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14 May 2000 (USA) morePlot:
The President of the United States, in the midst of negative puplic opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Poor action film with one good actor (Michael Madsen) and a good premise. moreCast
(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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Agent of Death (USA) (video box title)The President (USA) (working title)
The Replacement (USA) (working title)
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95 min | UK:91 minCountry:
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Netherlands:16 | USA:R (Certificate #36670) | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | UK:18 | Iceland:16Filming Locations:
Park Plaza Hotel - 607 S. Park View Street, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Continuity: The same shot of the same police car exploding is used twice to represent two different cars being destroyed. moreFAQ
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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.