Seconds to Spare (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Writers (WGA):

Brian Trenchard-Smith (written by) &
Dennis A. Pratt (written by)

Release Date:

1 May 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Action | Thriller

Plot:

When a deadly assassin hijacks a passenger train, he threatens to detonate a deadly can of poison that can wipe out an entire city...

Plot Keywords:

Train

Cast

Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	Paul Blake
Kimberley Davies	...	Rhonda Newcombe
Kate Beahan	...	Eve Lambert
Jerome Ehlers	...	Emmett Larkin
Nick Tate	...	Commander Haggarty
Alyssa-Jane Cook	...	Kristin
Victor Parascos	...	Captain Moran
Alexander Petersons	...	Laslovic (as Alex Petersons)
Paul Dalglish	...	Yates
Brad McMurray	...	O'dell
Peter Nash	...	Morgan
Nigel Leslie	...	Walters
Christopher Morris	...	Branyan
Jared Robinson	...	Danvers
Kevin Hides	...	Chief Steward

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Queensland, Australia

Company:

Carlton America

Action-thriller upstaged by the star's magnificent pecs!!

SECONDS TO SPARE

Aspect ratio: 1.78:1

Sound format: Stereo

After serving time in prison on a trumped-up charge of corruption, an ex-DEA officer (Antonio Sabato Jr.) travels to Australia in search of the man responsible for his ordeal (Jerome Ehlers), a rogue CIA agent who has hijacked a passenger train and is threatening to detonate a nerve bomb in the heart of Sydney...

Antonio Sabato Jr. is the perfect action hero: He's dark and handsome, and he can kick butt with the best of 'em. The only 'trouble' is his chest - he's got the best pecs in the business, and his costume designer knows it. When he wears a tight-fitting T-shirt (as he does frequently throughout this opportunistic mini-epic), or - better still - when he isn't wearing a shirt at all (there's only one gratuitous 'topless' scene, but welcome nonetheless!), some viewers will be hopelessly distracted by the size, shape and all-round magnificence of those plate-sized pectorals. Thankfully, Sabato wears another (loose fitting) shirt just long enough for Brian Trenchard-Smith's ho-hum actioner to emerge into some kind of focus, and while there's nothing new in either the script (by Trenchard-Smith and Dennis Pratt) or direction, the movie contains enough explosions and punch-ups to satisfy the target audience. Former soap star Kimberley Davies (sporting a rather magnificent chest of her own!) is Sabato's potential love interest, prone to falling into the wrong hands and being rescued by her hunky would-be boyfriend, while Kate Beahan suffers gracefully as Ehler's naive associate, a good-hearted soul who realizes - too late! - the hijack will end in disaster for millions of innocent people. Professional in all departments, the movie is no more than a routine time-waster, but Sabato's pumped-up torso is worth endless repeat viewings. Drool, slobber...