An immature and uninspired script combined with poor direction. It leaves you without any emotion. The characters are bland and dull, and their relationships never develop in any meaningful way. The action scenes are amazingly boring, without any suspense or impressive visuals. This is despite the fact they had a solid budget and lots of extras on the set. The dialogue is also terrible. There is no nuance or subtext in any of it. It is reminiscent of the dialogues one finds in Jackie Chan movies. To make things worse, dubbing is terrible, and also on the level of said type of movies. What could have been a tale of unlikely friendship turned into a series of meaningless scenes that perhaps tell a story on paper, but generate no emotion in the audience and no genuine involvement. I can imagine a film class using this film and contrasting it with 'Platoon', to show how 'Iron Triangle' failed at everything 'Platoon' did right. Untalented screen writers and directors really shouldn't be allowed to waste time and money like this, there are more than enough aspiring filmmakers who have both the talent and a desire to create. This film looks as if everyone involved in it was bored to death.
Review of The Iron Triangle
