A.I. Assault (2006) (TV)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Bill Monroe (written by)
Jim Wynorski (written by)

Release Date:

4 September 2007 (Hungary)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Programmed To Think. Wired To Destroy.

Plot:

When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off as soon as possible for the longer they are activated, the smarter they become. |

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Island | Military | Remake | Helicopter

Cast

Joe Lando	...	Major Richard Tunney
Lisa LoCicero	...	Susan Foster
Joshua Cox	...	Jack McKenna (as Josh Coxx)
Blake Gibbons	...	Rork
Hudson Leick	...	Tiffany Smith
Michael Dorn	...	General Buskirk
Bill Mumy	...	Major Heath
Alexandra Paul	...	Marlon Adams
Robert Picardo	...	Doctor John Foster
George Takei	...	Major Lane
Tim Thomerson	...	Admiral Harrison
Roark Critchlow	...	Daryl Cage
Jay Richardson	...	Dr. Trent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Baldridge	...	Dr. Virgil Finley
John J. Dalesandro	...	Shane
Tony Gonzalez	...	Derek Williams
Clayton Landey	...	Major Steve Tyler
Adam Lieberman	...	Lt. Bill Gordon
Paul Logan	...	Saunders
Yvonne Sciò	...	Victoria Scott
Peter F. Tegan	...	Sgt. Jason Ricks
Diana Terranova	...	Dr. Nava
Terrell Tilford	...	Mike Kirby

Directed by
Jim Wynorski		(as Jay Andrews)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bill Monroe		written by
Jim Wynorski		written by

Produced by
Daniel Gilboy	....	co-producer
Paul Hertzberg	....	producer
Kimberly A. Ray	....	line producer
Vicki L. Sawyer	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Chuck Cirino

Cinematography by
Ken Blakey

Film Editing by
Keith Henderson

Casting by
Fern Champion
Paul Ruddy

Production Design by
Steve Ralph

Costume Design by
Robert Constant

Makeup Department
Nicholle Lyall	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Kimberly A. Ray	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Battaglia	....	second second assistant director
Bryan Boardley	....	second assistant director
Jennifer Fiedler	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jason E. Hatfield	....	leadman
Kevin Hummel	....	assistant property master
Robert Hummel	....	property master
Staci Mallett	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley artist
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley mixer
Chris Julian	....	sound post-production
Randy Lawson	....	sound mixer
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Robert DeVine	....	special makeup effects: Robert Picardo brain implant makeup, claw arm, exploding head

Visual Effects by
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects supervisor
Angelina Borisowa	....	visual effect assistant editor
Wes C. Caefer	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Barbara Domuschieva	....	visual effects
Emil Georgiev	....	model maker
Milen Jiliazkov	....	digital effects artist
Peter Keranov	....	digital compositor
Momchil Kirov	....	digital compositor
Dimitar Kovachev	....	technical support staff
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Nikolay Mihailov	....	assistant visual effects editor
Velislava Mihailova	....	digital effects artist
Diana Moneva	....	digital compositor
Nick Peshunoff	....	visual effects coordinator
Marin Petrov	....	digital artist
Jivko Popov	....	digital artist
Shero Rauf	....	digital effects artist
Nikola Simeonov	....	lead 3D artist
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor
Peter Tomov	....	digital effects artist
Filip Uzunov	....	digital effects artist
Alexander Valev	....	digital artist
Silvia Vasileva	....	animator
Vladimir Zdravkov	....	visual effects technical support staff

Stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunts
Steve Hart	....	stunts
Cole S. McKay	....	stunt coordinator (as Cole McKay)
Diana Terranova	....	stunts
Jennifer Watson-Johnston	....	stunts (as Jennifer Watson)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jonathon Carmichael	....	grip
Eddie San Chan	....	gaffer
Jesse Crusing	....	electrician
Jacob Dovalina	....	grip
Gene Fereaud	....	best boy electric
Phoebe Krueger	....	film loader
Thomas E. Nicholson	....	grip
Kelly Richard	....	first assistant camera
David Sheetz	....	key grip
Sonoko Shimoyama	....	electrician
Thomas Vozza	....	still photographer
Michael Witczak	....	electrician

Casting Department
Paul Ruddy	....	casting associate

Other crew
Will Alovis	....	script supervisor
Kellie Griffin	....	production coordinator
Torrence Hall	....	armorer
Emilio Hurmuziou	....	production accountant
Mike Tristano	....	armorer
Becca Justine Yannone	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Cinetel Films

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate

Special Effects

• Anatomorphex (special effects)
• Worldwide FX

Other Companies

• BSX Records  score album released by (limited edition)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Imagine Post  post-production
• Imagine Post  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Shockwave" - USA (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sci-fi violence

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Cinetel Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the group is in a open field and attacked by the robots, they run to hide behind a boulder. When they grab the side, it rocks, revealing it is likely Styrofoam.

Movie Connections:

References War of the Worlds (2005)

Flawed, Full of Holes, but I Have Seen Worse

While transporting airborne two state-of-art robots with artificial intelligence and a team of scientists, the ultimate weapons are accidentally activated, killing the humans and crashing the airplane in an isolated island. A team of marines leaded by Major Richard Tunney (Joe Lando) and with the support of the scientist Susan Foster (Lisa LoCicero) is assigned to retrieve or destroy the robots within a schedule. Meanwhile, a gang of thieves that had robbed US$ 2,000,000.00 in a passenger vessel has trouble with the rotor of their helicopter and lands in the same island.

"A.I. Assault" is flawed and full of holes, and my only consolation is that I have seen movies worse than this one. The story is absurd: the helicopter of the thugs lands exactly in the same dangerous island; the military force brings inadequate weapons, in spite of knowing that only one rifle is suitable to fight against the invincible robots; their adviser, Dr. Susan Foster, acts like a retarded; the pilot of the helicopter has a crisis of morality and leaves two million dollars in the island. The robots seem to be prepared to destroy ham actors and actresses, actually that is what they do along the movie, therefore they are useful weapons. The story is a sort of "Jurassic Park III" with the devices from the 2006 "War of the Worlds", and the special effects are reasonable for a B-movie. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Shockwave"