Where to watch Gunmen
1 Star
Four hundred million dollars are hidden in a boat in some harbor in South America, hidden by Dani Servigo’s brother. When his brother gets killed, Dani is a wanted man, by undercover D.E.A. Agent Cole Parker and also by Armor O’Malley, who is working for drug boss Loomis. Together, Servigo and Parker search for the boat.
Gunmen is a lame entry into the mismatched pair on the run’ sub-genre; annoyingly shot in medium angles or awkward close-ups, this is a deadly dull movie that will bore fans of Lambert, Peebles, and action fans. The influences on the picture are too numerous to mention, but they are thinly veiled rip-offs or homages in Hollywood that only amplify this film’s many problems further.
Stephen Sommers, who would pen the much better Mummy series, turns in a derivative screenplay mishandled by director Deran Sarafian, who stages the proceedings in a pedestrian manner. Then there are the moments when the era’s hip-hop artists are shoehorned into the movie for a moment to perform a rap song that undoubtedly filled out the accompanying soundtrack album; corporate synergy was blooming in the 1990s. Gumen is an unpleasant-looking film; everyone has multiple unflattering close-ups, and it is among the worst movies from 1994.
Directed by: Deran Sarafian
Written by: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary