Attack Force (2006) (V)

Director:

Michael Keusch

Writers (WGA):

Steven Seagal (screenplay) &
Joe Halpin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Humanity's greatest hope... Faces his greatest battle.

Plot:

Marshall Lawson loses his strike-team in a cold-blooded and seemingly random attack. After this he takes...

Plot Keywords:

Drug Dealer | Drugs | Man Kills Woman | Semiautomatic Pistol | Tough Guy

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Cmdr. Marshall Lawson
Lisa Lovbrand	...	Tia
David Kennedy	...	Dwayne Dixon
Matthew Chambers	...	Seth
Danny Webb	...	Werner
Andrew Bicknell	...	Robinson
Adam Croasdell	...	Aroon
Mark Dymond	...	Phil
Del Synnott	...	Carl
Cheryl Ko	...	Admiral's Aide
Ioan Ionescu	...	Soldier #1 (as Ioan Andrei Ionescu)
Tomi Cristin	...	Ambassador
Florian Ghimpu	...	Tourist #1
Evelyne Armela O'Bami	...	Reina
Emanuel Parvu	...	Detective Lambert
Serban Celea	...	Doctor
Mihai Stanescu	...	Jake
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Sedan Driver
Ileana Lazariuc	...	Queen
Coca Bloos	...	Old Woman #2
Mihai Bendeac	...	Teenage Boy
Patricia Filomena Chifor	...	Teenage Girl
Michael Carter	...	Admiral Morgan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasile Albinet	...	Mercenary (uncredited)
Gabi Burlacu	...	Tia's agent (uncredited)
Vlad Coada	...	Tia's Agent #3 (uncredited)
Vlad Iacob	...	Tia's Agent (uncredited)
Sayed Najem	...	Hitman Guard (uncredited)
Daniel Pisica	...	Lead Team Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Keusch

Writing credits (WGA)
Steven Seagal		(screenplay) &
Joe Halpin		(screenplay)
Joe Halpin		(story)

Produced by
Binh Dang	....	co-executive producer
Phillip B. Goldfine	....	executive producer
Joe Halpin	....	associate producer
Bruno Hoefler	....	executive producer
Barbara Mudge	....	executive producer
Vlad Paunescu	....	co-producer
Michal Ravid-Ganot	....	associate producer (as David Ravid-Ganot)
Steven Seagal	....	producer
Pierre Spengler	....	producer
William B. Steakley	....	co-executive producer
Richard Turner	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Barry Taylor

Cinematography by
Sonja Rom

Film Editing by
Jonathan Brayley

Casting by
Tamara Gillon

Production Design by
Cristian Corvin

Art Direction by
Adrian Curelea

Set Decoration by
Gina Stancu

Costume Design by
Howard Burden

Makeup Department
Daniela Busoiu	....	key makeup artist
Letitia Ghenea	....	key hair stylist
Gilbert A. Mosko	....	personal makeup artist: Steven Seagal
Adelina Popa	....	hair stylist
Andreea Tudose	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Adrian Conerth	....	unit production manager
Gisela Evert	....	post-production supervisor
Katie Shahrokh	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dickey Beer	....	second unit director
Tim Brown	....	first assistant director
Anca Butoi	....	third assistant director
Tom Delmar	....	director: reshoots
Mircea Hategan	....	first assistant director: second unit
Bogdan Holbura	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Ghinea Diana	....	assistant art director
Alexandru Dinca	....	assistant property master
Costin Dragan	....	assistant property master
Viorel Ghenea	....	property master
Mihai Mircea	....	lead man
Sorin Popa	....	lead man
Florin Gavrila	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
Eusebiu Sirbu	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Clark	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Steve Cook	....	supervising sound editor
Stanomir Dragos	....	sound mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Howard Halsall	....	adr editor
Blair Jollands	....	sound effects editor
Cozma Marius-serban	....	sound
Peter Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Keith Tunney	....	sound editor
Liviu Lupsa	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Laurence Harvey	....	first armourer
Lucian Iordache	....	special effects supervisor
Ionel Popa	....	special effects makeup
Ovidiu Veliscu	....	assistant armourer

Visual Effects by
Serban Rotariu	....	digital artist
Tim Walton	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Vasile Albinet	....	stunt performer
Aurel Boata	....	stunts
Gabi Burlacu	....	stunt coordinator
Ion Carangea	....	stunts
Florian Ciprian	....	stunt performer
Mihai Danciu	....	stunts
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator
Calin Ferezan	....	utility stunts
Luminita Filimon	....	stunt double
Marius Florian	....	stunt rigger
Razvan Gheorghiu	....	stunts
Dian Hristov	....	lead stunt double
Vlad Iacob	....	stunt driver
Mihai Ionita	....	stunt performer
Alin Luchian	....	stunts
John Maldea	....	stunts
Sayed Najem	....	featured fighter
Mihaela Elena Oros	....	stunt double
Daniel Pasleaga	....	stunt performer
Daniel Pisica	....	stunt double: Dwayne
Daniel Pisica	....	stunt performer
Daniel Pisica	....	stunts
Carmen Preda	....	utility stunts
Doru Raceala	....	stunt cars coordinator
Florin Stancu	....	stunts
Nicolae Stoica	....	stunts
Valeriu Tomescu	....	stunt performer
Dorin Zaharia	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Calin Catalin	....	gaffer
Daniel Cojanu	....	camera operator
Ovidiu Dumitriade	....	clapper loader
Catalin Kislinger	....	assistant camera
Gabriel Kosuth	....	director of photography: second unit
Mircea Modoi	....	still photographer
Victor Toader	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurentiu Alexe	....	wardrobe assistant
Oana Gabriela Draghici	....	costume supervisor (as Oana Draghici)
Doina Raducut	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Andrew Dearnley	....	digital intermediate technician
Justin Eely	....	on-line editor
Connan McStay	....	on-line editor
Tim Waller	....	senior colorist
Leo Winslow	....	third assistant editor

Transportation Department
Bita Adrian Claudiu	....	picture vehicles coordinator
Ovidiu Stoia	....	transportation coordinator: second unit
Octav Tudor	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	business and legal affairs: Costa Abrams & Coate
Tatiana Badea	....	production assistant
Dana Boghean-Melconian	....	production coordinator
Ioana Cernescu	....	production secretary
Daniela Ortenzia Chelaru	....	production assistant
Cristina Ivan	....	production assistant
Janet Linton	....	production controller
Peter Madamba	....	script researcher
Ruxandra Popescu	....	production accountant
Claudia Stanciu	....	production assistant
Bogdan Stefanescu	....	location manager
David E. Van Houten	....	publicist
Donald Yew	....	assistant: Mr. Seagal
Jason DeBose	....	assistant to producers (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (presents)
• Steamroller Productions (as Steamroller)
• Focal Point Releasing (in association with)
• Clubdeal (as Clubdeal Backtrack Film Company)
• Castel Film Romania (as Castel Films) (co-production)
• Micro Fusion 2005-2 (in association with)
• Pueblo Film Group (in association with)

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006-) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Biomedica International  medical services
• Fatts  post-production script
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services and rentals
• Malde & Co.  financial consultants
• Molinare Studio  post-production facilities

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MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Romania | UK | USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (cut TV version) | Ireland:18 | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Trivia:

Screenwriter Joe Halpin is quoted in the book "Seagalogy: The Ass Kicking Films of Steven Seagal" as saying that "Attack Force" had originally been written and filmed as "Harvester," a sci-fi/horror movie with Steven Seagal and his men battling an invading force of vampire space aliens. After Seagal, Halpin and director Michael Keusch had delivered the finished sci-fi film, the production and distribution company decided to eliminate the sci-fi space-alien elements and replace them with another plot about a super-addictive drug that turns its users into superhuman killers. They called back a few of the lower-paid actors for re-shoots, re-dubbed the majority of Seagal's dialog via ADR, totally re-edited the film and changed it into "Attack Force" as it is now known. Seagal and Halpin were not involved.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious flipped shots and repeated footage throughout final fight scene.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: On Deadly Ground (#1.8)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Rave On The Black Sea

Dreadful - Have Moist Wipes and Anti-Bacterial Lotion on Hand b/c You'll Feel Like Shi'ite After Watching This

I'm a huge Steven Seagal fan. Hell, I probably weigh as much as he does although I don't have the street cred to sport the frizzy-mullet-ponytail. Having stated my own bias and affection for America's favorite corpulent stage and screen hero, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare this to be his worst movie ever. I'm not sure he could make a movie any worse than this.

In his defense the major problems with this film seem to occur in post-production. It's painfully obvious that this movie was supposed to have a different storyline. That results in woeful voiceovers in which Steve's voice doesn't nearly sync up with that of the dubbed voice. The editing is pisspoor and overall this starts bad, gets even worse, and by the end you'll wish you had rewatched The Da Vinci Code instead. Yes, it's that bad.

After this I don't know what to expect from Steve. My friends still laugh at me for listening to his CDs. Is it time I start checking out some of the Van Damme direct to DVD nutty logs? If you are tempted to watch this movie, rip your eyeballs out and flush them down the toilet. A lifetime of darkness is better than 89 minutes of this.