The Best Man

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	Luke Wilson	Cal
	Dolph Lundgren	Anders
	Brendan Fehr	Bradley
	Nicky Whelan	Brook
	Scout Taylor-Compton	Hailey
	Scott Martin	Axel
	Andrey Ivchenko	Viktor
	Chris Mullinax	Chuck
	Ryan Devlin	Aaron
	King Orba	Marshall
	Michael Proctor	Sherman
	Patrick Proctor	Herman
	Wes Hager	Zeke
	Alex Reymundo	Juan
	Brad Royster	Gunman
	Johnny Ives
	Levi Gilbert
	Solana Cummings	Bartender
	Gustavo Montes	Hostage
	Jack Sheehan	Chef

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Director	Shane Dax Taylor
Writer	C. Alec Rossel, Shane Dax Taylor, Daniel Zirilli
Producer	Shanan Becker, Daniel Cummings, Wes Hager, Matthew Helderman, Corey Large, Thomas Mann, Scott Martin, Gerry Pass, Lonnie Ramati, Jonathan Saba, Jack Sheehan, Michael Thomas Slifkin, Luke Taylor, Shane Dax Taylor, Daniel Zirilli
Musician	Matt Gates
Photography	Stephen St. Peter

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My quick rating - 3,6/10. Appears to be another STV action flick starring Dolph Lundgren which may or may not be a good thing depending on who you ask. Looks as though himself and the rest of a wedding party are going to have to defend a group of mercenaries taking over the venue that Luke Wilson and Nicky Whelan are getting hitched at. The initial lead up to the siege is basically just showing the best man and the grooms best friend getting drunk so the setup isn't all that important. Nor is it entertaining since aside form the initial few moments, nothing happens for like 45 minutes. The before credits beginning is the obvious foreshadowing to what the bad guys want with this takeover and who is running the show. It was nice seeing Scout Taylor-Compton doing something aside from Rob Zombie's Halloween retreads but again, the story and dialogue here left so much to be desired. It is hard to set yourself apart when trying to do a movie that has been done so many times before, with the "Die Hard in a _____" mold but others have at least given it a shot. This one plods through the motions with some mediocre fight scenes and atypical gunplay. Also some of the things they wrote for poor Whelan to do is downright embarrassing. I feel bad knowing she had to actually try and play off some of her decisions in this. Without spoilers, lets just say they are downright ridiculous. And then the part I had to type the moment it happened. Wow, that was the most anti-climactic ending I have seen in a long time. I seriously thought they were kidding. Nope, credits LOL. I truly cannot believe they build up the tension to a finale and pull that shit. On that note, chose the cheapest or just avoid this one unless a huge Lundgren or any cast members fan since that is about the highlight of the whole thing, the cast.

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