The Gauntlet. A handful of strangers, all of whom have previously killed, find themselves trapped in a deadly and mysterious building. It soon becomes a fight for survival with challenging Biblical riddles to solve along the way. The Running Man and Saw are two movies that sprung to mind, with added Satanic references. There's plenty of violence and action to help pass it's relatively short running time, bit of suspense too. The ending is a bit hard to swallow though. Ba Ling, who was 47 at the time, looks fantastic. A reasonable if instantly forgettable time filler.

David (Warren Kole) who is a Boston cop awakens in place that is a bit like purgatory. He is joined by other people, Jin (Dustin Nguyen) Emma (Jaime Ray Newman) Tyler (Nick Lane) , Anna (Murielle Telio) and Kim Lee (Bai Ling) who provides us with token eye candy.

If you read the title, you know they all have something in common. The film is a bit like "Cube" as they must solve a puzzle to go on to the next level. The film has religious overtones, but is not a religious film. Has a couple of good scenes, no great ones. The drama felt like a reality TV show when they eliminate someone. It was a bit fake.

The acting was what would expect for such a film. Warren Cole, the main character was a bit dry.

Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.

THE GAUNTLET is a would-be horror/adventure film that seems to have been shot in somebody's basement. Certainly the film has about 10% of the kind of lighting you normally see in a B-movie and as it's a single location flick too it just consists of five actors hanging around in the dark while somebody feeds them their dialogue. Much is made of conflict within the group but if this is trying to be one of those 'deadly gameshow' type films then it fails miserably. Due to the lack of incident and plot it just goes on and on and on, hugely boring to sit through. The reliable Bai Ling appears in a supporting role but even she can't save this waste-of-time movie.