Militia (2000)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

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 | ATF | Anthrax | Militia | Terrorism

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

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)

Stock footage milita...

Dean Cain stars as an ATF agent who teams up with a formerly paroled racist and ex-militia mad man Frederic Forrest (How does one go from Apoclypse Now to this?) who take down a plan to assassinate the president (or some high profile official) with a missile (not sure if it's nuclear because these generic flicks run together for me) and Jennifer Beals as Dean Cain's back up leads an all out assault against the leader of the militia (Another talented actor, Stacy Keach!) Actually I was puzzled as to whether these militia men were white supremacists or if they were just playing army, one thing is for sure the movie is completely hopeless. How bad is Militia? So bad it rips off stock footage from Terminator 2 (!), American Ninja 2 (!!) and Delta Force 2 (!!!) and somehow manages to be a disgrace to all three films. Militia is along the lines of borrowed action and the lengths they go to disguise the stock footage as their own action is truly hysterical. Indeed had they put as much attention in concealing their stock footage, into making a good movie, this movie still would've sucked. All in all a terrible movie.

* Out of 4-(Bad)