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18 August 1994 (USA)
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Jack take a vacation? Not on his life. more
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A cop in vacation in a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals. | add synopsis
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Straight To Video 'Die Hard' Rip Off on a Mountain!!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Thomas Ian Griffith | ... | Jack Wild |
 | Nastassja Kinski | ... | Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Ivan Getz |
 | George Touliatos | ... | Sonny LaRosso |
 | Lisa Bunting | ... | Annie |
| Richard Sali | ... | Mike Wild |
| William S. Taylor | ... | Morey |
 | Frank Cassini | ... | Mario Bracco |
 | Frank C. Turner | ... | Oliver Green |
| Dorothy Fehr | ... | Alex |
 | Vladimir Kulich | ... | Stephan |
| Alex Diakun | ... | Kraft |
| Sonny Surowiec | ... | Jacques |
| Scott McNeil | ... | Rex |
| Rob Wilton | ... | Bishop |
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USA:96 min
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Followed by Crackerjack 2 (1996)
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Maverick cop with family problems and fondness of using his gun – Check! Isolated location with valuable object which is begging to be stolen – Check! Tasty looking love interest – Check! Assorted band of dumb cardboard cannon fodder villains with dodgy European accents – Check! German sounding bad guy played by an English actor with a piece of corny dialogue for every occasion – Check! Corny one liners – Check!
Deary me, does this film take the wee wee or what? The clichés come as thick and fast as an avalanche and most of the cast just stand around gawping at just how bad the script is!
In a blatantly cheap and cheerful straight to video rip off of Die Hard only set on a mountain (complete with some nicked lines from the aforesaid) we have all the usual action move cliché's ticked off progressively as we go along with some good old fashioned violence and nudity thrown in to wake up anyone in the audience who may just have nodded off.
Jack Wild is the cop in full on John McClane mode here who even manages time for the ye ancient bad guy with gun has used all his bullets gag at one point.
In amidst this mess, there are a few well known recognisable faces who I can only assume needed the cash and/or were simply playing it for laughs right from the pointless opening scene that had nothing to do with the plot whatsoever through to the final implausible conclusion complete with ropey dialogue and even ropier effects.
Looking up this three quid from the Supermarket bargain bin effort on IMDb I am astonished to find that this dud spawned not one but two sequels, I have got to find these gems on DVD! It looks like the first sequel is a rip off of Under Siege 2 and the second sequel, well goodness knows! One thing that is always a bad sign is that the actor playing Jack changes with each film and even the character's name seems to change for the third instalment.
Still, blind purchases of cheap DVD's just would not be the same if studios didn't keep trotting out material of this awful quality!!