“Firepower” is a cheesy but undeniably enjoyable sci-fi/action flick. It seems to blend together concepts from both “RoboCop” and “Bloodsport” and is actually far more entertaining than I was expecting it to be.

In the near future, parts of Los Angeles have been handed over to gangs for them to do as they wish. Darren (Chad McQueen “The Karate Kid”) and Nick (Gary Daniels “Rage”, “The Expendables”) are two tough cops that are on the hunt for a dangerous outlaw (Jim Hellwig) and decide to go undercover in the off-limits zone of the city. There they will have to participate in a deadly fighting tournament.

Chad McQueen is sadly not very convincing. Gary Daniels shows off some his impressive fighting skills and is way better suited to this type of film than McQueen is. Jim Hellwig is best known for being wrestler the Ultimate Warrior. Here, he just has to stand around and look menacing. We see various other fighters involved in the tournament and most of them pull off a few good moves. The other characters are not particularly interesting and the parts with Darren’s family feel really underdeveloped. It probably would have been better to cut them out of the film as the scenes with them feel pointless as they are.

“Firepower” is a low-budget film but it actually looks pretty good. It did a decent job of sucking me into the sci-fi world. This is from the same company that did “Cyber Tracker” with Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson and I can safely say that this one was way better. The movie has the fight sequences that are actually a little bit like the fights in “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” with weapons being used during the fights. If you are a fan of cheesy action films and you like movies such as “RoboCop” and “Bloodsport” then this is worth checking out.