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Extreme Ops

EMAILPRINTParamount Pictures

Extreme Ops reviews
17
6.2 User Score:

Overwhelming dislike

Based on 14 critic reviews
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Based on 13 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Michael Zaidan
Timothy Scott Bogart (story)
Mark Mullin (story)

Directed by: Christian Duguay

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 27, 2002
DVD: May 6, 2003

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: UK / Germany / Luxembourg

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for violence/peril, language and some nudity

Starring Rufus Sewell, Bridgette Wilson, Heino Ferch, Devon Sawa, Joe Absolom, Jana Pallaske, Rupert Graves, and Jean-Pierre Castaldi

A group of extreme snowboarders filming a commercial in the Austrian Alps stumbles upon a terrorist hideout.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

50

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Part of the appeal is that it's so bad it's good: The story is ridiculous. At other times, it's just plain good: There are ski and snowboarding scenes, plenty of them, that are beautifully filmed and exhilarating to behold.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

The stunt work is top-notch; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny. I can hardly wait for Extreme Ops II, perhaps set atop a South Sea island volcano, with North Korean agents and parasailing.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

A tad more character development would have been nice.

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38

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

There is a fair share of turkeys at the multiplex this week, but none are quite as overcooked as Extreme Ops.

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30

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny, and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving, especially given that director Christian Duguay is an extreme skiing buff who habitually shoots dangerous stunts himself.

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25

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between "XXX" and "Vertical Limit," it could only harm the careers of everyone involved in its making - including top British stage actors Rufus Sewell and Rupert Graves.

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20

Austin Chronicle Steve Davis

It's like "Jackass," but with a budget and no midgets.

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20

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Extreme Ops seems to have only the slightest grasp of its own absurdity (or its own horribleness), which makes it almost charming.

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20

Variety Joe Leydon

Action pics rarely come much more blandly generic than Extreme Ops, an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza.

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16

Entertainment Weekly Bruce Fretts

Less a movie than a 93-minute Mountain Dew commercial.

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10

Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis

Dude, one last thing: If you see my moms and pops, definitely don't tell them about this.

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10

Village Voice Justine Elias

The mountain would probably recommend that you save your money.

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10

The New York Times A.O. Scott

Ops is too brain-dead to play the incognito war criminal segment for comedy, although when Will is seen thumbing through the pages of a newspaper called USA Daily, the picture has inadvertently tumbled down a Mad magazine wormhole.

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10

Chicago Reader Hank Sartin

Even the action sequences are poorly executed, with lots of choppy editing meant to conceal the fakery.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

S D gave it a10:
It was kool good extreme sports were included that wat made it good.

People call me BULA gave it a 10:
This movie gets 2 thumbs up from bula.

Heatcliff gave it a 9:
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Everybody who've seen it with me agreed. So therefore Extreme Ops will go down as one of my favorites for life. Besides, it's snowboarding dudes... Nothing beats that.

Morbious gave it a 3:
Idea was original plot fell apart stunts mostly too outragious but ill give it sum point for originality humor and a very fine jana pallaski.

Josh V. gave it an 8:
The plot wasn't very good but all the extreme boarding and stuff made up for it.

Chris gave it a 10:
The movie was way better then some of the movies ive seen! i broke my wrist snowboarding and the only thing i can do is film.so just gives me an idea and now i wont be bored! peace! well i always have my gf!

Niko gave it a 1:
5 bucks down the drain. The story is absolutely ridiculous and the skiing scenes are incoherent and have nothing to do with real extreme ski or snowboard. Just a 1 for the nice Kitti.

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