Warhead (1996)

Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8... See full summary »

Director:

Mark Roper

Writers:

Danny Lerner (story), Jeff Albert (screenplay)

Stars:

Frank Zagarino, Joe Lara, Elizabeth Giordano

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frank Zagarino	...	Jack Tannen
Joe Lara	...	Kraft
Elizabeth Giordano	...	Jessica Evans
Brian O'Shaughnessy	...	Edwards
Todd Jensen	...	Tom Lansdale
Michael McCabe	...	Dr. Evans
Ian Yule	...	Colonel #1
Ross Preller	...	P.J
Alan T. Marks	...	Spotter
Jamie Bartlett	...	Wilson
Joe Da Silva	...	Joyce
Greg Poustie	...	Cpl. Whitney Jackson
Ricardo Coen	...	Lee
Keith Van Hoven	...	Allen
Justin Illusion	...	Garcia

Storyline

Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.

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Plot Keywords:

missile | nuclear missile | terrorist | babe scientist | pistol | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alerta nuclear

Filming Locations:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nu Image Films, Nu World Services

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the final fight scene, when Tannen lands after being thrown through the air by Kraft, the landing padding pops into view.

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Connections

Features Hollow Point (1996)

User Reviews

Well it is a bomb...

Frank Zagarino stars as a marine who must save the world from a terrorist who is looking to use a nuclear weapon on the US and being that Zagarino is the only man who can stop him and...ZZZZZZZ Frank Zagarino and Joe Lara are what happens when a movie wants Dolph Lundgren and Lorenzo Lamas (I must admit Lorenzo Lamas as a white supremacist leader would have been hilarious) but can't afford to do so, they just grab two lookalikes that have less acting ability but the same muscles and voilà you have Warhead. Warhead is a lame movie because it doesn't know how to milk suspense in anything, from it's first shootout until the would be heroic disarming that may or may not save the day, there is no suspense in any of it. Also Warhead for some reason is fairly well budgeted for what it is, so i'm not sure what exactly what they did wrong but all blame falls into the director's hand since he can't competently stage action or suspense. So an action movie without either suspense or excitement, is a movie well worth avoiding.

* out of 4-(Bad)