Critical Mass (2001)

Jeffers works security at a nuclear power plant. The plant is being decommissioned, and a politician is touring the plant and videotaping his comments regarding the closing. A terrorist ... See full summary »

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writer:

Sean McGinly

Stars:

Treat Williams, Lori Loughlin, Udo Kier

Cast

Credited cast:
Treat Williams	...	Mike Jeffers
Lori Loughlin	...	Janine
Udo Kier	...	Samson
Blake Clark	...	Sheriff Borden
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Betts	...	Atty. Gen. Ames
Richard Anthony Crenna	...	Tanner
Charles Cyphers	...	Henderson
Neil Delama	...	Peterson
Charles Emmett	...	Steve Johnson
David 'Shark' Fralick	...	Rand
Richard Gabai	...	Policeman #2
Eric James	...	Steele
Jim Jenkins	...	Secretary of Defense Mitchell
Nathan Le Grand	...	Jack Thomas (as Nathan LeGrand)
Justin Lord	...	Geller

Storyline

Jeffers works security at a nuclear power plant. The plant is being decommissioned, and a politician is touring the plant and videotaping his comments regarding the closing. A terrorist group led by Samson gets inside the gates, with their ultimate goal the detonation of a nuclear bomb inside the plant. After local policemen and the other plant workers are killed, Jeffers and Janine alone must confront and halt Samson and his terrorist squad.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | terrorist group | bomb | nuclear bomb | fist fight | 

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Taglines:

A Top Secret Nuclear Facility. And The Enemy Is Inside.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 July 2001 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Alerte finale

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mass Productions, Phoenician Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from Universal Soldier (1992)

User Reviews

Treat and Udo needed work, badly.

I gave this film a 2 because it at least tried to have a plot and wasn't as awful as something like "Manos the Hands of Fate." It's the typical, international terrorists try to make a nuclear weapon to destroy the west coast schlock. That being said, I can now go into why this movie sucked so badly. Granted, someone makes a terrorist film every year. That's just how it goes. The problem with this one is how blatantly unoriginal it was. Not only was it the same old formula, throw in a German, a down on his luck, former cop security guard, and the whiny bitch senator and boom, you've got a movie. Udo and Treat seem to have really needed cash, or exposure, or both. The worst part is that I haven't even mentioned the blatantly stolen footage from Terminator 2. They stole every damn thing that they could use for the story. They didn't even change the Cyberdyne Systems name. Can we say "lawsuit" or "copyright infringement?"