# Once in a generation a movie comes along **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 16, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680 "2021-01-16T16:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/1 "2021-01-16T16:37:56Z")
That bares the watermark of the new order, a subversive assault on the senses, that flounces convention and vexes the powers that be… Ladies and Gentlemen I give you that movie: Desert Strike [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D5DMMTuwQhs/maxresdefault.jpg "DESERT STRIKE Official Trailer (2021)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DMMTuwQhs) ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/2 "2021-01-16T17:42:25Z")
> [@CoconutPete](#): > > That bares the watermark of the new order, Yes, definitely a new order. This is not a B-movie, or even a C-movie. It’s an F-movie. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/3 "2021-01-16T18:02:49Z")
This film doesn’t seem to exist in IMDB, neither under the name supplied, nor as a work associated with Bjornsson (the big guy). Can’t find any page for Mike Tyson as an actor. I wonder if they have more than just a trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/4 "2021-01-16T18:17:36Z")
I did some digging I think this is the already-filmed [Pharoah’s War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10497516/?ref_=nm_knf_i3). edit: Yep, [I appear to be correct.](https://screenrealm.com/desert-strike-movie-trailer-mike-tyson-the-mountain/) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/5 "2021-01-16T18:30:55Z")
Why couldn’t we have had a feature length version of Mike Tyson Mysteries instead? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/6 "2021-01-16T18:33:24Z")
Based on the trailer, I’m guessing that Tyson and Bjornsson have maybe 5 minutes of screen time, combined. They probably flew to the set, filmed their “scenes”, and left the same day with half the film’s budget between them. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/7 "2021-01-16T18:35:09Z")
“Once in a generation…” Does this mean that I won’t see anything this incompetently bad for at least another 20 years? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/8 "2021-01-16T20:25:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Why couldn’t we have had a feature length version of Mike Tyson Mysteries instead? Or, better yet, a film depicting the stuff in the opening credits of Mike Tyson Mysteries. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/9 "2021-01-16T20:35:08Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > Why couldn’t we have had a feature length version of Mike Tyson Mysteries instead? > > Or, better yet, a film depicting the stuff in the opening credits of Mike Tyson Mysteries Or a live action movie. If they skipped CGI and had Norm Macdonald perform in a pigeon suit, I would buy a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-generation-a-movie-comes-along/930680/10 "2021-01-16T20:48:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Based on the trailer, I’m guessing that Tyson and Bjornsson have maybe 5 minutes of screen time, combined. They probably flew to the set, filmed their “scenes”, and left the same day with half the film’s budget between them. I found an article about the movie that says that the actual protagonist of the movie is a character named Yehya (aka “Pharoah”), played by Egyptian actor [Amr Saad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amr_Saad), who is trying to rescue his abducted girlfriend. This [trailer](https://vimeo.com/339400060) probably more accurately reflects how much screen time Tyson has in the movie.