Detonator (2003)

A former FBI agent must stop a madman from setting off a bomb.

Director:

Jonathan Freedman

Writer:

Herschel Wahlkoch

Stars:

Randall Batinkoff, Elizabeth Berkley, Stan Shaw

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Randall Batinkoff	...	Beau Stoddard
Elizabeth Berkley	...	Jane Dreyer
Stan Shaw	...	Robert Brickland
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Jack Forrester
Denis Forest	...	Steve Kerwin
John Pleshette	...	Stuart Newman
Peter Jason	...	U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg
Terri J. Vaughn	...	Sharona Brown
Cheselka Leigh	...	Candi
Will Stewart	...	Van Wilson (as Will Foster Stewart)
Tom Virtue	...	Fred Bizzert
Patrick Bristow	...	DeJuan Michaels
Tommy De La Cruz	...	Kid
Gregory Scott Cummins	...	James Grimes
Diannah Bays	...	Diana - reporter

Storyline

When a bomb, delivered to a law firm's skyscraper office, kills 15 night crew and senior partner Anne Harrington, irreverent postal inspector Beau Stoddard competently traces it. Officially he's just FBI liaison. Nominee director of Domestic Security Robert Brickland, Beau's hated ex-boss at bomb squad and FBI, grudgingly lets him collaborate with ex-partner Jane Dreyer. Soon after U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg is also bombed. Anonymous letters suggests the link is drug hood James Grimes, but he maintains his innocence while dying in a bloody arrest. Beau pushes on, fearing a dirtier plot.

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Plot Keywords:

fbi | bomb | handcuffs | face slap | false identity | 

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Taglines:

He'll blow you away.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2005 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Write-Off

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CO 1. Filmproduktions KG, Cinetel Films, Media Entertainment GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Denis Forest, who played a pivotal role, died during the production of this film. He had already filmed his scenes. The production people wanted to dedicate the film to his memory.

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Quotes

Jane Dreyer: [about building explosion] LAPD says there's an eye witness?
Jack Forrester: I'm gonna go back in the building now, where it's safe.

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Crazy Credits

In memory of Denis Forest (1960 - 2002)

User Reviews

It's bad...

...actually it's very bad. The acting is bad, the screenplay is bad, and the directing is bad...actually I think the director was sleeping in his chair while "directing" the actors. The lines in this movie are predictable and cheap and overused (in other movies before).

There are even some hilarious scenes in the movie, for example when Beau jumps blind trough the windows when the bomb explodes, falling RIGHT into a pile of cardboxes laying in the MIDDLE of the street, or when Beau as a postal inspector can walk into the FBI building's operations room just like that. It's also funny to watch FBI files protected by passwords that are not encrypted, you can actually see the password that you type instead of ***** [stars,blind characters] ... Jeeeez!

The FBI operation that they pulled off...well that wasn't an FBI operation, it wasn't even professional. Federal agents running around, without any cover... Our "hero" (who has about 8 years of experience as an FBI field agent) shoots a guy, (who then falls to the ground with his gun in his hands) then walks up to him and starts asking stupid questions WITHOUT securing his weapon! All this in a hostile environment...bahhh!!!

I don't know who to blame for stupid scenes like that in this movie (the director or screenwriter), but I think whoever is responsible for them, should quit his job. Actually the guy who hired him should do the same :)

Enough said, this movie is not worth your precious time, believe me!