The Minion (1998)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Jean-Marc Piché

Writers (WGA):

Matt Roe (story)
Matt Roe (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 September 1998 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

A modern day warrior trained in the ancien arts to defeat the ultimate evil.

Plot:

New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths...

Plot Keywords:

Relic | Archeologist | Christmas | Millennium | New York City

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Lukas Sadorov
Françoise Robertson	...	Karen Goodleaf
Roc LaFortune	...	David Schulman
Allen Altman	...	Dante
Andy Bradshaw	...	Photographer
Michael Greyeyes	...	Gray Eagle
David Nerman	...	Lieutenant Roseberry
Jean-Marc Bisson	...	Bernard
Anik Matern	...	Police Lieutenant
Tony Calabretta	...	Dispatcher
Don Francks	...	Michael Baer
Tedd Dillon	...	Stranger
Matt Holland	...	Parking lot cop
Dennis St John	...	Gregor
Michel Perron	...	Giannelli

Also Known As:

Armageddon (USA) (working title)
Fallen Knight (Canada: English title)
Guerrier des ténèbres (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

UK:95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:14A | France:U (video premiere) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Israel

Company:

Taurus 7 Film Corporation

Trivia:

Michele Soavi and Avi Nesher were attached to direct.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Towards the end of the movie, when they came out of the tunnel thing at the nuclear plant, Lundgren asked where the nearest International Airport is. The response was to the effect if they crossed the border at Cornwall, then Montreal International was the closest. First off...the airport at Montreal, at the time the movie was made was called Dorval not Montreal International. (It has since been renamed Pierre Elliot Trudeau International) Secondly, if they crossed the border at Cornwall, the nearest International Airport would be Ottawa International, about 1 - 1 1/2 hours from the border.

Movie Connections:

References Red Scorpion (1989)

Fallen from grace...

Dolph Lundgren stars as a templar who comes to New York when a key that unlocks the anti-Christ is found by an archaeologist, of course the demon is only a couple miles behind Dolph and isn't killed so easily as he transfers from body to body. (Like Fallen without the suspense) Of course Lundgren is out of his element and the movie is completely unwatchable. I admit to being a fan of Dolph Lundgren, like Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme, I try to watch his movies whenever they're on TV. I caught The Minion and boy was I ever disappointed. This movie is utterly terrible. With action sequences so poorly staged and badly edited you can barely make coherent sense in the fight arena. Worst of all is Lundgren's woefully unconvincing perf as a tough guy priest (!) all of this made worse that the movie is such a rip off of Fallen (Which was good) and End Of Days (Which was bad but better than this) overall this movie is the worst movie I've seen from Dolph Lundgren. It literally has nothing to recommend it. It's awful and it's the lowest point in Lundgren's career. And I saw Cover-Up, The Last Warrior and Masters Of The Universe.

1/2* Out Of 4-(Awful)