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Title: Under the Gun: You Can't Outrun a Bullet, or a Bad Script
Review: Under the Gun's tissue-thin plot involves money laundering, drug trafficking, police corruption, and the hero's failing nightclub. But this ain't L.A. Confidential, folks - just an excuse for fights and gunplay to bust out all over. Likeable Aussie martial artist Richard Norton stars as Torrence, the beleaguered club owner who faces down bankruptcy, the Asian mob, obsessed cops, odd friends, and a jealous wife all in a single action-packed evening. (Best weird backstory: he's a former hockey player. You know, I went to a dojo in Melbourne and a hockey game broke out....) Under the Gun may be of interest if you are a martial arts aficionado and are familiar with the featured players -- can't call them actors, really, nor is acting really called for here. Otherwise, stick to Jackie Chan. Not rated, probably would have earned an R for pervasive violence and one totally gratuitous scene featuring a nude table dance (not by Norton).
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