Epicenter (2000)

A detective assigned to transport a dangerous mobster discovers that she has been set-up to fail.

Director:

Richard Pepin

Writer:

Gregg McBride

Stars:

Traci Lords, Gary Daniels, Jeff Fahey

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Traci Lords	...	Agent Amanda Foster (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
Gary Daniels	...	Nick Constantine
Jeff Fahey	...	FBI Agent Moore
Daniela Nane	...	Tanya Semenov
Constantin Cotimanis	...	Dimitri
Katie Stuart	...	Robyn Foster
Andrew Francis	...	Brad
Henry Beckman	...	Pat
Trevor White	...	Ivan Semenov
Barry W. Levy	...	Stephen (as Barry Levy)
Mark Holden	...	Grant
Colin Lawrence	...	Driver
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Agent Ted
Michael Rogers	...	Agent Willie
Rob Lee	...	Security Guard

Storyline

Epicenter concerns brassy, beautiful Amanda Foster, a down-on-her-luck San Francisco F.B.I. Agent who's been assigned to protect a Computer Hacker-turned-State's-Witness, Nick Constantine, from the mob. On the Day of the assignment, the city is rocked by a devastating earthquake, forcing Amanda and Nick to fight their way through the ravaged city streets while being pursued by ruthless assassins and a corrupt F.B.I. Agent.

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Plot Keywords:

earthquake | fbi | female nudity | sex | mother daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2001 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Epicentro

Filming Locations:

MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Media Pro Pictures, PM Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from Money Train (1995)

User Reviews

Why the earthquake?

A run-of-the-mill spy/action movie which entertains until the earthquake stops everything for several minutes just for the sake of special effects. If they HAD to have an earthquake in the movie, they could at least have tried to relate it to the plot! It's as though the story was already written and then someone decided they wanted an earthquake movie, picked the script off the shelf and then pasted an earthquake in over the top. A totally confusing mismatch, but take the earthquake out and you have an OK movie.

The building special effects were quite good, but others were rather poor - in fact they showed the same footage of a pipe being forced apart at least three times, once mirrored to make it look like a different one!