Review of Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree (1993)
3/10
Dolph Lundgren as always
19 December 2004
I watched this movie on TV last night. Because of Dolph Lundgren I did not expect very much and so I was not disappointed. He does some sort of acting. But similar to Schwarzenegger, he should not play roles with much lines (except of self-ironic roles). Kristian Alfonso looks nice as his sexy female hostage, but is not very convincing as an incognito police officer. And from her first scene (when she canceled the liaison with her former nice boyfriend) is was obvious she would fall in love to such a 'manly' man like Lundgren.

For me, the only explanation for the happy ending is not to frustrate the typical viewers of such action movies. Basically I should have switched the TV off earlier and go to sleep. But once I watch a movie, I want to know how it ends up, regardless how bad the plot and acting is.

However, the only reason which made this movie worthwhile watching was George Segal acting like Groucho Marx. This made the movie still funny for me, I started laughing each time he appeared on screen! It was just a pity he was featured so bad! It was almost impossible to recognize him, but maybe this was his intention...

Because of Segal for me the movie is still worth 3/10
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