Watching Syndicate Smasher was like watching a bad train wreck. I couldn't turn away. I'm not even sure there was a plot. As an example, there was a scene where a cop or a private detective gets shot in the trunk of a car. He had a small part in the movie and there was never any explanation as to who he was or why he was killed. Frankly, it wasn't even worth rewinding to find out.
The acting was wooden. Where did they dig up this old fossil? It looked like he had horrible plastic surgery or was burned in a fire. I was looking forward to his back story so I could find out. Surprise! He had none. Just that he was "ex special forces."
One big shootout. Well, actually multiple shoot outs, but who cares? They all blended together due to the lack of plot. The "good guys" could just stand out in the open and shoot without a bullet coming near them. No one even got a scratch.
On the plus side, they did have some pretty awesome weapons. Put to good use???? Hell no. There was one scene with one of the "good guys" shooting a mounted Gatling gun. Who knows where it came from? But he could just cut down bad guys left and right and no one could seem to hit him even though he was standing out in the open.
To say the characters were two dimensional would be to give them too much credit. The team consisted of the old fossil, a token Asian, a token woman and several others whom I already forgot. As for the woman on their "team," I don't know where her accent was from, but it was annoying right off the bat. Another one impervious to bullets. She looked like it was her first time firing a gun, yet she never missed. And she too stood out in the open without getting a scratch. Then there was this courageous "police woman" who was just as bad. Large breasts, but about 60 years old. And when it came time for the big shootout, she forgot to load her gun! She was out of bullets before she even fired a shot!!! After she was saved, however, she picked up an M16 and started blowing away bad guys. Never missed and, you guessed it, she stood right out in the open, firing away, and no one hit her. I'd swear the bad guys were firing blanks!
The movie doesn't even work as a comedy. Like I said, a train wreck.