Comments on: REVIEW: Arena (2011) + trailer

By: Robert Paulsen

Robert Paulsen — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:55:54 +0000

Personally I enjoyed the movie; I thought Arena was worth seeing at least once. I do prefer some action with my gore and if you like to watch movies and save money, you can watch it by using Blockbuster.

By: Andrew Gruber

Andrew Gruber — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:20:01 +0000

Budget of 10 million. No talent director. Lousy script. What do you expect…

By: BZFilm

BZFilm — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:14:26 +0000

In my opinion, ARENA is nowhere near BLOODSPORT or ENTER THE DRAGON, both of which are considered (rightfully) cult classic martial arts movies.

This Kellan Lutz vehicle is just a mediocre time passer. Again, had this movie more martial arts in it, it would have been better, and more importantly – more entertaining.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:20:00 +0000

Yeah, if it had more impressive fight choreography and more martial arts, I might actually feel comfortable recommending it to Enter the Dragon/Bloodsport fans, who aren’t really known for being very discriminating. Still, if you’re desperate for more derivative, exploitative action movies, there are worse to choose from. Amsterdam Heavy, for example. The stunts and fight choreography weren’t all that great, but they were good enough to make it watchable. A better story would have helped a lot, but, to be honest, there have been very, very few action movies with a good story.

I miss the heyday of martial arts/action movies. Hong Kong stars like Bolo Yeung, Bruce Lee, Sammo Hung, and Jackie Chan knew what to give the fans, and they put everything they had into it. Even the much maligned career of Jean-Claude Van Damme stands up well, compared to the utter crap that we’re expected to swallow today. At least Jason Statham has put out some good movies…

By: BZFilm

BZFilm — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:37:19 +0000

I agree that Kellan’s acting is nothing to brag about, but he fit this particular part. If this movie had more martial arts in it, it probably could have been better. Worth watching at least once.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:53:53 +0000

This movie really sucked. I actually thought Kellan Lutz’s acting wasn’t good. I expected a bad movie but I didn’t imagine it to be this bad. We’ve seen the same premise in Gamer and Death Race it’s getting old now.