Militia (2000)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Steve Latshaw (written by) and
William Carson (written by)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

An ATF agent goes undercover to retrieve stolen anthrax missiles. |

Plot Keywords:

ATF Agent | Anthrax | ATF | U.S. Army | Ponytail

Cast

Dean Cain	...	Ethan Carter
Jennifer Beals	...	Julie Sanders
Frederic Forrest	...	William Fain
Stacy Keach	...	George Armstrong Montgomery
John Beck	...	Dep. Dir. Anderson
Brett Butler	...	Bobbi
Christopher Maleki	...	Staley
James C. Victor	...	Tegley
Dean Hallo	...	Major Wilson
Bill Langlois Monroe	...	Nelson (as William Langlois Monroe)
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Col. Jim Donaman, Ret.
Shawna Casey	...	Rebecca Fain
Curtis Blanck	...	Jimmy Fain
David Dunard	...	Billy Joe Stevens
Billy Rieck	...	Doug Stevens

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Acton, California, USA

Trivia:

Effects footage involving the theft of the anthrax and destruction of the building was taken directly from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the pickup chase seen after the bar in Needles, the rear window of Carter's truck is shot out, but later appears intact.

Movie Connections:

References American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)

Yesterday's hits are today's stock footage

I'm stunned by how many commentators here think this film features footage either mimicking scenes from bigger budget films or that the filmmakers stole these scenes and put them in their films. The studios routinely offer footage from their movies as potential stock footage for others to use. The early episodes of the JAG TV series were filled with footage from the Jack Ryan/Tom Clancy movies. It works better if the footage is from big budget flops or if only brief sequences are used rather than entire scenes as is the case in MILITIA and it helps if some attempt is made to hide anything obvious that might tip off a viewer as to the source of the footage (the Cyberdine sign being an example here)but there's nothing new about using stock footage to make your movie look bigger than it is. It's been done since the early days of film. If you want a real laugh check out RAPTOR from the same director which uses tons of footage from the 3 CARNOSAUR movies. At one point some soldiers walking (supposedly) through a warehouse pass life preservers on the wall. The reason being that this is footage from CARNOSAUR 3 which took place on a ship.