Director: John Lyde
Notable Cast: Matthew
Reese, Dolph Lundgre, Danielle Chuchran, Chuck Liddell, Michael Flynn, Renny
Grames, Eve Mauro, Melanie Stone, DL Walker
Riot is the reason
that I spend hours upon hours dredging through the straight to home video news
and sections at movie stores. The low budget action genre is certainly one that
doesn’t necessary promote lots of thoughtful execution and surprising quality
as a whole, but there are always little diamonds to be found in the coal that
entertain. Riot is one of those
films. Truthfully, I picked up the movie because it had Dolph Lundgren in it. What
can I say? I’m a sucker for Dolph. What I found in Riot though was one of the better B-action films of the year and
one of those special finds that makes digging through the crap worth the time
and money. Riot is a blast. It’s a
heartfelt and surprisingly well made little actioner with enough charm and
solid action set pieces to satiate any action craving fans might have. It’s hardly
perfect, but hot damn if the intention to make a good movie isn’t there.