The Marksman (2005) (V)

Director:

Marcus Adams

Writers (WGA):

Travis Spangler (story) &
Tyler Spangler (story) ...
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Release Date:

12 October 2005 (Argentina)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

The fate of two nations rests in his hands.

Plot:

Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them. |

Plot Keywords:

Rebel | Marksman | Terrorist Group | Machine Gun | AK 47

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Painter
William Hope	...	Johnathan Tensor
Emma Samms	...	Amanda Jacks
Anthony Warren	...	Capt. Naish
Peter Youngblood Hills	...	Hargreaves
Ryan McCluskey	...	Rodgers
Warren Derosa	...	Orin
Christiaan Haig	...	Hightop
Dan Badarau	...	Gen. Egor Zaysan (as Dan Badaru)
Serge Soric	...	Andrey Flintov
Gelu Nitu	...	Minister Viktor Ivanov
Matt Salinger	...	General Parent (as Matthew Salinger)
John Guerrasio	...	Secretary Cummings
Ian Ashpitel	...	Major Devro
Peter Swander	...	Sergeant Hill (as Peter Bradley Swander)
Johnny Myers	...	Arthur Moffit
Vlad Ivanov	...	Mikhail Beslan
Mihai Dinvale	...	Ilya Chikal
Tania Popa	...	Valentina Benkova
Toma Vasile	...	Little Man
Radu Banzaru	...	Nato Technician
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Resistance Fighter
Gabi Burlacu	...	Chechen Soldier
Catalin Banghia	...	Chechen Soldier (as Banghea Catalin)
Alin Luchian	...	Chechen Soldier
Razvan Radu	...	Chechen Soldier (as Radu Razvan)
Marius Florian	...	Russian Specialist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Abell	...	Lt. Carter (uncredited)
Richard L. Fox	...	Photo Technician (uncredited)
Darcas Macopson	...	Lt. Randall (uncredited)
Andrew Stevens	...	Capt. Jack Stevens (uncredited)

Directed by
Marcus Adams

Writing credits (WGA)
Travis Spangler		(story) &
Tyler Spangler		(story) and
J.S. Cardone		(story)
J.S. Cardone		(screenplay) &
Andy Hurst		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Alvarado	....	associate producer
J.S. Cardone	....	executive producer
Richard L. Fox	....	associate producer
Alwyn Kushner	....	co-producer
Donald Kushner	....	producer
Alison Semenza	....	line producer
Pierre Spengler	....	producer
Andrew Stevens	....	producer
Richard Turner	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Michael Slovis

Casting by
Andrea Clark
Jeremy Zimmermann		(as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Production Design by
Dan Toader

Art Direction by
Monica Timofte

Set Decoration by
Oana Marinescu

Costume Design by
Oana Paunescu

Makeup Department
Ioana Angelescu	....	key makeup artist
Creanga Georgiana	....	hair stylist (as Georgiana Creanga)
Gabriel Eduard Gherasim	....	assistant hair stylist
Cristina Ilie	....	assistant makeup artist
Mihaela Radu	....	hair stylist
Mihaela Radu	....	special makeup effects artist
Cyndi Reece-Thorne	....	hair stylist: Wesley Snipes (as Cyndi Thorne)
Cyndi Reece-Thorne	....	makeup artist: Wesley Snipes (as Cyndi Thorne)

Production Management
Cristian Bostanescu	....	executive in charge of production (as Cristi Bostanescu)
Lucia Pavlovschi	....	unit production manager (as Lucia Maghiar)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vasile Albinet	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ecaterina Beilic	....	third assistant director
Adrian Buescu	....	second second assistant director
Cristian Ciurea	....	first assistant director (as Cristi Ciurea)
Adrian Conerth	....	first assistant director: second unit
Tom Delmar	....	second unit director
Cristina Iliescu	....	second assistant director
Maria Nita	....	third assistant director
Marius Olteanu	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Sorin Avram	....	assistant property master
Eugen Cerneanu	....	buyer
Ionut Cinculeasa	....	swing gang
Alex Constantinescu	....	construction foreman (as Alexandru Constantinescu)
Viorel Ghenea	....	property master
Stefan Gheorghe	....	swing gang (as Gheorghe Stefan)
Adi Handac	....	assistant property master (as Asi Handac)
Adriana Iurascu	....	storyboard artist
Ilinca Marin	....	assistant set decorator
Iasar Memedali	....	assistant property master
Iasar Memedali	....	buyer
Florin Paraschiv	....	swing gang
Valentin Petuhov	....	storyboard artist
Christian Simion	....	construction coordinator (as Cristi Simion)
Marian Staciu	....	swing gang
Raluca Stefan	....	assistant set decorator
Anton Torino	....	swing gang
Marius Trandafir	....	lead man
Nicolae Ursu	....	assistant to construction coordinator
Paul Velca	....	buyer
Cristian Corvin	....	additional art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rodney Berling	....	dialogue editor
Steve Cook	....	sound supervisor
Marius Emil Stanescu	....	boom operator
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Dave Humphries	....	foley editor
Richard Lewis	....	sound re-recording mixer
Liviu Lupsa	....	boom operator
Radu Nicolae	....	sound mixer
Steven Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Johnathan Rush	....	sound editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer

Special Effects by
Cristian Capitanescu	....	special effects technician (as Capitanescu Cristian)
Petre Constantin	....	special effects technician
Mircea Frenkel	....	special effects technician
Lucian Iordache	....	special effects supervisor
Dan Olaru	....	special effects technician
Charlie Olsen	....	special effects assistant (as Charles Olsen)
Marian Pisau	....	special effects technician
Ionel Popa	....	prosthetics technician
Sandu Sorin	....	special effects technician
Sorin Stanciu	....	special effects technician
Florin Stoian	....	special effects technician
Jason Troughton	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Andrew Bishop	....	visual effects
Simon Coombs	....	visual effects
Greg Cox	....	visual effects
Simon Percy	....	visual effects

Stunts
Mamuleanu Adrian	....	stuntman
Vasile Albinet	....	stunts
Catalin Banghia	....	stuntman
Florin Barcun	....	stuntman
Aurel Boata	....	stunts
Henie Bosman	....	stunt performer
Gabi Burlacu	....	stunt coordinator: Romanian
Nelu Caragea	....	stuntman
Baby Chris	....	stuntman
Andrabulea Cigel	....	stuntman (as Gigel Andrabulea)
Florian Ciprian	....	stuntman (as Ciprian Florian)
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator
Doru Dumitrescu	....	stuntman
Liviu Fister	....	stuntman
Marius Florian	....	stuntman (as Florian Silviu Marius)
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunt double: Wesley Snipes (as Clay Fontenot)
Banica Gheorghe	....	stuntman
Evangelos Grecos	....	stuntman
Vlad Iacob	....	stuntman
Mihai Ionita	....	stuntman (as Ionita Mihai)
Dave Judge	....	stuntman
Alin Luchian	....	stuntman
Catalin Mancafa	....	stuntman
Catalin Mancafa	....	stunts
Silviu Mihai	....	stuntman
Iulia Muresanu	....	stuntman
Serban Nicolae	....	stuntman
Daniel Pasleaga	....	stuntman (as Daniel Pisleaga)
Adrian Pavlovschi	....	stuntman
Dumitru Stancu Petre	....	stuntman
Daniel Pisica	....	stuntman
Doru Raceala	....	stuntman
Romeo Raicu	....	stuntman
Florin Stancu	....	stuntman
Daniel Stoica	....	stuntman (as Danut Stoica)
Daniel Tomescu	....	stuntman
Valeriu Tomescu	....	stuntman (as Vali Tomescu)
Bogdan Uritescu	....	stuntman
Fanel Ursu	....	stuntman (as Fane Ursu)
Daniel Visan	....	stuntman (as Dani Visan)
Dorin Zaharia	....	stuntman
Nicu Constantin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mihai Danciu	....	stunts (uncredited)
Marius Florian	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Iulia Muresanu	....	stunt double: Valentina (uncredited)
Vasilescu Valentin	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Nicolae Alexandru	....	electrician (as Alexandru Nicolae)
Marius Bercu	....	gaffer
Iurie Bustiuc	....	assistant camera
Pascu Cioc	....	electrician (as Cioc Pascu)
Alex Cosma	....	electrician (as Alex Cozma)
Irinel Dinca	....	grip
Sorin Dinu	....	dolly grip
Marian Duca	....	key grip
Florin Ilinca	....	assistant camera
Radu Ion	....	best boy
Ancuta Iordachescu	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Sascia Ippoliti	....	Steadicam operator (as Sascha Ippoliti)
Marcu Laurentiu	....	focus puller (as Laurentiu Marcu)
Tudor Lucaciu	....	director of photography: second unit
Gabriel Marin	....	grip (as Gabi Marin)
Gabriel Nita	....	assistant camera
Aurel Perianu	....	video assist
Ionut Perianu	....	film loader: "b" camera
Alexandru Solomon	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gociu Sorin	....	still photographer (as Sorin Gociu)
Augustina Stanciu	....	clapper
Petre Surugiu	....	generator operator (as Bebe Surugiu)
Paul Ticu	....	electrician
Cristian Toader	....	best boy (as Cristi Toader)
Andrew Zikely	....	assistant camera (as Andrei Zikeli)
Dan Zveghentev	....	film loader

Casting Department
Ovidiu Paunescu	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurentiu Alexe	....	wardrobe assistant
Craig Anthony Cook	....	costume supervisor: Wesley Snipes
Ana Maria Cucu	....	costume supervisor
Florica Dragomir	....	wardrobe assistant
Raluca Erhan	....	assistant costume supervisor
Carmen Ilie	....	wardrobe assistant
Luminita Lungu	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Ruth Coulson	....	first assistant editor
Connan McStay	....	on-line editor
Des Murray	....	on-line editor
Tim Waller	....	senior colorist
Neil Williams	....	first assistant editor
Jonathan Yau	....	assistant digital colorist

Music Department
Eric Wurst	....	conductor
Eric Wurst	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Vasile Alexandru	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Mihai Paul Andrei	....	driver
Marian Baltag	....	driver
Razvan Boarta	....	driver
Robert Ciobanu	....	driver
Ion Ciodarica	....	driver
William 'Telly' Davis	....	driver: Wesley Snipes (as Telly Davis)
Adrian Dolenschi	....	driver
Andrei Dumitrescu	....	driver
Cristian Gheorghiu	....	driver
Adi Ghiorghe	....	driver
George Iancu	....	driver
Florin Ilinca	....	driver
Vladimir Ivan	....	driver
George Logofatu	....	driver
Gheorghe Marian	....	driver (as Marian Gheorghe)
Dorin Mercea	....	customs liason (as Dori Mercea)
Lucian Necula	....	driver
Dragos Paraschivopulos	....	driver (as Dragos Paraskevopoulos)
Andrei Pataki	....	driver (as Andre Pataki)
Cristian Petcu	....	driver
Doru Raceala	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Dan Radulescu	....	driver
Marian Stefan	....	driver
Eugen Toma	....	driver
Dan Trica	....	driver
Mircea Tudor	....	transport coordinator
Octav Tudor	....	driver (as Octavian Tudor)
Rodica Ungureanu	....	driver
Claudiu Zaharia	....	driver

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	legal and business affairs: Costa Abrams & Coate
Tatiana Badea	....	assistant translator
Lennox Brown	....	stand-in: Wesley Snipes
Ionela Cojocaru	....	caterer
Smaranda Comanescu	....	assistant: Wesley Snipes
Doru Cretu	....	weapons assistant
Catalin Dobre	....	caterer (as Catalin Dobra)
Adrian Dumitrescu	....	production assistant
Florin Gon	....	production assistant
Lee Harris	....	security: Wesley Snipes
Alexandra Ichim	....	production coordinator
Emil Ionita	....	utility man
Chuck Jeffreys	....	fight choreographer
Ahmed Kamila	....	chef
Alexandra Margarit	....	caterer
Iulian Margarit	....	utility man
Dan Palmer	....	production accountant
Daniel Parvulescu	....	weapons supervisor
Charles Perry	....	armorer
Ruxandra Popescu	....	production accountant
Constantin Radoiu	....	utility man
Claudia Stanciu	....	production secretary
Elena Stancu	....	caterer
Cornelia Stefan	....	script supervisor
Ovidiu Stoia	....	location manager
Ovidiu Stoia	....	location unit manager
Philip J. Strina	....	business & legal affairs: Costa, Abrams & Coate
Oana Topliceanu	....	production coordinator
Gena Tudor	....	production assistant
Richard Turner	....	financial controller
Nae Valentin	....	utility man (as Valentin Nae)
Thai Van Ngo	....	security: Wesley Snipes

Production Companies

• Andrew Stevens Entertainment
• Castel Film Romania

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (GCTHV) (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Hollydan Works (2006-????) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (worldwide) (DVD)

Other Companies

• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services
• Malde & Co.  financial consultants
• Molinare Studio  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

"Nuclear Target" - Europe (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Andrew Stevens Entertainment

Trivia:

An entire dialog sequence was lifted directly from Fred Olen Ray's Active Stealth (1999) (V) when the film came in under time.

Goofs:

Continuity: The number markings on the American Fighter Jet's nose change between 104 and 114 in different shots.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Painter:Are your nerves shaking?... that means your instincts are turned on.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Teen Wolf: The Tell (#1.5)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Public Eye

Total Garbage

The first 10 minutes of this movie says enough it is a cobbled up poorly directed pile of reeking crap. THe story is horribly obvious from the outset to boot. Tired and trite standard themes that have been done before and with far more style.

I must say after this viewing I can say any time one sees Wesley Snipes listing in a movie it is a fairly safe bet that the movie is not worth watching. Pity Wesley seems to be associated with people who can't make a movie worth watching.

Save your time and don't bother. I'd say it isn't even worth a rental when time comes. Waste of bandwidth.