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Extreme Ops
Paramount Pictures
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Michael Zaidan
Timothy Scott Bogart (story)
Mark Mullin (story)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Christian Duguay
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 6, 2003
Video: May 6, 2003
Theatrical: November 27, 2002
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| RUNNING TIME: |
105 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / Germany / Luxembourg |

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.

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.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A tad more character development would have been nice.

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.

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.

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.

20
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
It's like "Jackass," but with a budget and no midgets.

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.

20
Variety
Joe Leydon
Action pics rarely come much more blandly generic than Extreme Ops, an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza.

16
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
Less a movie than a 93-minute Mountain Dew commercial.

10
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis
Dude, one last thing: If you see my moms and pops, definitely don't tell them about this.

10
Village Voice
Justine Elias
The mountain would probably recommend that you save your money.

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.

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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