Notable Cast: Brendan Fehr, Luke Wilson, Dolph Lundgren,
Scout Taylor Compton, Nicky Whelan, Scott Martin
Although there are plenty of action stars that have been
relegated to the direct-to-video market in the last handful of years and while
many film critics and fans are eager to pounce and people like Bruce Willis or
Nic Cage for falling into this category, it’s a corner of the market that has
its own feel and approach that often gets overlooked.
When The Best Man first stumbled into my
consciousness, it was hard not to buy in for me simply based on the Dolph of it
all. Yet, it was apparent that he would play a secondary character to Brendan Fehr
and Luke Wilson (?!). Now my interest went from piqued to full-on curiosity.
Yet, with films like The Best Man, it is best to keep expectations
tempered and that’s my recommendation here. While the idea of seeing Fehr,
Wilson, and Lundgren team up to fight off terrorists is seemingly outlandish
enough, the reality is that The Best Man is rarely as entertaining as it
might have been. It’s a fine paint-by-numbers low-budget action flick to burn a
lazy Sunday afternoon on, but it never reaches its own potential.