TOO COMMONPLACE TO ACCEPT.
Added 4/27/2006
In this picture, a Canadian production shot in the Czech Republic near Prague, Vincent Spano portrays a Special Forces colonel interned within a military prison for false charges, whom is asked, as exchange for his freedom, to reassemble and guide an old unit of his command into a bunker, represented as being in Virginia, wherein a demented scientist, Stewart LaGrange, has fashioned a computer system, Minotaur, from which he threatens to launch nuclear projectiles at Russia and China, thereby commencing a Third World War. Whereupon the small group of seven intrepids faces a surfeit of obstacles, most troublesome of which, if memory contributes no disservice, include a killer cyborg (whose anima has been fused with the mind of LaGrange), a booby trap consisting of a hydrogen bomb, a nuclear reactor on its way to a meltdown, and a traitorous Army general above ground who does all he can to hamstring the mission through murder and computer system sabotage. All of which is considerable with which to deal for the little band on its way to a hopefully simple confiscation of a few computer chips, and the film is very briskly paced with one peril-packed episode quickly following another of attempts by the heroes to find cover from the apparently undestroyable machine gun operating cyborg. The dimensions of the unit's task should be more than sufficient for any troupe to manage, and ordinarily concentration of those involved would likely be fixed upon matters before them, but those parties responsible for the script seemingly fancy that romantic entanglements and other intrarelationships among these incipient saviours of world peace shall be in place, to an incessant flow of mawkishly embarrassing as well as inapposite dialogue. This failure of imagination contributes to a superficial and often confusing scenario, plainly not clarified by deficient post-production editing; however, the presence of some capable actors is somewhat diverting, there is a well-orchestrated score by Peter Allen, and Danny Nowak cinematographer, gives the action scenes some flavour of realism, albeit in the face of an absurd plot.
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Downdraft
Added 1/18/2000
I, too, enjoyed this movie mostly because of Vincent Spano. My teens loved the action, and the boys especially liked Kate Vernon. I loved the cast in this movie, although a little corny, but entertaining. Again, Mr. Spano is a most underrated actor.
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Watched it only for Vincent Spano
Added 10/19/1999
One star for story. 100 stars for Vincent Spano. Spano, suave as he always is, did a great job acting...that's about it. The story was too shallow and much too gorey for a Monday night. Everybody, including the good guys, died in the end. Ugh. Special effects were not convincing. I was left confused many times in the movie. Rent/buy/watch if you just like Vincent Spano!
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