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When a movie has a name like Extreme Ops, you know you are in trouble. Worst of all, when your two biggest stars are Devon Sawa and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, then you�re in deep trouble. At least they weren�t billed. With fake looking avalanche FX like XXX, bad acting like XXX again, bad plot, like XXX again, but, unlike XXX, it didn�t have any fun to go along with it.
Before I continue, I would like to say that I did not want to see this movie. My brother got it from Netflix, and he left for a long trip, so I had to save it for him, and I watched it because I was bored. I would never, ever pay for this movie. I pity Paramount, who did have to pay for this movie to be made. They�ve produced great movies such as Forrest Gump, do we have to be reminded that people make mistakes by them?
It�s almost sad how much they try to have a plot. Two commercial directors take four extreme sporters up in the mountains to shoot a commercial, they ski and snowboard for an hour, then try to get down the mountain because they wind up the subject of terrorists. A plot this contrived deserves to be �TNT Original Drama�.
The funny part is, it�s impossible to hate completely. It takes itself in such a mocking tone, it knows that it�s a horrible movie, and proud of it. It knows it doesn�t have a plot and is really stupid, but was made anyway. I just can�t bring myself to hate it completely. Something I do hate about it, however, is the acting. To put it bluntly, everybody sucked. Sawa must be thinking this is his best role since Slackers, ditto with Wilson-Sampras with Billy Madison. Even though it was an Adam Sandler movie, she was better in it. There�s nothing else to say, just don�t see it.
Rated PG-13 for violence/peril, language and some nudity.
Review Date: June 29, 2003
