It doesn't get much more rediculous!
Added 6/18/2007
This movie could so easily have been a spoof comedy, but I think they were trying to be serious! My favorite part was when the terrorists just stroll up to the nuclear facility gate, and the security guard offers to take them inside with the tour group, but then they shoot him anyways! Then wandering around inside they run into the security supervisor, who answers all their questions about the tour group, and tells them to go join the group up on the roof, and then says: "well, I've got to get going" and he just walks away leaving the terrorists to just continue wandering around! What a security force! What a joke this movie is
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Hey this is Terminator 2.....wait no it isn't....it's Universal Soldier.....no its not that either. So what the hell is this? What this is a total stink bomb of a direct-to-video action flick that didn't have the money to make their own action scenes so they edited in some excellent action scenes from much superior films to spice up this hunk of juck a bit. I can't believe Artisan Entertainment allowed the filmmakers to do this. Anyway, you'be been warned....avoid this critical failure.
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Apparently they couldn't even make their own movie...
Added 1/4/2005
I saw the preview to this and I saw clips of Terminator 2 and Universal Soldier in it. I told myself "that footage can't possibly be in the movie". I had to rent it to see.....and it is. Oh my God. What has the world come to that they have to edit in other action scenes from superior action movies into other movies to make them more exciting. The entire swat shootout from Terminator 2 is featured here and so is the semi / bus chase from Universal Soldier. How low could artisan entertainment sink to to allow this to happen. It's a shame that once decent actor Treat Williams has sunk so far and is forced to act in rip-off cinema like this to make a living. If you want great action, go buy Terminator 2 and Universal Soldier for the original footage and not this low budget footage stealer.
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Treat Williams versus some bad guys
Added 10/29/2004
Treat Williams and Lori Loughlin try to foil a terrorist group which is setting up shop inside a nuclear facility. Udo Kier (of Blade, and Shadow of the Vampire) leads the terrorists.
Look, this isn't going to win any Oscars, but it's passable action fare. Sure, there are plot holes. Also, some of the violent action is unrealistic, and it looks cheap. Still, Loughlin and Williams give solid performances, and lots of the movie is especially well done. A scene where Williams and Loughlin watch two terrorists dumping a couple of bodies is very spooky, even chilling. Udo Kier's icy stare is still on the mark.
Regarding the scene in which the politician character is tossed through the air by an explosion: another reviewer sniffed that he only got a little fake blood on his nose. Sir, the character ended up dead. It's not like the character wiped the blood off his nose and walked away. It was INFERRED that he suffered trauma to the head and body. Must everything be spelled out for some viewers? The final edit didn't show his entire body, maimed head to toe. So what? Would you be more satisfied if you saw fake blood over the ENTIRE body? Does that make for a better movie? This is an action movie. People get shot and fall down. If they don't get up, they might be dead. That's the way it goes. If you're expecting an action movie with visuals as good as The Bourne Identity or as much gore as Blade II, you're out of luck.
Again, Fred Olen Ray has used a small budget to wisely craft a decent action flick. Williams and Loughlin play their parts well, and the film has more than its share of worthwhile moments.
I only wish that Fred Olen Ray had provided a commentary track for this DVD. His commentary tracks on Active Stealth and Venomous are laugh riots.
Ken Miller
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So bad, it's a wonder it's not a cult movie!
Added 8/12/2004
I couldn't agree with the previous reviewer more--it's hard to believe that this movie could possibly have been made as a serious "action" flick. Right from the start, with the lead terrorist consulting his map of the building time after time after time, I assumed that the entire movie was a spoof! I'm still not quite convinced it 's not a tongue-in-cheek affair... I've watched it twice now with my husband, and we've thoroughly enjoyed creating our own running dialogue to accompany the movie and which points out all the things the characters overlook/do wrong/do poorly/don't do and should.
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