Cold Harvest (1998)

Two years after a comet strikes the earth, the population has dwindled, and disease has run rampant in a darkened, lawless world of violence. A bounty hunter named Roland is out to avenge the death of his brother. With the assistance of his sister-in-law, Christine, Roland must find one of the seven humans carrying the antibody to the deadly disease. Meanwhile,

Little Ray is trying to kill off the seven in an attempt to rule the world. When Christine learns that she is pregnant and that the baby is likely to have the antibody gene, she becomes a target of Little Ray, who kidnaps her. Now,

Roland must save her, the baby and perhaps the last hope for mankind. Gary Daniels, Bryan Genesse, Barbara Crampton.

Just another bad Gary Daniels movie

Gary Daniels plays a bounty hunter in a futuristic world similiar to The Road Warrior. His brother in-law's sister is pregnant and her baby has an anti-virus that can help save the world. A guy named Little Ray (Bryan Genesse) wants the woman for himself because he is a bad guy.

I can't even describe how horrible this movie is. Gary Daniels is basically playing Isaac Florentine's version of Mad Max. There is a lot of mindless talk and no real story, and a Gary Daniels fight thrown in every 10-15 minutes. The action is not bad, certainly a lot better than Fatal Blade, but it is hard to get into a fight when there is no point to it. Even when they could have had a really cool finale, ther is no creativity involved. The 2 guys just go up in the air and kick eachother like it is a kung fu movie from 1971. I made it all the way through this, but it was very hard. Highly not recommended.

1.5/5

The DVD from Image Entertainment has good sound and very good picture quality. June 3, 2007

the very best gary daniels

one of many movies i own of gary daniels and still one of the best he never had the chance to break in to a rated movies, it would make a lot of people stand up and take notice of of this man is capable of. he is only a few action stars in the uk. still the most good looking star ive seen. the movie is great all in one package. not your average gary daniels i must say. but it a side of gary i like to see, not just martial arts. its nice to know that he was born about 15 mins from where i was born, which i feel very humble to say. give credit where due and the credit is long overdue. December 6, 2006

DANIELS DELIVERS

Gary Daniels with his British accent will never be honored as one of the world's greatest actors, but his films deliver, and in that sense, this is one of his best. Daniels plays a bounty hunter in a world drastically changed after a comet collides!!! Bryan Genessee is the villain, who also happens to be an old childhood buddy, but of course he has gone the wrong way and his vile gang wants to control the gasoline in this apocalyptic society. Daniels gets to play two roles: the aforementioned bounty hunter and his twin brother, who just happens to have the gene that can come up with an antidote for some vile plague that has surfaced. When he is mercilessly slaughtered by Gennessee, lovely wife Barbara Crampton (Reanimator) is on the run and soon joins her brother-in-law.
Nothing new or unpredictable here, but Crampton is always fun to watch and Daniels is a good martial arts hero. I had fun with it! October 1, 2004

So action-packed, it's a comedy...

If you're into action-packed movies that make you laugh at their lack of action and failed attempts to grip the audience, then you need Cold Harvest. Before one even watches this movie, a close reading of the synopsis on the back cover, reveals everything anyone would want to know about the movie, maybe too much. There are many serious, dramatic scenes in this movie, which bring the audience to laughter:

The infamous 19-shot revolver, the innocent homeless man getting kicked over early in the movie, the mysterious man with a cord coming out of his back, the motorcycle rider that briefly forgets Roland's location after giving him the fiercest expression one could ever imagine, the magical moving mirror hanging on the wall in the highly emotional "beautiful back" scene, the highly skilled two-story-jumping ninjas, the painting-like acting of Gary Daniels, and the non-stop back-flipping action fed to us by the stunt men.

This movie is entertaining and is a source for many inside jokes between the viewers. This movie gets three stars for being a comedy and one for an action movie. June 27, 2004

jg

Confession: I bought this movie for one reason -- Gary Daniels, one of the prettiest and most appealing men ever filmed.

I'm not a martial arts fan per se, so it didn't bother me that this movie doesn't have quite as many, nor as flashy, fight scenes as Gary's "Bloodmoon" did. I imagine that martial arts fans will nonetheless appreciate what is in this movie. There isn't exactly a shortage of knockdown martial arts fighting here.

What this movie did have, moreso than some of Gary's other films, is an opportunity for Gary to act. He briefly plays two characters, and here one can see that he really can portray a character that is quite unlike the staid, somber hero part that the dialogue/script usually confines him to. It is almost disconcerting to see him playing such an uncharacteristic personality (as the married brother) -- very unlike his performance in any other movie (except perhaps "Spoiler" which also is an odd performance).

Gary looks stunning in this movie. He sports a bit of a scruffy, unshaven look here, but it works very well on him. When the camera lingers on Gary's face, as happens in several scenes where he gets to show some emotion, one can see that this face is a work of sheer art -- the pinnacle of male beauty. And Gary's physique is equally as impressive, which he shows off a little in some scenes -- perfectly sculpted, proportionate, and defined.

I would have liked to have seen more of a love interest explored. (Unfortunately, very, very few Gary Daniels movies do have a satisfactory plot development in this regard. It's inexplicable that here is one of the prettiest men on film, and yet he never gets a notable love story. Go figure).

It also has a sensible (albeit perhaps not exhilarating) plot that could be understood and followed. It isn't just a series of fight scenes cut together.

I think that this is one of Gary's best. It has a little bit of everything that you'd find in a Gary Daniels movie, showcased in a favorable way. You may find a better fight scene in Bloodmoon, or even more acting from Gary in Spoiler, or maybe even a more interesting plot in Delta Force or Hawk's Vengeance. But overall, Cold Harvest is a solid movie from him in all regards. May 12, 2003

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