Counterstrike (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Jerry London

Writers (WGA):

Richard P. Henrick (book)
J.B. White (teleplay)

Release Date:

2 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

The crisis is global but their battle. . .is personal!

Plot:

When a peace summit upon the QE2 is attacked by terrorists, estranged brothers, one an ATF agent, the other a Secret Service agent, must come together to thwart the extremist's plans.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book

Cast

Rob Estes	...	ATF Special Agent Thomas Kellogg
Joe Lando	...	Secret Service Agent Vince Kellogg
Rachel Blakely	...	Brittany Cooper
Marie Matiko	...	Monica Chang
Christopher Lawford	...	Vice President Chet Ridgeway
Carmen Duncan	...	President Elinor Shaw
Ron Lee	...	Chinese President Wu Youngjing
Jerome Ehlers	...	Captain Kevin Blake
Steve Bastoni	...	Captain Kram
Natalie Bassingthwaighte	...	Kelly Kellogg
Kevin Fry	...	Langert
Sandy Winton	...	Hart
Jack Heywood	...	Capt. Young
Marcus Eyre	...	Chef Connor
Kenneth Ransom	...	Mike Galloway

Also Known As:

Attack on the Queen (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

96 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Lions Gate Television

A poor film

Essentially a made-for-TV film masquerading as an actual film. The story is silly, the characters are weak, and the plot points will only make sense (or work) if you have undergone a lobotomy, and even then you might still scratch your head and wonder who thought this movie was a good idea.

Let's see: A historical summit set on a cruise ship. Oh yes, makes perfect sense. After all, why go to Camp David, what with its complete defensive systems, when you could just hop on a cruise ship with a movie star to teach you Tai Chi. Oh sure, why not. If the whole idea of a cruise ship as the setting for a "historical summit" that might just bring about nothing short of world peace doesn't make you roll your eyes, how about the notion that the ship will be "blacked out" from the rest of the world during its voyage. Oy. And to think, this started out as a book that was translated into a movie script!!

A poor movie, especially since it had the enticing Ms. Marie Matiko. Laughably bad, but not as laughably bad as the people who actually considers the film to be worthwhile.