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Movie Review: Sneak Peek at Sin-Jin Smyth

Written by ILoz Zoc
Published October 30, 2006
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Sinjin2Rod Piper(They Live, WWE) co-stars as Federal marshal Trent Polly. A career military man fresh out of the Middle East, Polly is a man weary of this world, broken by the memories inside, although any compassion or sympathy for Polly is thrown in doubt when it's revealed that he's a suspected war criminal. Roddy Piper; legend of the wrestling ring. Professional wrestling is such a dramatic and theatrical sport one would think the transition from the squared ring to the big screen would be easy. But the general public is not so easy. People know you as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and that's what they think of every time they see you. Although some entertainers push and fight to reinvent themselves and redefine how the public views them, Rod Piper truly breaks through any lingering misconceptions about his acting ability being a former wrestler. Piper really impressed me with the emotional weight his character carries on screen. You can see how tired Polly is of this world in the look on his face.

Opposite Piper, Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down, Kindergarten Cop) plays Federal Marshal Tyree. Tyree seems to be the quintessential cynic. Always irritable, having to interact with other people seems to annoy him. And that's his good side. Tyree is the short fuse, waiting for an opportunity to explode and wreak havoc on anything and anyone in his path. I've always liked Tyson's work, and in Sin-Jin Smyth, Tyson gets to play it to the tee. Raw, tortured intensity best describes his performance. When both actors are on screen, the tension level is over the top. Neither character wants to have to deal with the other, and both marshals seem to live by their own set of rules.

Korn frontman, Jonathan Davis, stars as the title character, Sin-Jin Smyth. For any actor, playing the devil is a huge undertaking. I was skeptical at first, but the same dark energy that is the voice of Korn's music, is genuinely displayed in Davis' performance. When Polly and Tyree lose their prisoner in transit, cracks begin to appear in the stone cold facade they carry throughout the film thus far. Their search leads them to a deserted farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.

While the Marshals continue to unravel, the state of confusion and feeling of helplessness that has descended upon them is symbolically portrayed as they stumble through a nearby cornfield, hoping to come across the trail of their escapee. At this point the film takes a complete plot twist as an army of anything-but-stereotypical bad guys arrive to escalate the action and violence of this film to a whole new level. For Marshals Polly and Tyree the situation continues to get worse. As the line between good and evil becomes blurred,we see that these two men deserve to be in the situation they've been drawn into. A life's worth of actions has lead them to this point, and now they must face their darkest fears.

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Movie Review: Sneak Peek at Sin-Jin Smyth
Published: October 30, 2006
Type: Review
Section: Video
Filed Under: Video: Horror, Video: Thriller
Writer: ILoz Zoc
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