The Peacekeeper (1997) User Reviews

Another Ludicrous Military Thriller

[mstomaso · 5/10 · 8 April 2008]

A surprising assemblage of talented actors came together to make this not unusual Dolph Lundgren military thriller. The story tells a neocon version of Dr. Strangelove with hints of The Rock. Rather than lampooning military paranoia, dysfunction and bureaucracy, The Peacekeeper presents us with a psychotic ex-military man who is hell-bent on personal vengeance against the president of the United States. How? by wiping out a third of the U.S.' population.

Lundgren is charged with protecting the 'black box' - a briefcase which controls the launch of a massive nuclear arsenal. On his first day on the job, the briefcase is stolen and he begins a chase which will comprise most of the remainder of the film.

Not surprising considering the cast - The Peacekeeper is better-acted than one would expect given the average quality of the script and the rather redundant and silly story. Lundgren, rarely challenged, gives the film his standard performance, Scheider and Montel Williams are very good, and Sarrazin plays the heavy well. But the entire production is hamstrung by the weak script and not very believable storyline.

The cinematography is above average for this sort of film. The directing is OK.

Recommended for Lundgren fans and fans of military fantasy.

Really entertaining and rather exciting action thriller, better than pseudo-namesake [The Peacemaker].

[mrslimm · 6/10 · 16 April 2002]

The first thing that strikes you about the movie is the similarity of the title to the big-budget DreamWorks SKG debut movie [The Peacemaker] (starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman and directed by Mimi Leder). Frequently movies with such cheap and obvious cash-in aspirations turn out to be: cheap, obvious and, of course, rubbish. This movie is a jolly exception. Don't be put off by Dolph Lundgren being in it, he isn't enough to undermine the movies good points.

High among those good points is the swift and exciting direction which is never better than during the spectacular roof-top car chase which occurs within the first twenty minutes. This chase is so good it could quite comfortably fit into a Bond movie featuring, as it does, eye-popping stunts, edge-of-the-seat excitement and ridiculous spectacle. While it does veer wildly into the improbable it never feels impossible and this aspect, for any action sequence, is of paramount importance. It is interesting to note that two key aspects of this chase sequence - the roof-top nature and the escape by getting out of the car just before it crashes through a parapet and down to the ground - also popped up in the same year's Bond adventure [Tomorrow Never Dies] (the motorcycle chase in Bangkok occurs partly over rooftops, the remote-controlled BMW car park chase ends by Bond getting out of the car just before it crashes through a parapet and down to the ground).

Another good point is the script. It's not consistently good but it is rather better than normal for a film that is not shown theatrically (it received it's UK premiere on Sky television not at cinemas). There are frequent one-liners which help push up the entertainment value while Roy Scheider and Michael Sarrazin share an unusual and thought-provoking plot line. Rather than demanding money and a plane to an extradition-free country, the usual demands of a nutball who has control of nuclear weapons in America (see [Broken Arrow]), betrayed Saddam Hussein-assassin Doug Murphy (Michael Sarrazin) turns up surprisingly alive though he was bombed by 'friendly fire'. His demands are for the President (Roy Scheider, the entire twilight of his career looks like it is going to be a series of DTV presidents) to commit suicide - to sacrifice his life for his country just as Murphy had (even though he had little choice about it and he survived) - on national television to stop a nuclear bomb going off in Washington D.C.

However, where this really scores over its pseudo-namesake [The Peacemaker] is that this movie accomplishes almost all it set out to, it is about as good as it could possibly be.

Breaking point...

[fmarkland32 · 6/10 · 26 February 2008]

Dolph Lundgren stars as Major Frank Cross, a special forces soldier who is the very best in the army, and him and Lt. Northrop (Montel Williams !!!) are the only soldiers who can thwart "Cyclops" (Michael Sarrazin) from nuking Washington D.C, his demands by the way are forcing the president to commit suicide on live TV, suffice to say the peace is kept with an exchange of gunfire. The Peacekeeper is a modest take on Die Hard, with some suspenseful sequences, good action and a thrilling car-chase on roof tops. The Peacekeeper on all fronts is one of Dolph Lundgren's better films and features one of his best casts. Both Roy Scheider and Michael Sarrazin are always welcome presences to such an action film and Lundgren is in fine form. The main flaws is that use of too many scenes of bomb disarming which gets tiresome, also the movie has some plot holes and the film's beginning doesn't fit with the rest of the movie but as it goes the Die Hard route the film works and even has a great climax. Montel Williams is also none too convincing but once again the movie is a solid B.movie take on Die Hard.

* *1/2 Out of 4-(Pretty Good)

Exciting for a B Grade movie

[vman121 · 13 September 2004]

I'm a big fan of B movies, just interests me what the producers can pull off with limited budget and what kind of stock footage they steal, or the obvious video game cgi thats overlaced into the video.

This movie however has something that other B movies lack. A fairly descent and slightly more believable plot then the recent James Bond movies. Lundgren somewhat performs much better than his other features. It's fun to see Montel in this type of role. Keep an eye out on the dramatic Bruckheimer-like ending sequence, they pulled it off quite well.

Other than that, its definitely worth a watch if you're a fan of action movies, B movies, or Lundgren.

Watchable action vehicle from Lundgren.

[poolandrews · 5/10 · 9 February 2009]

The Peacekeeper starts as air-force pilot Major Frank Cross (Dolph Lundgren) is given a stark choice, either face a court marshal for disobeying a direct order or become a military aide for the President (Roy Scheider). Not much of a choice really. Frank's new job is to carry & protect the President's 'black bag', a black suitcase containing a computer & the codes that can launch America's nuclear missiles. Sounds an easy enough job right? Well, on his first day Frank gets into all sorts of trouble when terrorist's strike, kill all his security men mates & steal the black bag. Frank manages to survive the attack & becomes America's only hope when the terrorist's launch a nuclear missile that is targeted on Washington...

Made under the alternative titles of Hellbent & Red Zone this Canadian American co-production was directed by Frédéric Forestier & sees Sweedish action star Dolph Lundgren in what turns out to be quite a fun little action thriller that isn't any sort of masterpiece but entertains for the right reasons & passes 100 odd minutes harmlessly enough. I suppose the easiest way to describe The Peacekeeper that most people will be able to relate to is that it's a Die Hard (1988)/Under Siege (1992)/Sudden Death (1995) style action thriller where Lundgren has to fight a bunch of terrorist's or bad guy's or whoever in an isolated cut off location as they hold something or someone to ransom in order to make lots of money. However I will say right now that The Peacekeeper is nowhere near as good as Die Hard, Under Siege or Sudden Death but it is quite fun a cheesy sort of way, it moves along at a decent pace & there's a fair amount of action in it too. There are a couple of moralistic concepts like would the men in power who send soldiers to their death in war be prepared to lay down their own lives, the validity & ethics of stockpiling nuclear weapons for defence purposes but it's hardly that deep or life changing stuff & it plays second fiddle to the action thankfully. All in all not a bad effort at really which somewhat (pleasantly) surprised me.

The action scenes are quite good actually, there's a particularly ambitious car chase that eventually ends up with cars jumping from roof to roof. It's a sequence that wouldn't look out of place in a big budget Hollywood action flick. There are a few decent shoot-outs & fights too although the car chase is the stand out sequence. The film has a slightly cheap look about it, the sets look cheap & the cast is missing a strong central villain. The violence is fairly tame, there's not much blood, there's nothing that graphic going on & I would have preferred it if Lundgren killed the main villain rather than him just commit suicide for no apparent reason. Interestingly the helicopter scene in this was edited almost in it's entirety into the absolutely horrible Dennis Hopper/Tom Sizemore/Steven Seagal action thriller Ticker (2001).

According to the IMDb this had a budget of about $10,000,000 which is actually a bit bigger than I thought considering that it does have a slightly cheap look to it although the action scenes are quite good. Despite being set in Los Angeles & the US this was shot entirely in Montréal, Québec in Canada. The acting is alright considering the material, Dolph Lundgren (who was apparently paid a hefty $2,500,000 for this) has definitely lost his harsh accent & you can actually understand him in this, the late Roy Scheider plays the President in a fairly small role while Emmy award winning talk-show host Montel Williams plays the black comedy relief sidekick.

The Peacekeeper isn't the best action thriller ever made but there's enough fun to be had here to make it worth a watch, not as good as the more well known terrorist action thrillers but not too bad all the same.

Many shortcomings, but not too bad for a Die Hard clone

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 6 October 2016]

This routine adventure yarn stars Dolph Lundgren as an unlucky government agent, assigned to keeping the president's nuclear launch codes safe, who becomes embroiled in a mad soldier's plot to bring revenge to the country which left him for dead in Iraq. Essentially though, it's simply another rehash of DIE HARD, with lots of actionless filler thrown in to pad out the running time and a smattering of good bits to keep you watching. This isn't the best, most original film you'll see but it does pass the time if you're stuck.

Things start off on a different tack as Lundgren battles the thieves who have stolen his codes. The first thing to really catch your eye is a jaw-dropping roof-top car chase, which has Lundgren's battered vehicle (more bullet holes in it than bodywork) jumping from building to building with the bad guys in hot pursuit. It all ends in as a big explosion as you can possibly imagine. From then on Lundgren integrates himself into their team (cunningly wearing a balaclava) and it becomes DIE HARD 4.

The difference here being that hard-man Lundgren is teamed up with the unlikely Montel Williams, better known as a daytime chat show host. Williams isn't bad in his underwritten sidekick role, but his character is only incidental in the proceedings. It's amusing to watch him play a nice guy though. Lundgren is his usual thuggish self, no worse than Van Damme or Seagal here, and displaying his might in a number of low-budget yet watchable action scenes. Michael Sarrazin is the crazed bad guy with a blind eye, and I thought his war victim was quite pathetic. Roy Scheider puts in his familiar role as the US president (something he's becoming quite adept at) and lends some solid support.

The low budget is apparent with the inclusion of a number of cheesy computer-animated scenes showing the missile flying through space and the earth's atmosphere. These aren't that poor but definitely don't pass for real. There are a couple of gun and fist-fights thrown in to keep things moving along, and my favourite scene has Lundgren dispatch a bad guy in his way via an axe to the stomach. The ending, where Williams and Lundgren race against time to stop the countdown while the power keeps cutting out, is surprisingly suspenseful and had me on the edge of my seat - although when you think about it the outcome is obvious. All in all this isn't a bad DIE HARD clone, and I fairly enjoyed it despite the many shortcomings.

Spoilers alert.... I have to talk about the confusing plot

[pgspat · 3/10 · 25 November 2008]

Can somebody who liked the movie please explain: - Okay so the military drops at least 2 smart bombs when they open one of the silo holes.... but at the end of the movie Dolph and Montel crawl out to greet the press and no visible damage??? - The bad guy is seconds from having his goal of blowing up Washington but for some unknown reason he uncuffs himself from the code suitcase and falls to his death.... thus allowing Dolph time to run to the lab and stop the bomb from exploding... gave me a headache trying to make sense of that - Dolph and one of the bad guys are fighting under one of the missiles when it launches and sprays them with superheated fiery compressed flaming exhaust ..... but Dolph picks himself up and fights on - the bad guy demands the poor President (that guy from Jaws)shoot himself on national TV in the graveyard.... but the gun on the headstone is full of blanks... so why not have a secret service guy bump off the President if it would save the country??? - I guess a nuclear bomb exploding in South Dakota was no big deal... just a warning... nothing real important - the rooftop car chase was interesting - at least have Dolph take his shirt off and show us his body

Fills the time

[hengir · 6/10 · 2 January 2006]

One does have guilty pleasures in life and one of mine is watching Dolph Lundgren films (actually and Stephen Seagal films but I'm having counselling on that one). I'm not sure why I like Dolph. He can sort of act and he does action scenes OK. Most of his films are low budget. Yet I can't resist them. 'The Peacekeeper' is about a missile base being hijacked and it is up to Dolph to save the day which of course he does, spouting one liners and shooting and punching. Not subtle, there's just something about the man. Left field charisma, or something.

There are two good actors in the film, Roy Scheider and Michael Sarrazin who almost seem in a different movie. Quality shines through. Their conversations by radio are the best bits in the film. Sarrazin as a one eyed ex-soldier is scary but also tragic. Not a great film but it fills the time. Dolph has made better films though (and worse).

Poor „Die hard" with Lundgren

[Maziun · 1/10 · 28 December 2014]

There is one action scene in this movie that almost makes it worth watching. There's a car chase that eventually ends up with cars jumping from roof to roof. It's quite fun action sequence and the best thing about this movie. Maybe it was an inspiration for the Tumbler chase in "Batman begins" ? Still , Christopher Nolan did it better.

There are two big problems with this movie. One is the terribly flat direction . There is no excitement or suspense here (the car chase is an exception). The second one is the weak script. The storyline is not very believable. Some dumb moments were mentioned by reviewer pgspat. Seriously the fate of villain in this movie makes no sense .

There are some nice concepts here like the ethics of having a nuclear missiles for self defense or the tragic fate of soldiers , but they aren't explored. Too bad. The movie tries to be a political thriller , but fails miserably.

What is Roy Scheider ("Jaws") doing here ? I guess he REALLY needed money… He and Montel Williams are OK in this movie . The whole movie in terms of acting quality is better than typical B class movie. Sadly the movie doesn't have an interesting villain.

The film has a slightly cheap look about it which is strange considering the quite high budget (10 mln).

Sadly a wasted opportunity for fun movie , because of awful direction and bad script. I give "Peacekeeper" 1/10.

should have blown up washington in the end

[funstuf · 7/10 · 3 December 2004]

would have been much better if washington got nuked and lungren was 5 seconds late, pretty stupid movie but attempts to warn of nuclear weapons terror Best Part was when they blew up mount rushmore, gee and only 3000 people died must be really sparse population in South Dakota

oh well overall I give this 5/10 for being semi-interesting. Movie also needs more women, talk about a guy flick.

The drive over the rooftops was kind of cool, never saw that before in a flick. If you want to see this movie have a few drinks and be prepared for a good laugh. funstuf

It's My First Day

[refinedsugar · 5/10 · 19 September 2023]

'The Peacekeeper' in a lot of ways is your standard dtv actioner. However it gets a bump from a decent Dolph, an interesting casting choice in Montel Williams (yes the tv host) and a unique car chase in the beginning. Moments that rise above before it settles down to a predictable, cheaper pace of running 'n gunning.

Major Cross (Lundgren) is an US Navy officer who accepts the job to shadow the President (Roy Schneider) as the man tasked with carrying the "black box". Control over the country's nuclear arsenal. An appearance at a hotel giving a speech on Veterans Day, mercs strike with the sole purpose of gaining control and launching. From the actual missile silo underground, it's up to Cross and Lt. Col Northrop (Williams) to stop this catastrophe.

The first half surprised me. The silly, effective intro of Dolph. That unique car chase sequence I mentioned. The use of a helicopter. What seems like a decent budget for a Millennium Films flick and good directing. Of course, you counterbalance that with cheap, cost cutting moments (stock footage, a bad green screen fall) and once they reach the silo, things become a whole lot less interesting.

The stories featured in these things are never great and such is the case here with 'The Peacekeeper'. The head villain is rather bland with cliche motivations which didn't help matter much. Still this one did enough to be a passable one-time watch. Some good action, laughs but a better first halve than the later portion for sure.

Dolph does 'Die Hard'

[AwesomeWolf · 8/10 · 19 April 2005]

'Die Hard' clones are awesome. Dolph Lundgren is awesome. Therefore, 'The Peackeeper', being both a 'Die Hard' clone and Dolph Lundgren movie, is awesome. I dare you to find a flaw in my logic, I dare you.

Dolph plays Frank Cross, an officer in the United States Air Force. After dropping food to some refugees in Turkey, Cross is threatened with a court-martial. Gotta love how the U.S. military operates. However, he is save by the President's campaign team, who hope to use his mini-celebrity status as a public relations tool. Cross is given the job of guarding the Black Bag - the means by which the President can order a nuclear strike. Naturally, on Cross' first day, highly-equipped terrorists steal the bag and threaten to launch a nuclear strike at Washington.

Basically, 'The Peacekeeper' is 'Die Hard' in a nuclear missile silo. It is not as awesome as 'Die Hard', but its still pretty awesome. The plot is pretty similar to that of 'Under Siege' with a change of setting and a slight change of characters. In fact, the main bad guy (Lt. Colonel Douglas Murphy (Michael Sarrazin)) is suspiciously similar to Tommy Lee Jones' character from 'Under Siege'...

'The Peacekeeper' boasts some very cool action sequences. One early scene involves a car-chase along some city roof-tops, and while the movie peaks there and turns into a series of martial-arts and gun-fights for the next hour, this is still a well-done action movie, and easily one of Dolph's better efforts.

'The Peacekeeper' is a very good action movie. Fans of Dolph Lundgren (all five of us out there) should enjoy it, as should anyone else looking for a good action flick - 8/10

Good Action B-movie Fun With Two Greats, Dolph Lundgren & Roy Scheider.

[lukem-52760 · 7/10 · 14 December 2021]

Major Frank Cross (Lundgren) is assigned to carry the Presidents black case that contains codes for nuclear weapons but after an attack at a hotel leaves Frank Cross with the case but now it's in the hands of terrorists. That's the basis of the simple action plot. Movie legend & one of my all-time favorite actors ROY SCHEIDER (Jaws, Jaws 2, Blue Thunder) is here in a small but important role as the President & gives a fine little performance, hey Scheider is always good no matter the movie or it's budget & he's good here.

Dolph Lundgren is an old school action star i grew up watching as i did many from that particular time of the 80's & 90's with action genre legends such as Van Damme & Schwarzenegger & Stallone & Seagal for example. Dolph was always great too, especially in Universal Soldier, The Punisher & Masters Of The Universe & he's damn good here too. Dolph is having fun in this low-budget Direct-to-video B-movie & it shows. These are the types of flicks that filled the shelves of the Blockbuster video stores back in the 90's & i loved that & miss those days so much. There's a sense of Nostalgia with these cheap 90's action thriller's & that's why i enjoy them. There a good action sequence with cars on building rooftops chasing each other & smashing onto other rooftops.

Dolph is good in his action hero role & the film is abit like Die Hard at times & has plenty of action & is a fun watch. Nothing spectacular but also nothing terrible, a fun Action film.

Good action.

[leif-13 · 9 July 1999]

This is the kind of movie you don´t watch for the great acting or great story. This is the kind of movie you watch for the great action. Having seen some of the recently released genremovies and being disappointed by most of them this one was a nice surprise. Great action sequences! Far better than the usual b-movie action. They really went for it this time thou they easily could have made just the ordinary type of action. One scene in particular is great. It´s a car chase on rooftops!So if you want to see a good lowbudget actionmovie see this one!

Dolph and Montel: Together At Last!

[tarbosh22000 · 6/10 · 26 November 2010]

Air Force Major Frank Cross (Lundgren) is a man who plays by his own rules. He went off on his own to deliver rice to the starving Kurdish people. The brass gives him a choice: a court martial, or carry a suitcase with the nuclear codes in it and have the President, Robert Baker (Roy Scheider) be seen with him in a photo-op. Cross chooses the latter, but some baddies, led by Douglas Murphy (Sarrazin) steal the suitcase. It seems Murphy and president Baker have a history, and Murphy is a disgruntled vet of the first gulf war with a real hatred for Mount Rushmore. So, being the loyal soldier that he is, Cross chases the evil suitcase-stealers all over town, dodging countless perils along the way. At some point during his dangerous mission, he meets Lt. Colonel Northrop (Williams). Can the two work together in a race against time before the bad guys blow up the President...and the world? It seems this Nu-Image production was a very earnest attempt at a less-silly Direct-To-Video product. It appears every attempt was made to make The Peacekeeper "Theater-Quality", even if the filmmakers knew full well that that wasn't gonna happen. I guess they, realistically, weren't going to give that same year's The Peacemaker - the George Clooney vehicle - a run for the box office bucks. But it matters not, as Lundgren's dry, cool charm is in abundance. Even though a stab at seriousness was certainly made, perhaps the only misstep they made was hiring - of all people - Montel Williams in a rare feature film role. What, were Ricki Lake, Phil Donahue and Jenny Jones busy? Of course, it's not the first time Dolph Lundgren has starred with a daytime talk show host in a film - everyone remembers The Defender, right? In that one, Jerry Springer is the President. Not Roy Scheider. And of course, there's Citizen Verdict. So there you go. And while you would think Lundgren and Montel would be the ultimate team-up that would zoom you right through any movie, The Peacekeeper is overlong at 98 minutes, is talky at times and has plenty of padding. For example, the plot is, in a nutshell: "Terrorists steal the nuclear suitcase. Dolph wants it back". That's it. Is there any conceivable reason that it should have a running time longer than 80 minutes? And those minutes should have more rock, less talk. The Peacekeeper is at its best in its action scenes, not dialogue. It should have stuck more to what it was best at. For instance, there is a building rooftop chase - the kind normally done on foot - but here it's done with cars! We liked that innovation and there is where the film shines.

Yes, The Peacekeeper could have afforded to be a little snappier, but it does end with a freeze frame, highlighting the charm and camaraderie of Dolph Lundgren and Montel Williams. No, that sentence isn't insane, you just have to watch the movie. Or at least the action scenes.

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An Underrated Dolph Flick

[monkeysgalore · 8/10 · 11 April 2020]

The Peacekeeper is an obviously familiar, but undeniably fun action vehicle for Dolph Lundgren. With the ever present 90s feel, the painfully generic title that would make Steven Seagal jealous, and enough entertaining action scenes to satisfy, The Peacekeeper is far from being the worst use of your time.

While it's an obvious Die Hard (1988) ripoff, I'd say it's a solid ripoff, and probably one of the better ones. It's Die Hard meets a Bond movie plot, with the setting of a missile silo being a little boring. The movie gets a little bogged down with its plot, but the action's loads of fun and Dolph is charismatic enough. The stakes are suitably high and the race against time didn't bother me.

Dolph Lundgren does a serviceable acting job and is helped out by Montel Williams, who gets a lot of screen time as the obligatory African-American sidekick that 90s action movies love (Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Under Siege (1992), Drive (1997), etc.) and he's pretty good.

The action sequences are the highlight. The long car chase near the beginning is actually excellent, and it's Bond film worthy. Definitely a high point, it may be the best action scene here. There are two or three brief shootouts and some small fights, with one long fight in a missile room being another highlight. Definitely loud, explosive, glorious B-movie action, and it's great.

One of Dolph's best 90s vehicles, this movie is underrated and is a great diversion. Seriously, name another movie that has a rooftop car chase. I wouldn't mind seeing Montel Williams again either.

Oh, and Dolph is chased down a large vent by an explosion. Things get pretty crazy.

Has some good bits but, like Lungren himself, it's pretty bland

[bob the moo · 20 February 2002]

Major Frank Cross faces a court martial for an act of mercy he showed to Turkish refugees. However the President intervenes and employs him to protect the black bag that contains the missile launch code for the US nuclear weapons. On his first day, Cross is attacked by terrorists and loses the black bag. He follows the terrorists to the silo and teams up with Kt Con Northrop to stop the launch. Meanwhile the President is on-route to meet the demands of the terrorist - however their demands are not ordinary.

Oh good - more `terrorists with nukes' plots, throw in a bit of Die Hard and we're away. The story here is really daft and has major plot drivers that aren't explained. It's not a bad plot overall - in fact the demands and the motives of the terrorists are quite clever and interesting. However it is a Dolph Lungren film so it's not going to be that great…..

The action scenes are OK but rarely believable, eg a rooftop car chase is fun but stupid! The terrorist's main demand brings the greatest tension, but their motives make them seem too sympathetic and when they become ruthless it is harder to accept. Outside of this `demand' I thought it was mostly poor, most of the plot seemed to exist to create action scenes that didn't deliver.

Lungren is as good as ever - ie, mediocre. He does his strong man stuff well, but he lacks charisma and relateability. Scheider is OK as the President and plays out his dilemma well - however the script lets him off too lightly. Chat show host Montel is actually OK as Northrop, but I just couldn't forget that it was Montel!

Overall this is bland video entertainment - it's not terrible, but it's not good either.

Great Lundgren Film With A Very Cool Cast And Awesome Performances All Around!

[callanvass · 8/10 · 3 August 2005]

This is a great Lundgren film, with a very cool cast and awesome performances all around. It's very exciting and all the characters were awesome, and the finale was excellent, plus Dolph Lundgren is simply amazing in this!. Lundgren and Montel Williams had great chemistry together, and the character development was pretty good, plus Michael Sarrazin is very menacing as the main villain!. It's very well made, and it boasts some extremely awesome car chase sequences, plus the ending is pretty cool!. It's a great Die Hard clone, and the film is exciting throughout, plus i was very impressed by the action sequences!. Dolph seemed to be having fun with his character, and Dolph as always had some really cool one liners, plus Roy Scheider is fantastic as the President!. I usually enjoy any Dolph film, and this one is no different plus, it was just a lot of fun to watch!. This is a great Lundgren film, with a very cool cast and awesome performances all around, i highly recommend this one!. The Direction is very good. Frédéric Forestier does a very good job here, with great camera work, cool angles, great shots during the action scenes, and keeping the film at a very fast pace!. There is a little bit of blood and violence. We get lots of very bloody gunshot wounds,gory wounds and some blood splatter. The Acting is fantastic!. Dolph Lundgren is AMAZING as always, and is amazing here, he is extremely likable, hilarious had great chemistry with Montel Williams, seemed to be having a lot of fun with his character, and was just tons of fun to watch!. (Dolph Rules!).Montel Williams is surprisingly great here, he was pretty funny had great chemistry with Lundgren, and really did a great job i was impressed!. Michael Sarrazin is excellent as the main villain and was very menacing he was cool. Roy Scheider is amazing as always, and was fantastic in his screen time as the President he rocked! (Scheider rules).Monika Schnarre is gorgeous and did good in her scenes Rest of the cast to fine. Overall i highly recommend this one!. ***1/2 out of 5

Not bad for a B movie

[The Watchers Apprentice · 15 April 2001]

This movie surprised me. I usually shy away from any movie Dolph Lungdren is in, especially in the last few years. But, for some unknown reason, this movie interested me because the video box didn't give away too much of the plot and I was actually expecting an action thriller, not a Die Hard clone. As I said this movie was impressive in the way the plot was executed (except at the end, but I won't give that away) and the action sequences, although there weren't many of them, were filmed quite well. A stand out scene I guess is a car chase scene involving rooftops! (I'll say no more, its quite original). As well as that, Dolph gets some funny one-liners scattered at random throughout the movie. Not academy award winning material but worth a rental for the sheer entertainment value alone. 7/10

Wonderful Flick

[STFU · 10/10 · 5 August 2002]

This is by far Dolph's best acting performance in a movie EVER. Most people know him from playing He-Man in Masters of the Universe, but that movie is complete crap compared to Dolph's deep and emotional acting performance in this movie. If you see any Dolph movie, make it this one because it is over 500 times better than all the rest of his combined. Don't believe me, see for yourself.

It's a B movie- *yawn*

[Scott-8 · 22 January 1999]

I don't know who I felt sorry for more in this movie, Roy Scheider or Dolph Lundgren. Roy Scheider was a one time big box office star who's now appearing in low budget action films. Dolph Lundgren aspired to rise above B action movies and I heard he even quit movies a few years ago out of disgust, only to return to yet another low budget role.

Roy plays the president, and speaks in a delicate southern accent that seems completely out of character for him. Dolph plays the hero (natch) but he's showing his age and looks really silly when he runs.

The movie? Mix together the last several straight to video action dramas you've seen. Everything from the camera angle to the canned music soundtrack seems like stuff you've seen dozens of times. I'm beginning to wonder if movies like this don't all come from a parallel universe where things happen the way they do on screen, they all seem like they have interchangeable parts and were made by the same person.

Boring!

[synergy273 · 14 March 2002]

This movie was boring! Montel Williams was comical Dolph Lundgren looked a little tired, and Roy Scheider was a president. I kept wanting to hit fast forward. Dolph is a good action fighter, but you would think when he beats the sh*t out of those guys that would be the end of it, but they keep getting up!