Hostile Environment (1999) Reviews

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  gridoon2007-07-14

  "Hostile Environment" seems to have a lot of promising B-movie actors and ingredients, however here are a few suggestions for you instead of watching this movie: However, if you're looking for a movie with a very ripped man spending most of the running time half-naked, you've come to the right place. Definitely a male muscle fetish film, I'll give it * out of 4 stars but my guess is most women will rate it higher.

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• A very rare movie, in almost every sense...

  face_of_terror2008-12-20

  Being a die-hard Matthias Hues fan, i was really happy to track down a copy of this rare post-apocalyptic action movie. The story is nothing new, you've probably seen it thousand times before. Compared to most of David Prior's films, Hostile Environment seems to be made on an even lower budget, but with a surprisingly good list of b-movie actors (including Chris Kriesa, Voyo Goric and Grant James). Matthias Hues proved (at least to me) that he can be a leading man, who has charisma, he looks good on screen, and can kick some serious ass. Darren Shahlavi is a good addition, as a brother of the great looking Jennifer (Rochelle Swanson), who gets kidnapped by Minna (Brigitte Nielsen). Also lookout for Ted Prior (director's brother), who has an uncredited cameo as "the running man" in the beginning of the movie. Good points of this movie - Solid, well-known b-movie faces, some good fights, Matthias Hues as a likable, fighting-machine of a hero. Bad points of this movie - Weak script, awful editing (which affects fighting scenes and shootout scenes a lot). All in all, this is almost gold for B-movie lovers. If u're tired of seeing M. Hues getting beaten and killed in most of his movies, you'll be pleasantly surprised here. Darren Shahlavi shows his awesome fighting skills, and Brigitte Nielsen proves ones again that she is better suited for the villain roles.

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• Has a couple of OK fights

  nitflegal2003-01-10

  But not much more than that. The cast is capable and the fights are OK but that's about it. I wonder if Ms. Nielsen's headaches in the film were actually from being in such a wasted movie. She and the rest of the cast deserve better than this film. Matt

• The movie sucks, Hues rules

  Lunita2001-04-15

  Some time in the future: All water is contaminated, the only source for fresh drinking water is Minna (Brigitte Nielsen) who resides on a ship. Slaves are forced to produce the power for the machines. When the people on the mainland don't have any more goods to trade for water, Minna's henchmen kidnap the leader's daughter Jennifer (Rochelle Swanson) and the lonesome and bitter fighter Erikson (Matthias Hues) who tried to help her. She is kinda helpless, he's got a lot of fighting to do, starts a rebellion, sends Minna into the cold sea with a left hook and manages to escape with all the other main actors when the ship is blown up. The story is not inventive at all, the characters are 100% stereotypes and Hues is just too friendly for a bitter and lonesome fighter. But he looks terrific and runs around the set with a bare chest all the time and has a lot of nice fights. So forget about the story, forget about the characters and just drool at Matthias Hues' defined six pack, his wonderful deltas, the big triceps, the perfect statue moving around for a pleasurable sight and, last not least, a friendly smile. Women will drool because Hues is so yummy, men will love the fights and with they looked the same. The movie definitely insults my intelligence but I've watched it twice during the last 24 hours. ;-)

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