The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002) (V)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Jalal Merhi

Writer:

Glen G. Doyle (writer)

Release Date:

15 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Fight to get in. Die to get out.

Plot:

Prisoners are dying at the Ogden Correctional Institution, a prison where a corrupt Warden has taken justice and business into his own hands...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Underground Fighting | Prison Fight | Mixed Martial Arts

Cast

Olivier Gruner	...	Dirk Longstreet
Jalal Merhi	...	Bill
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry T. Adams	...	Prison Guard
Lucas Bablin	...	Slash
Winston Bailey	...	Parking Lot Thug
Roy Bamy	...	Prison Guard
Shaunt Benjamin	...	Warden Biggs (as Shant Bejanian)
Michael Blanks	...	Blackjack
Nino Cappuccino	...	Parking Lot Thug
Robert Chapin	...	Fighter
Geoff Davis	...	Thug #2
Brock De Ville	...	Prison Guard
Edwin Garcia II	...	The Kid
Bryan Genesse
Gail Harris	...	Nicole Kent
Lovake Heyer	...	Dermot
Gary Hudson	...	Baxter
Omar Kaczmarczyk	...	Doctor
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Max
Myke Michaels	...	Tough guy 2
Elise Moller	...	Betsy
Gerald Okamura	...	Ming Li
Mike Ortiz	...	Fighter
Mark Parra
Kelly Pendygraft	...	TV Reporter
Robin Petgrave	...	Helicopter pilot
Shauna Sand	...	Nurse
Jim Shagen	...	Pike
Justin Slagle	...	Security Officer #1
Larnell Stovall	...	Prison Fighter
Parris Washington	...	Prison Guard
Chino XL	...	Thug #1

Also Known As:

The Circuit 2 (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content and some language.

Runtime:

Canada:90 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Germany:18 | USA:R

Movie Connections:

Follows The Circuit (2002)

Sorry Lamas,Sorry Grunier...Its Terrible.

Seeing as I get free rentals since I work at a video store,I don't mind renting things I normally wouldn't in terms of wanting to pay for them,since,hey they're free now. So I randomly grabbed Circuit 2,and went into it with already EXTREMELY low expectations. Just by the cover art alone you should know it isn't something to get too excited for,and if you've seen the first Circuit you know even further. I figured it could be something moderately fun to see Lamas & Grunier kicking some ass together,since i'm an all budgets action fan lover.

But nothing could help this out at all. I like defending Dolph,I like defending Lamas,Van Damme,Bosworth,Speakman...all them so-called cardboard action movie stars, I enjoy a lot. I enjoy them simple minded affairs in movies.

Circuit 2 isn't even worth your time,and please,just avoid it. It really is painful and is shameful to see that action movies are this bad now and days. Its bad enough when you got terrible CGI filled,big budget action flicks with inhuman moves done by Jet Li or Jackie Chan,so when you try and get something worthy in the genre in the STV section,thats a bad sign for big budget genre flicks. And obviously,movies like the Circuit 2 don't provide closure that action flicks will be even closely to what they once were...

2/10