China Salesman

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I've been to a few bad movies in my time, but never intentionally ... but I'm at a loss for words on this one ... When you are advised up front that it has a washed out, has been actor and an ex-con in it, you really need a life if you choose to watch this. It is bad. And if I could have awarded it less than 1 star, I would have.

Continuing my plan to watch every Steven Seagal movie in order, I just watched China Salesman (2017) As usual with this type of dtv fare, the cover and trailer make it look like Steven Seagal and Mike Tyson are the leads, and both men are barely in the film. This is terrible, and not because of the lack of Seagal and Tyson, no it's because of its woeful (supposed plot) cliche dialogue and is awfully acted!! I didn't even make it to the 40 minute mark.

A Chinese action film; A story about a Chinese IT engineer who goes to North Africa to help his company win a telecommunications contract. A French spy tries to thwart their bid and control the mineral resources of the country too. This actioner, highly tinged with Chinese propaganda, is about unfair bidding practices in global telecommunications contracts. It is ineptly directed stuffed full of plot. The acting is hammy and unconvincing and the dialogue is hard to follow. All in all, it falls short both in technical and narrative spheres.

Somebody poured some significant cash into this rancid vomit of a movie. Some of the battle scenes required some investment that low budget production would not be able to afford, however, even though I am fan of improving Chinese production this flick looks like most idiotic movie propaganda ever. Chinese hero my ass. I could not bear it more than halfway into this and I just could not take it any longer. If you love yourself at least a little bit, please, avoid at all cost.

So, I normally don't like to give out spoilers here. I try my best not to, but I need to tell you that the best part of the movie happens in the first fifteen minutes. You see the poster of the film and you see Seagal and Tyson putting up their dukes and your thinking "Wow! who would have thought I wanted to see that so badly?" It was good, surprisingly good. Mike Tyson, who looked like he got into shape for this flick, represented for boxing, which rarely gets a chance to shine in action cinema as a fighting style (You should see a movie called Riot with Sugar Ray Lenard), and sense it's been like 25 years since Steven Seagal has lifted his fat leg up in the air it feels like an even match. Chinese-style action (with american fast cuts), and I must admit, it was was worth that ticket price. But once it's over I could have literally left the theater. The film has a few good action segments. Some including Iron Mike, whose insertion in the movie made it feel like he was just there to put his face on the poster (Which is true, even more so for Seagal whose 15 mins in the film also included the battle with Iron Mike). Seem like an interesting story as well. From the closing text it was a true story about a a Chinese telecommunication company in a biting war with another company that's trying so hard to keep their monopoly that they are willing to start a war between two African nations on the brink of it. I like the fact that China seems to be making a few movies in Africa to reflect the current culture merge, and I liked how the movie explored Chinese patriotism, but for a movie starring Steven Seagal and Mike Tyson (who are on the poster), you got to be prepared for how little action is in the movie and how much it's about a political situation. Good trick getting me to see the movie, but the only reason why I came ended so fast and I was just bored with what could have been a good movie otherwise.

I did enjoy this movie. Not a classic but when you have Steven Seagall & Mike Tyson in a movie just hard to resist. The acting was wooden and the plot nonsense, the editing confusing but not the worst movie I have ever seen...