The Detonator (2006) (V)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Po-Chih Leong

Writer:

Martin Wheeler (writer)

Release Date:

25 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The fate of thousands are in their hands.

Plot:

Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Sonni Griffith
Silvia Colloca	...	Nadia Cominski
Tim Dutton	...	Jozef Bostanescu
William Hope	...	Michael Shepard
Matthew Leitch	...	Dimitru Ilinca
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Pavel
Warren Derosa	...	Mitchel
Michael Brandon	...	Flint
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Yuri Mishalov
Stuart Milligan	...	Greenfield
Evangelos Grecos	...	Kravchenko
Mihnea Paun	...	Alex
Florian Ghimpu	...	Nita
Tania Popa	...	Ana
Bogdan Farkas	...	Stankiewcz

Also Known As:

John Doe (USA) (working title)
Razor's Edge (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

Netherlands:91 min

Country:

USA | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 (DVD) | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Andrew Stevens Entertainment

Trivia:

The day and month of Wesley Snipes character's birthdate of July 31, as seen in his secret file, is accurate, although its year of 1969 makes him seven years younger than Snipes, who was born in 1962.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end, Sonni Griffith winds the window up of a convertible with the roof up, however as he drives off, the film cuts to an overhead shot which shows the windows and the roof down.

Soundtrack:

It Hurts To Be Human

worst movie i have seen in a long time

to start off, i'm easily pleased. i'm in no way a real critic, and movies that authentic critics, friends, family, and newspapers may find awful may even be fun for me to watch.

not this one however.

i got it since it was the newest wesley snipes movie in my DVD-store. i like snipes, but this was a let-down.

bad story, bad actors, continuity-glitches, crappy sound, depressing locations, a pseudo- cool snipes, i really had to force myself to finish the movie.

they even left some markings in the shots where a car was supposed to come to a stop.

and i'm not talking about "small production company/young director/low budget" kind of bad, where you may ignore some mistakes because you feel sympathy.

a wanna-be block buster action movie that disappoints like no other in a long time.