Cold Harvest

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Weak weak, and more weak.......2006-09-16

Gee... where do I begin? I suppose I can sum Cold Harvest in one word: Craptacular. It's a low budget movie, but that's not why it is bad. It's a clichéd action flick, but surprisingly enough that's not why Cold Harvest is bad either. It's bad because it performs so low on categorically every aspect of film making whatever decent stuff there is (and there are only a few) doesn't stand much of a chance to get around the lame script production values.

Isaac Florentine is known for using B-movie production values and over the top martial arts. This has brought him success with his work on the Power Rangers. This time it doesn't work. For one the script is awful. It's hardly more than just a series of action scenes hardly tied together with some sort of cookie cutter plot that seems to show up in lots of post apocalyptic movies. As a matter of fact this movie hardly qualifies as a science fiction aside from an intro talking about a comet and a plague. Half the scenes could be completely thrown away and you wouldn't miss it in the continuity. While it's a little interesting seeing an old west style angle in the plot it doesn't go anywhere aside from the props and spaghetti western stare down contests. The characters are one-dimensional and play out their roles with as much depth as wax paper. I am not talking about the acting, which is mostly canned but does have some pretty decent moments. I am talking about the script. Cold Harvest is written badly. It's a sad day when the only character development you see is from a side character talking about noses.

The sets are laughably cheap. You can see the bricks are painted on plaster walls. The sound effects are so bad they are laughable, especially the blatant abuse of using the 'whoosh' sound every time someone moves. Continuity? Don't look here for it. The old west guns they like so much in this movie seem to be able to load themselves magically. I counted at least 10 bullets coming out of a six round revolver more than once in this movie. And when they are actually fighting our hero, Roland (Gary Daniels), they forget to bring the guns and just go martial arts on each other. Real smart boys. The action is admittedly pretty cool even if it gets way over the top at times. The fighting parts look cool but the stunts coming from it like the flips and spins from getting hit can get pretty cheesy. Also there are scenes where stunts are done that really don't fit. I found myself scratching my head wondering what just happened. This movie seems more like a showcase for stunt men than anything else.

This movie pretty much sucks aside from the martial arts. If you are really into martial arts and can ignore EVERYTHING else then you just might like Cold Harvest. If you have any need for a decent script or production values you can forget it. Of course this movie would be great fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000 so those of you who like making fun of cheesy movies can have something new on your list with this one.

It's all about taste!.......2005-09-10

Due to the nature of low budget films, some film directors do not get the opportunity to bring more to the screen and show the true potential of a film project;...Such is the case of "Cold Harvest", a low budget martial arts action thriller which attempts to combine the post-apocalyptic feel of "The Road Warrior" with elements of the old-western frontier and stylized martal arts action.

Because of under-average production quality, an underdeveloped storyline and script, under-average music, and poor acting from the extras and a few of the lead actors, "Cold Harvest" ultimately suffers from a lot of mediocrity, which leaves much of the film's true potential to be desired. Fortunately however, what saves the film from being almost unenjoyable is the much improved fight choreography and stuntwork that is desperately needed for western action cinema, combined with the efforts of stuntman and co-founder of the extreme martial arts stunt team "Alpha Stunts" Akihiro "Yuji" Noguchi, along with slick editing and great foley mixing, and the athletic talents of Gary Daniels and Bryan Genese.

If you don't mind watching a film with great action sequences despite the flaws that result from a low budget, then Cold Harvest will make a great addition to add to your collection.

Enjoy.

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Just another bad Gary Daniels movie
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Cold Harvest
Starring: Gary Daniels , Barbara Crampton , Bryan Genesse , Shane Howarth , and David Dukas
Director: Isaac Florentine
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: 6305701121
Release Date: 2000-01-11

Description

Two years after a comet strikes the earth, the population has dwindled, and disease has run rampant in a darkened, lawless world of violence. A bounty hunter named Roland is out to avenge the death of his brother. With the assistance of his sister-in-law, Christine, Roland must find one of the seven humans carrying the antibody to the deadly disease. Meanwhile,

Little Ray is trying to kill off the seven in an attempt to rule the world. When Christine learns that she is pregnant and that the baby is likely to have the antibody gene, she becomes a target of Little Ray, who kidnaps her. Now,

Roland must save her, the baby and perhaps the last hope for mankind. Gary Daniels, Bryan Genesse, Barbara Crampton.

Customer Reviews:

Just another bad Gary Daniels movie.......2007-06-03

Gary Daniels plays a bounty hunter in a futuristic world similiar to The Road Warrior. His brother in-law's sister is pregnant and her baby has an anti-virus that can help save the world. A guy named Little Ray (Bryan Genesse) wants the woman for himself because he is a bad guy.

I can't even describe how horrible this movie is. Gary Daniels is basically playing Isaac Florentine's version of Mad Max. There is a lot of mindless talk and no real story, and a Gary Daniels fight thrown in every 10-15 minutes. The action is not bad, certainly a lot better than Fatal Blade, but it is hard to get into a fight when there is no point to it. Even when they could have had a really cool finale, ther is no creativity involved. The 2 guys just go up in the air and kick eachother like it is a kung fu movie from 1971. I made it all the way through this, but it was very hard. Highly not recommended.

1.5/5

The DVD from Image Entertainment has good sound and very good picture quality.

the very best gary daniels.......2006-12-06

one of many movies i own of gary daniels and still one of the best he never had the chance to break in to a rated movies, it would make a lot of people stand up and take notice of of this man is capable of. he is only a few action stars in the uk. still the most good looking star ive seen. the movie is great all in one package. not your average gary daniels i must say. but it a side of gary i like to see, not just martial arts. its nice to know that he was born about 15 mins from where i was born, which i feel very humble to say. give credit where due and the credit is long overdue.

DANIELS DELIVERS.......2004-10-02

Gary Daniels with his British accent will never be honored as one of the world's greatest actors, but his films deliver, and in that sense, this is one of his best. Daniels plays a bounty hunter in a world drastically changed after a comet collides!!! Bryan Genessee is the villain, who also happens to be an old childhood buddy, but of course he has gone the wrong way and his vile gang wants to control the gasoline in this apocalyptic society. Daniels gets to play two roles: the aforementioned bounty hunter and his twin brother, who just happens to have the gene that can come up with an antidote for some vile plague that has surfaced. When he is mercilessly slaughtered by Gennessee, lovely wife Barbara Crampton (Reanimator) is on the run and soon joins her brother-in-law.
Nothing new or unpredictable here, but Crampton is always fun to watch and Daniels is a good martial arts hero. I had fun with it!

So action-packed, it's a comedy..........2004-06-27

If you're into action-packed movies that make you laugh at their lack of action and failed attempts to grip the audience, then you need Cold Harvest. Before one even watches this movie, a close reading of the synopsis on the back cover, reveals everything anyone would want to know about the movie, maybe too much. There are many serious, dramatic scenes in this movie, which bring the audience to laughter:

The infamous 19-shot revolver, the innocent homeless man getting kicked over early in the movie, the mysterious man with a cord coming out of his back, the motorcycle rider that briefly forgets Roland's location after giving him the fiercest expression one could ever imagine, the magical moving mirror hanging on the wall in the highly emotional "beautiful back" scene, the highly skilled two-story-jumping ninjas, the painting-like acting of Gary Daniels, and the non-stop back-flipping action fed to us by the stunt men.

This movie is entertaining and is a source for many inside jokes between the viewers. This movie gets three stars for being a comedy and one for an action movie.

jg.......2003-05-12

Confession: I bought this movie for one reason -- Gary Daniels, one of the prettiest and most appealing men ever filmed.

I'm not a martial arts fan per se, so it didn't bother me that this movie doesn't have quite as many, nor as flashy, fight scenes as Gary's "Bloodmoon" did. I imagine that martial arts fans will nonetheless appreciate what is in this movie. There isn't exactly a shortage of knockdown martial arts fighting here.

What this movie did have, moreso than some of Gary's other films, is an opportunity for Gary to act. He briefly plays two characters, and here one can see that he really can portray a character that is quite unlike the staid, somber hero part that the dialogue/script usually confines him to. It is almost disconcerting to see him playing such an uncharacteristic personality (as the married brother) -- very unlike his performance in any other movie (except perhaps "Spoiler" which also is an odd performance).

Gary looks stunning in this movie. He sports a bit of a scruffy, unshaven look here, but it works very well on him. When the camera lingers on Gary's face, as happens in several scenes where he gets to show some emotion, one can see that this face is a work of sheer art -- the pinnacle of male beauty. And Gary's physique is equally as impressive, which he shows off a little in some scenes -- perfectly sculpted, proportionate, and defined.

I would have liked to have seen more of a love interest explored. (Unfortunately, very, very few Gary Daniels movies do have a satisfactory plot development in this regard. It's inexplicable that here is one of the prettiest men on film, and yet he never gets a notable love story. Go figure).

It also has a sensible (albeit perhaps not exhilarating) plot that could be understood and followed. It isn't just a series of fight scenes cut together.

Customer Reviews:

Just another bad Gary Daniels movie.......2007-06-03

the very best gary daniels.......2006-12-06

DANIELS DELIVERS.......2004-10-02

So action-packed, it's a comedy..........2004-06-27

This movie is entertaining and is a source for many inside jokes between the viewers. This movie gets three stars for being a comedy and one for an action movie.

jg.......2003-05-12

Confession: I bought this movie for one reason -- Gary Daniels, one of the prettiest and most appealing men ever filmed.

It also has a sensible (albeit perhaps not exhilarating) plot that could be understood and followed. It isn't just a series of fight scenes cut together.

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