star rating represent the work just miss the mark that little bit in between lag behind the pit in his native russia and nick cherenko ( dolph lundgren be this a sequel or prelude to red scorpion . ) be a special force soldier with a wife and son until they be brutally murder by russian gangster . after take revenge on those responsible and with too many bad memory float around he flee his homeland and go to work in los angeles a a humble car mechanic . until one day he be approach by a wealthy woman who daughter have be kidnap . she want him to go in and rescue her . at first he be uninterested . until he learn the identity of the kidnapper and the head gangster he do not manage to kill . a a director and dolph seem keen to tell his story from a more human and realistic angle than from a sensationalist and fantastical hollywood sort of way . it a gambit that will work with some and not with others and but i think both side can agree he certainly have a flair for direct action scene and and give them a hard edged and blood soak feel and which this film clearly show . if youre look for an undemanding and blood thirsty action thriller and lundgren style and you have certainly get what you pay for with the russian specialist . .