Supreme Sanction (TV 1999)

An assassin for the U.S. government becomes the next target of her employers when she spares the life of a nationally known TV reporter.

Director:

John Terlesky

Writer:

John Terlesky

Stars:

Michael Madsen, Kristy Swanson, David Dukes

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Michael Madsen	...	Dalton
Kristy Swanson	...	Jenna
David Dukes	...	Jordan McNamara
Ron Perlman	...	The Director
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Lester (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Al Sapienza	...	Holman
Suanne Spoke	...	Tourist Wife
Donald Faison	...	Marcus (as Donald Adeosun Faison)
Holliston Coleman	...	Bailey McNamara (as Holliston 'Holli' Coleman)
Teo	...	Ron the Security Guard
Dannon Green	...	Stebbins
D.J. Berg	...	Henderson
Marshall Manesh	...	Hawk Face Man

Storyline

A newspaper reporter is marked for assassination for his investigation into what happened to some army helicopters that were mysteriously shot down. However, the assassin cannot pull the trigger when she sees him with his daughter. She then teams up with him to fight the mercenaries that are after him.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | reporter | helicopter | violence | loud shirt | 

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Taglines:

Trained To Kill. Marked For Death.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alfa akció - A terrorista csapás

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinetel Films, Sanction Films Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Michael Madsen''s assistant, Todd Spangler, is pushing two of Madsen's sons, Christian and Max on the swing.

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Goofs

In the second scene of the film when Kristy Swanson is about to assassinate David Dukes on the beach, the left handed Swanson holds the Steyr AUG rifle left handed. However the AUG is shown set for a right handed shooter. Odd since the AUG is world famous for its ability to be set for a right or left handed shooter.

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Quotes

Marcus: So was it good for you too?
Jenna: Sorry, I faked it.

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Connections

Edited from Airborne (1998)

User Reviews

A government assassin develops the most deadly weapon of all…a conscience.

A government assassin (Kirsty Swanson), disturbed by the demoralization within her operation, refuses to kill a reporter (David Dukes) and instead teams up with him to break his story of corruption in her agency, all while being hunted by her ex-trainer (Michael Madsen) and ex-boss (Ron Perlman), and protected by her good natured "gadget man" (Donald Faison).  

This is an above average TV movie that's fun to watch. A decent plot that you actually do have to give some attention to. Enjoyable performances. Not to mention that it was interesting to see half the cast of the comedy "Tinseltown" (Dukes, Perlman, Swanson) reunited in something completely different.

Worth a rent/buy used.