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Shakedown (2002)

Video  -  Action | Drama  -  24 December 2002 (USA)
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In Los Angeles a deadly plague called the 'Pandora' virus is stolen from a high-security installation, and the F.B.I. calls in Agent Alec 'Mac' Mckay to follow up the leads. A trained ... See full summary »

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Complete credited cast:
Wolf Larson ...
Agent Alec 'Mac' MacKay
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Julie Hayes
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Christopher 'St. Joy' Bellows
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General Wolf
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Tony B
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Agent Lee
Brandon Karrer ...
Scotty Hayes
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Robert Arce ...
Dr. Wilhelm Siebert
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Agent Neal
Sam Scarber ...
Agent Taylor
Hugh Hodgin ...
Crozier
Charmaine Cruz ...
Ms. Grant
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In Los Angeles a deadly plague called the 'Pandora' virus is stolen from a high-security installation, and the F.B.I. calls in Agent Alec 'Mac' Mckay to follow up the leads. A trained virologist, he discovers the culprit is one of the world's top researchers. He discovers the man has a safety box in a bank vault and a trap is laid to capture both the doctor and reclaim the virus. Meanwhile, Julie Hayes discovers her do-well brother Scotty has become involved in the plan to rob a bank... The very bank that the F.B.I. is now watching in their bid to reclaim the Pandora virus. An unwilling accomplice, Julie tries to alert the bank staff, unaware that the man she thinks is a bank teller is in fact Mac working undercover. Things go from bad to worse when the errant doctor, looking tense and terrified, arrives with a tall, blond-haired, leather-clad man whom the watching agents identify as St. Joy, the leader of the L.R.A., a well-known doomsday cult. St. Joy wants Pandora. He wants Pandora... Written by Helen Chavez

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bank | virus | fbi | agent | earthquake | See more »

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The Quake of the Century. See more »

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Action | Drama

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Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications »
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24 December 2002 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Földindulás  »

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$250,000 (estimated)
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Brian Katkin:  Helicopter pilot. See more »

Quotes

Christopher 'St. Joy' Bellows: I'm dying today, one way or another.
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Connections

Edited from Earthquake (1974) See more »

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"Everything Is Money"
Written by Christopher Farrell and Brian Katkin
Vocal by Brian Katkin
Silver Strand Music, BMI
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Skip it, baby. (spoilers)
28 July 2005 | by (Orlando, Florida) – See all my reviews

This is one of the worst action films I have ever seen. This is particularly due to much of the factual implausibility (like an obvious agent posing as a bank loan officer while making obvious that he is speaking to someone through a wire or the scene where the scientists assume it is safe to enter a room in which a virus has been released even though 'it has not found a viable host' does not mean that it will never find one), the cheap sets (the bank looks like it was poorly constructed to resemble a dungeon), and the bad acting. It is the story of an organized crime group that has successfully stolen a capsule of the lethal virus. However, the head honcho who decides to remove it from a bank security deposit box, does so at the same time a bank heist is going down, at the same FBI agents have been informed of this, and at the same time a terrible earthquake erupts. Needless to say, the aftermath of the quake is messy in more ways than one. However, the results do not make for an enticing action film, but instead, one that has been obviously z-grade junk from the beginning of the film. (Perhaps this is why some of the screen captures on the packaging look to be created with computer graphics rather than being actual screen captures from various sequences of the film). What the hell Ron Perlman was doing in this, I have no idea. I wonder if he was as embarrassed to be in it as I was to have watched it.


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