Pentathlon (1994)

Pentathlon: Directed by Bruce Malmuth. With Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Renée Coleman, Roger E. Mosley. An Olympic gold medalist escapes to freedom in the US, only to be tracked down by his sadistic ex-coach.

“Guilty pleasure, all the way! I canu0026#39;t put down this movie cause it was a lot of fun to watch it, the director kept it simple, with some wrong doings but those can be excused. Itu0026#39;s generic and almost dumb but youu0026#39;ll feel good through the whole thing. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Pentathlonu0026quot; transforms Dolph Lundgren (oh, in the 1990u0026#39;s, the best of times to watch him!) into a super gold medalist during the Cold Era who defects from East Germany to the U.S., much to the anger of his demanding coach (David Soul), during the Seul Olympics. Living in America, heu0026#39;s a complete nobody, working as a cook but with the help of his boss he has a chance to return to his passion: being an athlete But after the collapse of the Soviet regime and the reunification of Germany, the coach – now allied with a Neonazi group – goes to America to join Nazi group in America, and if possible, to recruit his former athlete to the cause (terrorism, obviously).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think youu0026#39;ve already drowned into the amount of absurd throw in just this basic plot line, but to hell with it. As an action flick is quite good, except for the insanely goofs here and there (the one with the gun is amazingly laughable, with the bad using a Walter PPK-like pistol that sounds like a revolver and with a silencer that doesnu0026#39;t work), and some shameless plot holes as well – what bothered me the most was the inconsistence concerning David Soulu0026#39;s character. How in the world someone so loyal to the Communism becomes part of a Nazi group? Nevermind. Works better as a comedy vehicle with positive scenes with Dolphu0026#39;s boss turned to coach, played by Roger E. Mosley. Laughs are granted with this dude. And if neither that can help you, at least the movie offers a quality camera work capturing the splendid and hunky leading man.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA severe case of a movie so bad that itu0026#39;s good. Enjoy it. 6/10”