Agent Red (2000)

Director:

Damian Lee

Writer:

Damian Lee (writer)

Release Date:

27 December 2000 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Our Darkest Military Secret

Plot:

Captain Matt Hendricks and Dr. Linda Christian are locked in a submarine with Russian terrorists that threaten to launch a chemical virus on US territory.

Plot Keywords:

Submarine | Catfight | Remake | Color In Title | U Boat

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Matt Hendricks
Meilani Paul	...	Linda Christian
Alexander Kuznetsov	...	Kretz
Natalie Radford	...	Nadia
Randolph Mantooth	...	Admiral Edwards
Neal Matarazzo	...	Lt. Matarazzo
Tony Becker	...	Lt. Jack Colson
Steve Eastin	...	Captain Russerl
Allan Kolman	...	Ziggy
Larry Carroll	...	Newscaster
Robert Donavan	...	General Minowski
Pat Skelton	...	Borenz
Melissa Brasselle	...	Dr. Baker
Steve Franken	...	General Socka
Lenny Juliano	...	Captain

Also Known As:

Captured (International: English title) (alternative title) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some nudity and language.

Runtime:

Japan:98 min | UK:91 min | USA:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16 | USA:R (certificate #37430) | South Korea:15 | Germany:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Captured Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Producer Jim Wynorski had to re-shoot about forty minutes of footage in three days.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kretz is first fighting Hendricks the Naval escort decides to destroy their submarine with an air strike. There's footage of the attacking jets firing air to air missiles. The wide shot footages shows a different type of missile with a broader base flying into the distance and the "missile" becomes a torpedo that looks nothing like the first two missiles when it hits the water.

Quotes:

Kretz: Attention all personnel. We are ready to load the virus.
Matt Hendricks: You're gonna have a hell of a problem. All your friends are on permanent sick leave.
Kretz: Sergei, Grotz, Yemen? Report.
Matt Hendricks: Right names, wrong plane of existence pal.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Blown Away (1994)

Soundtrack:

Counter Measures

Where do I start?

How bad is this film? VERY! I don't know where to start... well I do. Expectations were low from the opening credits listing (no not just because Dolph Lundgren was top billing) but a guy with one of the worst names in the business - Randolph Mantooth - was SECOND billing, obviously I wasn't expecting much. The love interest role fell to a woman who looked like she would be more comfortable in a porn film, add to that:

1) Some very bad acting (mostly from big Dolph) 2) A totally rubbish villain 3) Offensive Russian accents 4) straight-to-TV plot 5) Some cheesy sex-related one-liners that are disgusting and offensive

then you have one really, really bad movie. Just when you thought Dolph couldn't stoop any lower he does. In fact Dolph sums it up himself with a line from the film - asked if he knew what Agent Red was he replies "sounds like a bad action movie", boy was he ever right!