Ministry of Vengeance (1989)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Peter Maris

Writers:

Mervyn Emeryys (writer)
Brian D. Jeffries (writer)

Release Date:

10 October 1990 (Iceland)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot:

Minister's family is killed by Arab terrorists, he takes revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Airport | Reverend | Massacre | Vietnam

Cast

Ken Abraham	...	Sparky
Ned Beatty	...	Rev. Bloor
Brodie Greer	...	Whiteside's Liason
George Kennedy	...	Rev. Hughes
Apollonia Kotero	...	Zarah
Yaphet Kotto	...	Mr. Whiteside
Maximilian A. Mastrangelo	...	Terrorist
Robert Miano	...	Ali Aboud
Daniel Radell	...	Al-Hassan
Meg Register	...	Gail Miller
Maria Richwine	...	Fatima
Joseph Michael Roth	...	Prison Guard
John Schneider	...	David Miller
James Tolkan	...	Col. Freeman

Also Known As:

Helden USA 4

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R

A dull rip-off

I don't really have a problem with a movie that's a rip-off as long as it is competently done. In this case, the movie being ripped off is "The Amateur". While that movie had some problems, it wasn't boring and at least kept moving. "Ministry Of Vengeance", on the other hand, takes forever to get going, was obviously shot on a low budget, and isn't the least bit exciting. Too bad, because it gets off to a promising start with its showing us the grief and rage the protagonist feels (though soon he turns bland.) You could do worse, but you could do better by renting "The Amateur" instead.