The Defender (2004)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Dolph Lundgren

Writer:

Douglas W. Miller (writer)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Fighting The War On Terror.

Plot:

Today - the global war on terror rages on. The United States will not give an inch against terrorists...

Plot Keywords:

Grenade | Beautiful Woman | Rocket Launcher | Terrorism | Shot In The Head

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Lance Rockford
Jerry Springer	...	President of the United States
Shakara Ledard	...	Kaye
Thomas Lockyer	...	Stevenson
Caroline Lee-Johnson	...	Mrs. Jones (as Caroline Lee Johnson)
Gerald Kyd	...	Morgan
Ian Porter	...	Newell
Howard Antony	...	Parker
Geoffrey Burton	...	Jamal
Iddo Goldberg	...	Scripts
James Chalke	...	Lee
Leigh Zimmerman	...	Reporter
Steven Elder	...	Tech 1
Radu Florescu	...	Aide
Ovidiu Niculescu	...	Officer

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA | UK | Germany | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Brazil:18 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | USA:R | Italy:T | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Bauer Martinez Studios

Trivia:

Sidney J. Furie was originally hired to direct this film, but left due to illness during the prep period.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The map used several times throughout the movie to represent Romania is of Western Canada (ranging from B.C. to Manitoba, focused on Alberta, with a huge red area on Saskatchewan).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Making of 'The Defender' (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

After All

Another Disappointing Outing From Dolph

I've tried continuing to hold onto my firm grasp of being a solid,dedicated Dolph Lundgren fan. He never made amazing films,but with greats such as Showdown In Little Tokyo,he was always somebody I WANTED to enjoy on a much larger level,and one that could've (and still could be) doing some solid action flicks. He just seems to continue choosing to take part in TERRIBLE films (and go figure,supposedly he is extremely smart in reality).

No,it wasn't Springers performance (he isn't even that bad). No it isn't Dolph's performance nor anybody elses.

The movie is just BAD. The writing,the premise,the execution, EVERYTHING. I Fell asleep once and next time around it continued to just fail.

Can't recommend this,nor can I say Dolph has been doing some solid stuff lately. Van Damme seems to be making an awesome twist of fate,by making great new releases like Replicant,In Hell,Wake Of Death...and Dolph is in some kind of bad limbo.

Maybe SOME day,we can see him escape.