{"id":12292,"date":"2016-06-25T20:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T03:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=12292"},"modified":"2016-06-30T19:50:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T02:50:49","slug":"review-codeofhonor-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/06\/review-codeofhonor-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Code of Honor BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Code of Honor<\/em><\/strong> is one of the worst movies I\u2019ve come across this year and easily the worst of Seagal\u2019s now free-falling career. The acting was at best average from a supporting cast that at least were trying while Seagal was sleepwalking, action scenes that were poorly shot and laughable post-production work with bad CGI.<\/p>\n

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Code of Honor<\/span>
\n(2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Suspense\/Thriller
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 106 min. \u2013 $19.99 | July 5, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/25\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Michael Winnick
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Michael Winnick (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Steven Seagal, Craig Sheffer, Louis Mandylor, Helena Mattsson, Griff Furst, Rafael Petardi, Michael Flynn, R.D. Call, James Russo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>21.8 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The once venerable action star Steve Seagal continues his decent to obscurity and utter laziness. I thought last year\u2019s Absolution<\/em> was bad but Code of Honor<\/em> <\/strong>sunk to new lows. Not only is Seagal not the lead, in spite of his oversized head and named being plastered on the front cover, but he\u2019s only in the film for maybe 40-minutes and doesn\u2019t even speak a single line until the 48-minute mark. Beyond that, the fight scenes, what few there are, were poorly choreographed and anything involving Seagal makes you realize why stunt doubles were used since any close-ups looked ridiculous.<\/p>\n

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Code of Honor<\/em><\/strong> is basically Punisher<\/em>-lite with some Death Wish<\/em> for good measure. Former Special-Ops operative Robert Sikes (STEVEN SEAGAL) has gone off the reservation following the deaths of his wife and daughter, deciding to take the law into his own hands. He spends his days and nights taking out scumbags while his former prot\u00e9g\u00e9, FBI Agent William Porter (CRAIG SHEFFER) is intent on taking him down with the help of local detective, of some random unnamed city, James Peterson (LOUIS MANDYLOR).<\/p>\n

Exotic dancer Keri Green (HELENA MATTSSON) and her young son gets thrown into the mix after Sikes set a bomb off in the strip club where she worked and her boss, and crime lord (JAMES RUSSO), along with the authorities want to talk to her as she might have seen the perpetrator before blowing up the joint, which served as an illegal gun running operation.<\/p>\n

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Beyond an absurd script, written by Michael Winnick who also helmed (marking his fourth film), this production which reportedly cost $8 million, looked so cheap. The production design was bad enough but even worse was the insane usage of CGI for everything from muzzle flashes, blood splatter, and kill shots. It was stunning how bad the movie looked.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s Mr. Steven Seagal. It\u2019s yet another lazy performance though this time around, despite being an executive producer and receiving top billing, he\u2019s hardly the main character and doesn\u2019t have much screen time let alone dialogue. I thought he looked bored in Absolution<\/em> but with Code of Honor<\/em><\/strong>, he might have well been in a coma. Heck, as terrible as his fight sequences have looked in his past few movies, they\u2019ve somehow, someway gotten worse. Laughably worse, in fact. He has one poorly shot mano a mano fight with Sheffer where Seagal\u2019s moves were slow and comical, and at the same time, sad. Seagal never was a \u2018great\u2019 actor by any stretch but in movies like Under Siege<\/em> and Exit Wounds<\/em>, a viewer could at least appreciate his fighting style even amongst thin plots.<\/p>\n

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The supporting cast isn\u2019t that much better though I\u2019ll give Craig Sheffer, whose last movie I remember seeing was 1996\u2019s Head Above Water<\/em>, some credit for appearing to care about his character and material while I kind of wish Louis Mandylor\u2019s detective character had replaced Seagal as he possesses at least a modicum of charisma.<\/p>\n

Code of Honor<\/em><\/strong> is a new low in the ever growing slate of direct-to-video (or contractually limited theatrical release) films and for Seagal a sad reminder that it\u2019s apparent he\u2019s just given up as he appears extremely bored. Beyond the actor, the rest of the movie is a train wreck from beginning to end.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The only feature included is the film\u2019s Trailer (2:10; HD)<\/u><\/strong>. Inside the case contains the redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy.<\/p>\n

Previews<\/strong> \u2013 Absolution<\/a><\/em>, Precious Cargo<\/em>, Extraction<\/a><\/em>, Zero Tolerance<\/em>,\u00a0Chain of Command<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Code of Honor<\/em><\/strong> takes to the streets on Blu-ray shown with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. The video actually doesn\u2019t look half bad; detail looks sharp and well defined with some noise that never distracted. There were no major or obvious flaws like aliasing, artifacts, banding and the like making for a surprisingly pleasing video transfer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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The same can\u2019t be said for the lackluster DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. This is shockingly limited with absolutely no impact where the numerous gunshots were dull and dialogue levels were generally soft, albeit you can at least still understand it. The only depth I found was with the generic\/forgettable action-thriller score by Michael John Mollo. I suspect, as with the bad CGI, the production company went the cheap route with the sound design as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Overall, Code of Honor<\/em><\/strong> is one of the worst movies I\u2019ve come across this year and easily the worst of Seagal\u2019s now free-falling career. The acting was at best average from a supporting cast that at least were trying while Seagal was sleepwalking, action scenes that were poorly shot and laughable post-production work with bad CGI. The Blu-ray itself is basic with only a trailer in the features department, good video but woefully below average audio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n