin proves to be an exceptional leading man in this film, giving a great performance and not trying to be anymore then what he is in this film.

Ok, who dug the abandoned Sylvester Stallone script outta the garbage in the late 80's?

MMA...in the cage...not wrestling...type fighting flick for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. It is a hard as stone cold bare knuckled fight flick that tries to show the heart of why one fighter is in the cage to fight. Having paid his debt to society by doing his bid behind bars, he gets out and discovers that his problems are far from over. His parole officer wouldn't give him eye contact during his reviews...his new boss rides him constantly, and to top matters off...the wife of the man that he killed in self defense...still holds a grudge and it seems as if his part time gig as a bouncer at a bar has something else going on that has a hint of assistance to his spiraling problems. See this it is a brawling good time.

Well what can I say. If you are an old Stone Cold fan, you will want to check this out. A pretty good story line here with good fighting action. Not a block buster movie that's going to wow the pants off of you, but a pretty decent action flick to watch when your relaxing at home and want to take in a movie.

Stone Cold is a great fighter.

After John gets out of prison for killing a man, he is ready to get his life back on track. Then the wife of the man he killed comes to him for help. Her daugher needs a new heart but she can't afford it. So John starts to do some street fights to raise the money.

Overall the movie is very good. The storyline was also very nice.

Decent underground fight scene movie. The acting wasn't half bad considering what many might expect. Stone Cold holds his own in the fight scenes, but some are average at best. What I would have given to see him finish someone off with a Stunner. Vandervoort provides the eye candy. Goggins is creepy in every way possible, not a good thing. All-in-all a decent fight flick.

lacked a little on back story. a cool movie overall but has something missing to make it really good. just another fight movie.

this film is due for a 2010 release here in the states. already released in the UK Damage is a story of Stone Cold having to underground fight for a girls hearts transplant. that girl being the daughter of the man he killed and is now paroled from prison.

I watched this as a big wrestling mark and enjoyed as a big wrestling mark. I honestly think this film needs some work when comes to theaters on our shores. it looked a little low budget and seemed like a rated r made for tv movie.

my rating is purely for stone cold and how he kept me invested in this movie till the end.

66%

"Taking a human's life with your two hands, is the most soul crushing thing a man can do."-John Brickner (Steve Austin)

You get to see the nice guy Steve Austin, as he grinds dudes into hamburger.

"Don't let the door hit you, where the good Lord split you."-John Brickner

Yes I know its a wrestler in a movie but Damage manages to harness some sense of heart from Austin and the action scenes are impressively intense. It is cheesy and predictable but a whole heck of a lot better than most wrestler films.

In my opinion Austins best role to date. Nothing out of the ordinary for a straight to DVD release, but theres somewhat of a strong plot present.

Didn't Van Damme do this very same film back in 1990?

It blew back then, too.

Laughable script but guess what. Stone Cold saves the day

This script is not bad, but the performance of the lead is not apreciable. This is proof that actors must act and the fighters must fight. Is simple, Austin don't have any expresions. This is another Silvester Stalone?

Yeah... It's total crap. Steve Austin deserves better!

I went into the film not expecting a whole lot but actually came away fairly surprised. After being subjected to several very poor films starring professional wrestlers (THE MARINE and 12 ROUNDS come immediately to mind), I didn't have much hope for this film either, but DAMAGE actually managed to be a somewhat respectable film that is miles better than just about every other film starring a professional wrestler not named Dwayne Johnson.

Having seen Steve Austin in various other projects, namely the TV show CHUCK, I was simply expecting him to play a similar character, one that would just go through the underground fighting circuit with a smile on his face and seemingly enjoying every moment of it. Austin actually manages to bring something to the role, though, signaling that he actually has some acting talent and could become a respectable figure in the action genre down the line. I would say that he's not quite there yet, and of the main trio of actors here, he's the weakest, but he shows some flashes here that will hopefully get him more work in bigger projects down the line.

The other two actors that make up the trio of main characters are Walton Goggins and Laura Vandervoort. Goggins plays the high-strung fight promoter with ease, delivering the audience a nice foil for Austin's Brickner, as the two men are on complete opposite ends of the spectrum. Vandervoort, of V and SMALLVILLE fame, proves here that she can be more than just a supporting TV actress. She's clearly got some talent and anchors the emotional core of this film quite well and certainly delivers a better performance than a straight-to-dvd really needs or deserves. Like Austin, hopefully she'll start landing some bigger roles here soon as her work here and, to a larger degree, on shows like V proves that she has the talent.

Surprisingly, where DAMAGE falters a bit is in the fight sequences. They're entertaining (if they weren't, the film wouldn't really work at all) and are staged against some rather interesting and diverse backdrops, but they all follow a similar format (Austin's character having to come back from the brink of defeat to win the match). A little variety in this are would have been nice.

DAMAGE is clearly a straight-to-dvd film and that definitely shows in the quality of it, but it manages to maintain itself at the upper echelon of the straight-to-dvd "genre", thanks in large parts to the efforts of Goggins and Vandervoort. It's not ever going to win any kind of award, but for a rainy day stuck in the house, there are worse things that you could watch.

Péssimos combates a aliar a uma história deficiente dão num filme com vários estragos, a condizer com o título.

Extremely entertaining. What you expect and hope out of a script. 10 minutes of plot scattered through and 1 1/2 hours of Stone Cold destruction. Oh, and the girl is hot. Sweet.