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September 1986 (USA)
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One man stands between unstoppable terrorist and unthinkable destruction.
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Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons. | add synopsis
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Nuclear Weapons
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So bad it's not even Camp.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gregg Henry | ... | Lieutenant Matt Ryder | |
| Simone Griffeth | ... | Sean | |
| Michael J. Pollard | ... | Howard | |
| Jeff Conaway | ... | Mitchell | |
| Stack Pierce | ... | Atkins | |
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Admiral Frazer | |
| Glenn Withrow | ... | Pink | |
| Larry Mintz | ... | Bite | |
| Diane Stevenett | ... | Maggie | |
| Anthony Caldarella | ... | Eight Ball | |
| Mike Gomez | ... | Kenwood | |
| Larry Moss | ... | Devon | |
| Smith Osbourne | ... | Rosa | |
| Sally Brown | ... | Girl in Bar | |
| Mike Muscat | ... | Pool Room Bully |
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88 min
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It's not a 1, because you can't help but laugh at its lethargic plot hilarious 'characters' and woeful acting. Its ability to successfully not explain anything at all is a miracle of its own right, nevermind the stupidity of the badguys (hard of hearing too).
Fight scenes are ineptly shot, the underwater combat is just plain confusing as you can't tell who you're looking at during any one sequence (plus lovely editing means you're never sure if it's 3 seconds or 3 hours later).
Ah, terrible, so very very terrible. If this ever received anything other than the "Straight to Video" treatment then I'd be very surprised.