User Reviews

I am compelled to write this review because I am completely disgusted by all those biased reviews written by people who let their predisposed opinions about the director or the actor dictate their feeling towards the film. I am not a fan of Uwe Boll but I don't agree with a lot of the nasty stuff people put out there. I know people are entitled to their opinion but I also know that we can become better at what we do.

With all that said, I was genuinely surprised by the amount of emotion put into this film. The acting was superb. Dominic Purcell does a great job playing an average individual, Jim, a loving husband who is desperately trying to survive in a world full of greed. It is hard for anyone not to feel for Jim as injustice and greed gradually consumes his everything and pushes him closer and closer into the world of evil. Erin Karpluk does a great job portraying a loving wife whose unfortunate destiny is worsened by the flaws of capitalism. All others minor characters all did their best to help the audience understand the difference between good and evil. I don't understand why people think Dominic Purcell is a bad actor, I really think he is one of the few action stars who can be tough yet full of emotions at the same time.

While there were no major flaws in acting, the plot does suffer some major setbacks. Since I don't want to spoil anything, let me just say I didn't think any of those was a major distraction to the movie but they were somewhat noticeable. Overall, the story might be a bit too straightforward to some people and the ending twist which may or may not fit everyone's taste, the great acting should keep you entertained throughout.

Quick note, if you are watching it with a kid, please make sure to explain the role of violence and the importance of consequence and blah blah blah. This movie can be too deep for kids.

To conclude, please watch this movie with an open mind. Do not blindly hate it because of Uwe Boll's history as a director and do not love it simply because of it's an bloody revenge towards Wall Street greed.

Uwe Boll is known as one of the worst directors ever known to be in the film industry for making movies for big budgets and making absolutely nothing back from them.hes hated by all the directors in Hollywood and is mocked by people all over the world.his last few movies have been universally panned by critics all of them adapted from popular video games.after owners of well known game metal gear solid refused to sell the rights to Uwe Boll because his history as a director.

i think he finally woke up and smelled the smoke because his latest film Assault on wall street is actually good.The film stars Dominic Purcell and Erin Karpluk .the film starts as Jim a security guard for an armored truck who is struggling to pay for his ill wife who is recovering from cancer and Jim must find ways to pay for his wife's treatment after his disastrous investment his stockbroker advised him to make.he soon looses everything he has and decides to take extreme measures to get revenge on the rich and greedy people who got him into the situation hes in.although the film starts off slow it somehow manages to keep you interested and you sympathize with Jim and actually start to root for him even though you know what hes doing is wrong.it picks up near the end and to be honest it impressed me even though Uwe Boll has gone really dark for this one.with a A+ performance by Dominic Purcell and Erin Karpluk

this is a film Uwe Boll can actually be proud of and not have to worry about being universally panned.many people will watch this movie and give it a bad review just because of Uwe Boll past and because they quite frankly don't like him or his methods but thats not what film is about.the film is a huge improvement over his previous films and all i can say is Uwe Boll keep it up stay away from the video game adapt ions and concentrate on your own work.now I'm not saying this film is amazing but it is a damn good film.6.5/10

I actually liked this movie. I agree with what Dominic Purcells character stood for, and I rooted for him the entire time. He's kind of a modern day hero. I read most of the user reviews before I watched, and I was kind of ifey about watching it. But I must say, most of the users were pretty harsh on the movie and Uwe Boll, the director. Uwe Boll did a good job with this flick, Good characters, whom are all pretty well known actors, good locations, and great filmography. Although, there were a few scenes that made me shake my head and think, "Nope, wouldn't happen like that." Or, a scene just played out kind of silly, But overall, I enjoyed it and I would recommend it.

There is a lot of truth in this movie. I do not care if you are Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or other, if you listen closely the rants and the facts in the background of the movie should ring true. We are all slaves to the system and also the "old money" described in one of the later rants. However, remember that many middle or even high level employees and owners of Wall Street have no idea they work for a corrupt system.

I believe that the acting and atmosphere were solid, especially for a low budget movie. However, the movie was a bit romanticized and unrealistic.

I would recommend this movie to someone who is yearning for a better understanding of politics, money in general, and who wants to also be mildly entertained. I would not recommend this movie to anyone who watches for the sole purpose of being entertained, it cannot compete with other movies in terms of pure entertainment value.

7.25 of 10. This is essentially V for Vendetta set in the present/recent past and without the sci-fi, alternate reality aspect. It could easily be a true story.

The story and direction keep it feeling real for the most part outside of a key point that's frustrating because it happens too fast and is an overly simplistic, accelerated series of events. It may feel that way intentionally for mood setting or because the film slowly sets the stage. Nonetheless, it's not a good idea for a film to go from a slow, detailed time-line to weeks/months flying by then back again.

The everyday, real character setups and contrasts along with the irony of guns vs. Wall Street make the film work. The characters aren't required to do anything the relatively average actors can't handle, so there's no need to worry about the lack of big names. Instead, it helps keep the film believable. There are also some enjoyably truth-is-stranger-than-fiction type scenes where music is seamlessly woven in to create for some needed laughs in a film that's mostly serious drama.

Not what i expected, in a good way. This is not just a "run and gun" movie. I find this movie to be comparable to "Falling Down" from 1993, or Law "Abiding Citizen" 2009. Only a bit better! I would give both those movies 7, i give this 8.

The reason for this is the build up, or rather the hard hitting decline. It is not only hard hitting, but it is highly relevant and indeed, highly believable. The acting is good, Erin Karpluk does an excellent role, and really gave me a "puch in the heart". Eric Roberts does the slick lawyer very well indeed. Dominic Purcell does a good job, but i have a bit of an issue there. There is a bit to much "stoneface" going on. If this is due to the actor or the director is probably a discussion for the learned of such things. But he carries the movie well.

Im looking at Uwe Bolls movie list and i have seen six or seven of his over 30 movies, so i am no expert. If you look the Bloodrayne series it is quit entertaining, but they don't mean anything, if you catch my drift. I find Assault on Wallstreet to be quite a different animal. Yes there is shooting, executions and blood. But this time the "scenery" is different, it is relevant.

Assault on wallstreet surprised me and therefor i might be overly entusiastic by giving an 8, but i do recommend this movie. Yes you might "have seen it before".. Well let me tell you, i have seen Superman, Spiderman, Avenge me this and Avenge me that so many times that the my eyeballs starts to bleed by just accidentally seeing the commercials for the bloody things.. OK, the new Spiderman was better than the last one, but thats besides the point! (cough cough)

I say give it a go :)

Appreciate a yes or no for helpfullness, so i know if there is a reason for me to writing these comments.

I was nearly speechless, after i had forced my self to finish this movie.

At least in many of his other movies, i could complete them because i could at least enjoy some of the effects and action...

Nope, not in this one...

Sure the quality of image is good, the actors are great... but the way it's written, it's been cut, and put together, just ends up, not being the movie it shows on the poster.

It's like he chose to spend 1+ hour on the first act, and then hurry through the rest of the acts to complete this movie. The movie is soooo overdone and wrongly cut, i would use this as one of the worst examples on how to setup and cut a movie. I mean it's sooo repetitive. The first hour, keeps telling us the same thing, over and over and over again.

I have no idea how it has gotten such high reviews here, as it does not deserve it. And i can only give it a 3 out of 10, because of the quality images and the acting...

If they had made a C list director like Lloyd Kauffmann direct this, it would have been 10 times better...

Uwe, when are you going to learn to make good movies?

"The real criminals are downtown on Wall Street wearing suits that cost more then any of us make in a year and they steal more money the anyone on Rikers Island ever dreamed of." Jim Baxford (Purcell) is a hard working man with a very sick wife. When advice he took ends with him losing all his money when the stock market tanked his life begins to spiral out of control. When he loses everything he snaps, and no one is safe. This is a movie that will make you feel many different types of emotions, mostly anger. An everyman gets screwed over and the bad news seems to pile on him again and again and finally does what some have only dreamed of. This is another movie that I do not advocate what he does, but it sure is fun to watch. This movie reminded me a lot of Falling Down in the way that that character also snapped and does things that I have always wanted to. By the time he snaps you really feel for him and are almost happy he does. I really liked this and I recommend the movie highly. Overall, one of the best B movies I have seen and Uwe Boll's best movie to date. I give this an A-.

Not a bad movie at all. I was surprised as most people writing reviews and commenting on the boards who were going into this film with very little or without any expectations at all.

It started rather slow and with no stand out scenes in the first 30 minutes or so whilst the plot and characters were being established. If it wasn't for pretty decent performances from the main stars then I don't think I would have made it past the 30 minute mark. Thankfully I kept watching and as the story progressed I found myself becoming more engaged.

I felt the politics and financial information was explained in just the right detail for someone who isn't aware of what goes on in Wall Street.

Jim Baxford (Dominic Purcell) who is a loyal and caring husband of Rosie Baxford (Erin Karpluk) finds himself pushed over the edge as he loses things closest to him due to financial investments gone wrong. He seeks revenge on those responsible using his ex military skills.

Co stars Edward Furlong, Keith David and Michael Paré play Jims buddies and try and help him out best they can even if it comes to turning a blind eye when things start to take a serious turn.

Overall i think Uwe Boll has actually broke his streak of bad movies and delivered a decent movies, so don't write him off just yet and give this a watch. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. 6.5/10

I kind of randomly watched this one by rating and year, the plot also was so simplified so I got interested and not too long.

In the beginning I was amazed to see Uwe Boll the as director and so, didn't really wait anything watchable after that. But I did.

I actually don't get any Uwe Boll movies they are just... So Uwe. This was different.

Good actors, great acting, great direction, simple enough story that wont bore you and funny ending guaranteed.

Dominic Purcell was of course other reason to watch this one, never seen anything really stupid from him as an actor.

Glad that I saw this, recommended if you want to have some not too long movie for night, little drama action and comedy.

7/10

Dominic Purcell and Erin Karpluk deliver performances that belong in a better movie.

The idea that Wall Street engaged in criminal activity and was bailed by the Government is not new. The real criminals walk free with big bonuses, and the people are bankrupt and penniless.

I found it totally funny that a priest was using Psalm 18 at a funeral in the midst of this. It was a call to action. What else can you do when your have lost everything?

All the action takes place in the last third f the movie, but the first part was necessary to set it up. You could see the rage building, and the revenge was sweet. Didn't expect the ending.

No pun intended in the title there but seriously, Dominic Purcell really attend acting school?

I'm no fan of Uwe Boll either so I found myself questioning why I was even watching this - but I did sit through it all; marvelling at the waste of respectable talent (John Heard, Keith David, even Michael Pare) while Dominic Purcell mumbles his way through banal dialogue and predictable - even poorly paced plot with predictable outcomes.

A better director (Boll's screenplay has the right idea) and a believable star could have made this a half-decent film with a powerful message.

As it is, Purcell just menaces his way from shot to shot and delivers a cringe worthy performance that is so bad it makes Steven Segal look like a classically trained Shakespearean player. He really is that bad.

Over the years there have been a few movies and documentaries telling the stories of big-bank-victims, as I prefer to call them. Movies like 'Margin Call', and documentaries like 'Inside Job'. Both movies tried to give a (somewhat), reconstruction of what happened during the crisis. Thank god, someone finally wrote a script about taking revenge on Wallstreet and Uwe Boll did a great job executing it. Certainly, the movie delivers on the title, Assault On Wallstreet.

The elements such as casting, cinematography and emotions are all surprisingly good, especially for a movie directed by Uwe Boll. To be honest, this director had managed to make a train wreck out of promising movies in the past, this being far from it. Foremost, the feeling of injustice and frustration for Jim Baxford (acted perfectly by Dominic Purcell), really gets under your skin. Also, news program quotes during the movie add a great effect about the message of anger of the people versus the big banks and CEO's directing them. All of this has been filmed and edited perfectly, meaning there is no moment when it's distracting because of CGI, or other trickery.

When I picked the movie, I expected a full-out action movie based on the poster. However I was surprised by the depth of the movie and action fans might get disappointed by the lack of action, it actually skips through most of it. But, the climax of the movie certainly delivered both action as story wise.

Starts out slow, ends up fast. 6.2/10

Through a combination of naiveté and other factors tragedy strikes in the life of a young couple. Financial difficulties mount.

The protagonist is a likable hard working guy that ends up beaten by circumstances beyond his control and decides to do something about it.

Supporting characters are likable enough but no substantial ancillary plots are developed.

The hero takes his revenge, with military precision and at the end there is a very satisfying plot twist.

Caution: Don't like blood....don't watch movie!!

What this movie offers is opium for the masses, the fact is that the bankers and politicians that master minded the horrendous recession that we are going through have gotten away with it. They will never be brought to justice. Capitalism to a country is like AIDS, once you've got it, it's never going away. One of the many problems with the current system is that corporations own the government and have absolute control of the people. They have robbed you and you have done nothing about it because you can't do anything about it. Human beings are like puppets on a string ... its really that simple.

The thing about society is that people are encouraged to have bad guys, the government created them for you, immigrants, ethnic minorities, terrorists etc you are explicitly or covertly encouraged to hate these people, while the corporations shaft you, you shaft them. Its the same deal that the Nazis had with their populations, they had absolute control over them and encouraged them to hate the Jews and blame them for everything the world ills. They'll distract you with another war in the middle east that nobody wants and by the time they've finished with you, you won't know which way is up, never mind having justice for being royally shafted.

So just crawl back into you kennels and eat your doggy treats ... here boy.