The Gladiator 1986 by AverageMansReviews

 The Gladiator 1986 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/medical/shooting/reference to drugs

This film is so from the 1980's: briefly; Rick Benton/The Gladiator [Ken Wahl:] he is an excellent mechanic, but after he wakes up after a coma in hospital after a vehicle collision; he wakes up to find out that his brother is dead and slowly but surely decides to take care of business, he also meets Susan Neville [Nancy Allen:] she has problems with her vehicle and she is a radio presenter of the show called "Hot Spot."

Generally speaking: the script; briefly it has its own problem, but I will discuss that more later on but still briefly, the framework and pacing of this 94 minutes film is as I have already indicated very much from the 1980's style of filmmaking which includes but not limited to background music which is clearly there are specially when we have the bad character present on-screen and something like The A-Team [1983-1987] style of alterations sequence; but I should also point out I am talking about the basic equivalent far from the legendary standard of The A-Team and to be brutally honest I was struggling to keep awake whilst watching this film.

Action and art; we have the action coming from the seats of these vehicles and of course; their adaptions and weapon systems; these are the positive aspects of this title; you know they look a bit old; but the imagination is still there

Character developments and performances; they are on both counts; reliable versions of what they are meant to be with solid performances to bring them to life.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; as I have already referenced it has a good concept behind it and yes I know it is a generic one of a vigilante seeking revenge. But the execution; now I would usually sugarcoat this a little bit by saying a word poor, but what with this film having a really without giving too much away a really unsatisfying conclusion, I am going to say this film is garbage; I know it is a TV film meaning a film made for TV, but there is no excuse for the conclusion style/type of this film; so if you want to watch this film just to see how bad is, then go ahead, but just keep my mark in mind as it is a true reflection of this film.