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User Rating:
2.1/10   495 votes
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Director:
Sam Firstenberg
Writer:
Bryan Genesse (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 May 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama
Plot:
The President of the United States, in the midst of negative puplic opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Poor action film with one good actor (Michael Madsen) and a good premise. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Eric Roberts ... The Replacement
Bryan Genesse ... The Leader

Ice-T ... Agent Williams
John Beck ... President Fallbrook

Robert Madrid ... Security Technician

Brooke Theiss ... Mary
Larry Manetti ... Agent Harris

Michael Madsen ... Agent Briggs
Eliza Roberts ... Chief of Staff Donaldson

J. Cynthia Brooks ... Mrs. Fallbrook

Richard Steinmetz ... Swat Leader

Heidi Jo Markel ... Reporter

Ronn Moss ... Fake President
Bill Kirchenbauer ... Loud Texan
Sal Landi ... Secret Service Agent
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agent of Death (USA) (video box title)
The President (USA) (working title)
The Replacement (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
95 min | UK:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Netherlands:16 | USA:R (Certificate #36670) | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | UK:18 | Iceland:16
Company:
Nu Image Films more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The same shot of the same police car exploding is used twice to represent two different cars being destroyed. more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Poor action film with one good actor (Michael Madsen) and a good premise., 16 May 2000
3/10
Author: Brad K. from Wisconsin

Watching Agent of Death aka The Alternate I had the feeling that the movie was going to suck. After all it had a good premise, fake kidnapping of the President goes bad when someone decides to make it real. It also has a cast of famous names, Eric Roberts, Ice-T, and Michael Madsen. Yet the film went direct to video, not a good sign. After watching the film, I know why it went direct to video. The screenplay is filled with terrible dialogue and bad scenes. Several times in the movie, either the bad guy (a bad performance by writer Bryan Genesse) or the hero (a bad performance by Eric Roberts) has an easy chance to kill the other one, but gives it away by talking to them. Ice-T is ok, until his character disappears from the movie right away. Out of the rubble comes the great actor Michael Madsen to save this movie. This might have worked, except they gave Madsen the terrible role of the FBI agent in charge of getting the President back. Madsen is as good as possible, but is given nothing to do. Don't watch this movie.

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