Uninspired Action Film-redeemed by solid supporting cast
Added 2/2/2009
Detonator-also called Death Train-is an odd film with a strange, almost silly plot, some decent action scenes and an excellent cast of supporting actors. Be warned. Despite what you see on the cover, Patrick Stewart and Pierce Brosnon are not the leads. That spot comes to Alexandria Paul in the role of a naive but talented rookie agent. The film is also blessed to have Christopher Lee as the main bad guy. Lee plays a Russian general who is still a Communist at heart. It's a superb bit of casting and Lee gives what should have been an empty role a great deal of depth. Detonator may be worth a shot if you buy it in the discount bin but I would not pay a good deal of money for the DVD or go out of my way to watch it. Brosnon is fine as always in the role of a cocky hero. Stewart is barely in the film and has a cast on an arm, which he explains is the result of boxing some African Americans who think the English are wimps up in Harlem in one of the oddest lines of his long career. All in all, a forgettable film for the most part which can be watched due to a wonderful supporting cast all out to get paychecks.
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DETONATOR
Added 9/27/2007
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Detonator is a dud
Added 8/29/2006
Patrick Stewart is in charge of a special unit within the United Nations. He enlists the help of Pierce Brosnan, an old friend who apparently owes him one last favor, to go after a Russian general played by Christopher Lee. Lee has had a German scientist build two nuclear bombs. His purpose is to get them to Iraq and detonate them so the Russian military can come in and easily take over the region, thus restoring Russia to world prominence. His henchmen, led by Ted Levine, take over a train in Germany to transport the bombs. It all sounds slightly better than it plays out.
There are a lot of good actors in this movie cashing a paycheck. They can't do much with the poor dialogue and badly constructed scenes. Being an action movie, there is plenty of shooting and plenty of no one hitting the broad side of a barn. Several attempts at stopping the train fail, leading to hostages being shot. Overall, Detonator is pretty tepid. Not the worst movie you'll ever see, but I don't think its too high on the resume of anyone involved.
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Detonator OR is it just Det-On-Actor
Added 8/29/2005
The movie is full of action of guns, shooting, and suspense, yet it lacks the feel of a good action movie. Of general feeling, it could have been made better. Why would I write - Det-On Actor becuase it was just that Det-On of Acting of
Patrick Stewart and Bronson. Everthing was predictiable and of course nothing worked to stop the train till the end of the movie. I would rather wait till you can rent it than buy it and spend the money.
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The Detonator was quite possibly the worst movie that I have ever had the unfortunate oppurtunity to watch. Not to mention the most dullest. The acting was horrible, the dialoge weak, and everyone ran around like a chicken with its head cut off. I found myself rooting for Christpher Lee just to pull the plug, and explode the darn bomb.
Nothing went right, and the entire experience made you come away with the feeling that you could have done a better job, had the director merely handed the script over. Do yourself a favor, and don't even bother renting this movie, the time spent over it is definatly not a good way to spend those precious minutes of your life.
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This movie is pretty good for a sequel, in fact I believe his performance in this role promoted him to become 007.
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Future eye-candy spotted
Added 7/7/2003
The only reason to rent this C-grade telemovie is the 30-second appearance of future "ER" doc, Goran Visnjic, who only utters two lines, but bucks the trend of his film appearances by not getting himself killed in the process. Otherwise, it's a routine action thriller, with lots of guns, explosions, evening gowns, chases, and bad acting aplenty.
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A disappointing sequel
Added 2/16/2000
I felt this was a big disappointment compared to the first one (Detonator). While the chemistry between Mike Graham (Pierce Brosnan) and Sabrina Carver (Alexandra Paul) is evident, the script was poorly written and I felt that this movie was just thrown in together. It was not a very suspenseful movie, and some of the acting is pretty atrocious, especially by the characters in Hong Kong. The first Detonator was very well-written, well-directed, and well-acted with great actors such as Patrick Stewart, Ted Levine, and Christopher Lee, but I could not believe that the same director was responsible for this sequel. I would definitely stick with the first Detonator.
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