Good Family Flick
Randy Given | Manchester, CT USA | 04/26/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a good family flick. Well, older family, it is rate PG-13 with good reason: the language isn't terrible, but it is more than PG or G movies. It is short, so it doesn't really bog down. Yes, predictable, but what family movies aren't?
As for paintball play, it was surprising accurate for MOST players. I play speedball every weekend and occasionally woodsball (like many, I started with woodsball). I see a LOT of things that actually happen on the fields. Critics have to realize that this is a MOVIE and not clips of actual tourney footage. I was pleased to see a lot of attention paid to safety, although there were a couple of things that could be improved.
There were a lot of little tactics and strategy thrown in, which is good in that it helps the sport and players grow. For a "Hollywood" movie, this is very good, especially considering some of the other farces that have appeared."
Someone should dump a hopper on this film...
Firefly | Rochester, NY | 09/06/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Are you looking for:
Bad Acting?
Bad Paintball?
Bad Direction?
A hackneyed plot?
Bad portrayal of the paintball world?
Unrealistic action?
Bad camera work?
Poor dialogue?
A waste of 90 minutes?
Then THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU! If you're a paintball fanatic - don't bother you'll be disappointed. If you're unfamiliar with the world of paintball and want to learn more - don't bother it's not going to help there either."
Bad movie that I really liked.
I. Rozanski | Seattle, WA USA | 11/17/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"My son rented this movie and I checked it before him only to see if it's suitable for kids. I was planning to spend no more than 15 minutes watching it but instead I stayed hooked until the end and then I watched special features too. Everything what previous reviewer said is true, if you know something about paintball and you have seen any movies before, you will see it as a joke. Acting and playing paintball is amateur or unrealistic, the plot, etc. But it's fun, it was fun for me and fun for all other kids I know who watched this movie. I'm not recommending it to anybody over 13 years of age or anybody who knows something about this sport but I assure you that it is much better than Power Rangers. I give it 4 stars because I had fun watching it, I took one star off because everything besides fun sucked."