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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

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Old 04-17-11, 03:37 AM
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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

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Before Sam Axe teamed up with Michael and Fiona, he was Commander Axe, U.S. Navy SEAL. The Fall of Sam Axe tells the story of how Sam went from respected Naval Commander to the man of mystery we've come to know on Burn Notice. On what will turn out to be Sam's last military mission, he is sent to the jungles of Colombia to investigate claims of a vicious terrorist organization known only as the "Espada Ardiente" (Flaming Sword). His mission: to determine whether U.S. military aid is necessary to deal with the threat. But when he arrives, things are more complicated than he'd imagined. He receives word that the rebels have targeted a small civilian clinic deep in the jungle. Sam must now save the clinic's doctors and patients from certain death. However, nothing is as it seems and the Espada Ardiente may not be the biggest threat Sam Axe faces.


This is a 2 Hour Prequel to Burn Notice that takes place around 2005.

Written by Matt Nix
Directed by Jeffrey Donovan (Does not appear in this movie)

Trailer:

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Hmmm, I'm still going to watch this, but I'm not sure we really needed a Sam Axe prequel, although I love the character.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

I still need to watch last season first.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Originally Posted by jrsl76
I still need to watch last season first.
Like I said in my OP, this is a prequel that takes place around 2005= Before season 1.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

I get it. Still want to watch everything in release order.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Looking forward to it
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Should be fun. Read there's a bunch of action and tons of explosions.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Wow, surprised someone actually voted on the Poll passing on this. Bruce Campbell alone should make it fun.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

FWIW, the TiVo did not automatically pick this up. I thought it might since Burn Notice is in the title, but alas, you'll have to set this up separately.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
FWIW, the TiVo did not automatically pick this up. I thought it might since Burn Notice is in the title, but alas, you'll have to set this up separately.
yeah. oddly, when i searched for it on the DirecTV HDDVR, it showed up, but I couldn't select it (Friday). I had to go into the guide for tonight and manually add it. Not sure if that was a glitch or what for me.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

I'd watch Bruce Campbell read the phone book. I'm in for this.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

I'm going to watch it, but the trailer I saw a few weeks ago made it basically like a Burn Notice flashback episode. The production quality looked very "Made for TV" and not even in a basic cable mini-series kind of way.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Wow, Bruce's hair looked like shit! Im all over this especially with no Donovan or Fiona
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Loved the Michael cameo. Loved the nod to the evil dead/army of darkness flicks. Outside of that, I thought it was ok. A bit long and there wasn't anything spectacular but it was good to finally get the story behind Sam.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Just finished it. It was just okay.

I liked the attempt to give Burn Notice fans some of Sam's back story, but the plot wasn't really that compelling. Plus, I was starting to get really bored in hour 2. The nonlinear storytelling with Sam telling everything after it already happened IMO also hurt the plot.

Loved the Michael cameo also and how the Chuck Finley alias came about. There was some decent action sequences, but without a really compelling plot, they didn't really do much for me. Sam is a much more compelling character as Michael's sidekick.

The ending was kind of cool seeing Sam arrive in Miami with his trademark Hawaiian shirt on. If your a Burn Notice fan, I don't think this is mandatory viewing. I have no interest in re-visiting this movie again.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

I enjoyed it but the framing device was weak, the title made no sense, and Jeffrey Donovan's direction felt inconsistent. Although I still enjoyed it (Bruce made it watchable), I was hoping it would have been a story of Sam's darker days (like the story of Sam that Jessie once used to gain the loyalty of one of their marks in the show).

Also, the tone of this movie felt more at home in the universe of The Good Guys than Burn Notice.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

I watched 2/3 of this last night and well, I've already seen this. It was was with a better lead and called 24: Resistance. It started out fun enough with the Michael cameo, but it quickly grew tedious. I'm not even sure I'll finish it.

Sam is clearly better as a sidekick, however I do applaud them for trying.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Originally Posted by RocShemp
Also, the tone of this movie felt more at home in the universe of The Good Guys than Burn Notice.
Well, Nix/Donovan did hire Good Guys alum RonReaco Lee (Julius) as one of the supporting cast members. But, really? as a Canadian doctor?

And yeah I don't get the whole "The Fall of Sam Axe" thing. Sam got an honorable discharge after that mission, a bunch of perks from the military and also got to move to Miami.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...-million/89799

Overnight ratings came out. 3.6M viewers and 1.1 in the demos. Pretty good. But, I really don't want anymore Sam Axe movies. A Michael Weston prequel, I wouldn't mind though.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

3.6 million isn't all that good, though. doesn't burn notice get like 7 million viewers an episode?
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Originally Posted by Deftones
3.6 million isn't all that good, though. doesn't burn notice get like 7 million viewers an episode?
Burn Notice gets anywhere from 5-8M depending on when it airs. The summer episodes get much higher ratings than the Winter episodes.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Originally Posted by DJariya
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...-million/89799

Overnight ratings came out. 3.6M viewers and 1.1 in the demos. Pretty good. But, I really don't want anymore Sam Axe movies. A Michael Weston prequel, I wouldn't mind though.
I was think of a Fiona Glenanne prequel instead.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Not much of a flick. Bruce made the film watchable, but the story was so "been there-done that" that I doubt I will ever revisit.

A Michael/Fiona story with a bearded Michael would be very interesting.

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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

An even better story would have been when Michael and Sam first met.

The film should've been played straight and the humour simply coming from Sam's sarcastic quips.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Originally Posted by Kdogg
I was think of a Fiona Glenanne prequel instead.
I don't know, she's difficult to make likable at the best of times, I imagine a TV movie about an IRA terrorists might be a difficult sell.
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Re: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe -- 2 Hour USA Movie -- 4/17/11

Pretty plain and boring. Seemed like a waste of time and money to produce it.


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