Project Shadowchaser II (1994)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

John Eyres

Writer:

Nick Davis (writer)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Terrorists led by an android take over a nuclear plant and threaten to launch a missile at Washington...

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear | Android | Terrorism | Sequel | Independent Film

Cast

Frank Zagarino	...	Android
Bryan Genesse	...	Frank Meade
Beth Toussaint	...	Laurie Webber
Daniel Bonjour	...	Ricky (as Danny Hill)
Todd Jensen	...	Joe Hutton
Danny Keogh	...	John O'Hara
Jeff Fannell	...	Carl Reitman
Hal Orlandini	...	General McOwell
Gavin Hood	...	Tieg
Robin Smith	...	Prine
James Whyle	...	Granger
Laura Steed	...	Red
Frank Opperman	...	Wiggs
Wilson Dunster	...	Edward Johnson
Kimberleigh Stark	...	Carla

Also Known As:

Armed and Deadly
Night Scenes: Project Shadowchaser II (USA) (video title)
Night Siege

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 (heavily cut) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 (heavily cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

EGM Film International

Movie Connections:

Followed by Orion's Key (1996)

Soundtrack:

Rockin

Nightsiege on the viewer's brain..

Brian Genesse stars as a former baseball player turned custodian who protects a boy and his mother from an android terrorist in this admittedly well made but moronic and utterly dull venture in Die Hard with a science fiction angle. One of the problems with this terrible movie is that are just too many unanswered questions. Mainly why does an android need to ransom the government? Why does Frank Zagarino (Who actually isn't too bad) act inexpressive at one moment and then spout out one-liners at one point. Also for some reason the producers have seen fit to rip off the mediocre Michael Dudikoff actioner Virtual Assassin right down to the letter. However Brian Genesse is no Michael Dudikoff (How unlikely do you see such a sentence?) and basically the movie has no interest in it's characters or indeed any plot angle. The action sequences are indifferently staged and my general observation was that they spent all their money on the look of the film but were completely baffled in making the movie itself interesting. The film's low budget special effects are good but with nothing else to hold your attention this becomes a tiresome effort.

* out of 4-(Bad)