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5.0/10   560 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Sidney J. Furie (story)
Greg Mellott (writer)
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Release Date:
25 May 2005 (United Arab Emirates) more
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Tagline:
Can One Man Make A Difference?
Plot:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dolph Lundgren ... Frank Gannon

Polly Shannon ... Billie Ross
Donald Burda ... Bryant
Rothaford Gray ... Ed Grimes

Conrad Dunn ... Captain Stone

Walter Alza ... Espinoza

Alex Karzis ... Agent Bill

Larry Day ... Phil, Agent in Charge
Natacha La Ferriere ... Adrianna
Daniel Kash ... LoPresti
Stacey Coke ... Loretta

Joseph Griffin ... Carter (as Joseph Luna Griffin)
Vanessa Thompson ... Katy
Tim Sell
Jim Codrington
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At the beginning of the movie, a thug that Lundgren beats up can be seen wearing a Punisher t-shirt emblazoned with the famous skull design. Dolph Lundgren played the title role in The Punisher (1989). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Throughout the movie, cars and other vehicles are shot multiple times with pistols, shotguns, and submachine guns, but display almost no bullet holes. more
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Referenced in Making of 'Direct Action' (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
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you know it's bad from the beginning, 25 September 2005
3/10
Author: vdeogmrlr from United States

You know an action movie is going to be horrible if the soundtrack mainly consists of rap. This movie starts off with rap and has it playing through most of the movie, it's unbearable and really brought down my vote. While watching the opening credits, along with the rap soundtrack, you get treated to all the fighting scenes in the movie so before the movie even starts you've seen pretty much all of the action which is what's supposed to draw you into this movie. While the angle of looking at a drivers face through the rear view isn't a bad shot to use, the director really overdoes the shot by using it every time someone is in a car and more than once each time. The story is decent but nothing special and isn't strong enough to keep you through all the crap. It's too bad Dolph had done this movie, he wants to keep a low profile in the movie industry but this is the absolute wrong way to do it.

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