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Director:
Joseph Merhi
Writers:
William Applegate Jr. (written by) and
Joseph John Barmettler (written by)
Release Date:
13 January 2004 (Finland) more
Genre:
Action more
Tagline:
Every man for himself
Plot:
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Stupid, opportunistic and racist more (13 total)

Cast

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Gary Daniels ... Shane Alcott

Sugar Ray Leonard ... Major Williams

Paige Rowland ... Anna Lisa Gray
Charles Napier ... Agent Devaney

Patrick Kilpatrick ... Bryan O'Flaherty
Kenneth Tigar ... Harry Johansen

Dex Elliot Sanders ... Shyboy
Scott Shepard ... Patrick O'Flaherty
Mongo ... Blaze
Ron Barker ... Ambassador Gray
Tim Colceri ... Garrison
Thom Barry ... Fred Baker

Evan Lionel ... Cooper

Brian Nahas ... Franco
Marco Hernandez ... Butch
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for non-stop violence and strong language.
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Certification:
UK:18 | Argentina:16 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 (video premiere) | USA:R
Company:
PM Entertainment Group more

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Goofs:
Errors in geography: Story takes place in LA. When Shane fought the guys in hockey gear, they were in New York. The stairway to the subway gives this away. more

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Stupid, opportunistic and racist, 12 August 2004
Author: Sam-285 from Los Angeles, California

This movie is not about the riot; the riots are simply something that provides a distraction that allows a kidnapping to occur. I suppose it is not any more stupid than similar action movies, but it sure is stupid if you are expecting a realistic view of the riots.

It is opportunistic in that it uses the riots to make us think it is interesting and worthwhile. The riots were not a good solution and will not be a good solution to problems, but this movie does not show any of the desperation and other social influences that caused the riots. In this movie, the only purpose of the riot is to provide the opportunity to make the black people the enemy.

It is racist because nearly all the black people are the bad guys.

There is a military influence to the story, and that makes the plot more complicated, but that does not help much.

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