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Storm Catcher

  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
1.6K
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Storm Catcher (1999)
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A renegade general (Robert Miano) plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man (Dolph Lundgren) is capable of flying it.A renegade general (Robert Miano) plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man (Dolph Lundgren) is capable of flying it.A renegade general (Robert Miano) plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man (Dolph Lundgren) is capable of flying it.

  • Director
    • Anthony Hickox
  • Writers
    • Bill Gucwa
    • Ed Masterson
  • Stars
    • Dolph Lundgren
    • Mystro Clark
    • Jon Pennell
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • Anthony Hickox
    • Writers
      • Bill Gucwa
      • Ed Masterson
    • Stars
      • Dolph Lundgren
      • Mystro Clark
      • Jon Pennell
    • 34User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Dolph Lundgren
    Dolph Lundgren
    • Major Jack Holloway
    Mystro Clark
    Mystro Clark
    • Captain 'Sparks' Johnson
    Jon Pennell
    • Captain Lucas
    • (as John Pennell)
    Robert Miano
    Robert Miano
    • General William Jacobs
    Yvonne Zima
    Yvonne Zima
    • Nicole Holloway
    Kylie Bax
    Kylie Bax
    • Jessica Holloway
    Jody Jones
    • Sergeant McGarry
    Robert Glen Keith
    Robert Glen Keith
    • Sergeant Stanley
    Anthony Hickox
    Anthony Hickox
    • Agent Load
    • (as Tony Hickox)
    Kimberley Davies
    Kimberley Davies
    • Agent Lock
    Rudy Mettia
    • Commando
    Burt Goodman
    • Old Guy
    Andreea Radutoiu
    • Havens
    Phil Culotta
    Phil Culotta
    • Commando #1
    Mark De Alessandro
    Mark De Alessandro
    • Commando #2
    • (as Mark Delasandro)
    Matthew R. Anderson
    Matthew R. Anderson
    • Commando #3
    • (as Matt Anderson)
    Travis McKenna
    Travis McKenna
    • Big Man
    Ernest Harden Jr.
    Ernest Harden Jr.
    • Gate Guard
    • Director
      • Anthony Hickox
    • Writers
      • Bill Gucwa
      • Ed Masterson
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    • Trivia
      Filmed in 18 days.
    • Goofs
      When Holloway is put at the back of the ice-cream truck, you can see that the ice-cream truck as only two ice-cream cones on the top of the truck vanilla and strawberry. One the next scene when the ice-cream truck is driving away it has 3 ice-cream cones: vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.
    • Quotes

      Captain Lucas: Do you have any respect for authority?

      Captain 'Sparks' Johnson: Not when they got an ass like that. That's hot, I wonder what's in the briefcase, probably sex toys or something naughty.

      Major Jack Holloway: [Captain Holloway laughs] Come here.

    • Crazy credits
      CIA Agents Lock and Load. Sheesh!
    • Alternate versions
      German Retail-Video was cut to obtain a 16-rating. Rental-Video is uncut and rated "not under 18". Both Versions are available on DVD.
    • Connections
      Edited from Top Gun (1986)

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    Poor even by Lundgren's low standards.
    Major Jack Holloway is the pilot of a revolutionary new fighter jet that is totally invisible to all forms of radar when it goes into stealth mode. When ever someone steals the jet, they frame him for the crime and kidnap his family in order to force him to fly it (he being the only person able to). However Holloway escapes from the group and enlists the help of technical wizard Sparks Johnson to out smart the group.

    I'm not a big Lundgren fan but I'll always give his movies a go when they come on TV as I tend to hope that they will at least give me some cheap thrills as an average action movie. This film was a major disappointment in many ways. First of all the plot is not exactly clever but it hasn't been developed well enough to make it plausible, it feels like they wrote it with 8 key scenes in mind but were unable to make good links between them – hence we have bad guys simply bursting into Holloway's home etc. It all feels very bitty and this also affects any excitement or tension it may have been able to have – it simply doesn't flow as a film. In fact it is hardly developed at all when the climax occurs – I had to wonder about the extent of the chief villain's plan, his claims were grand on a global scale but we had seen no evidence of the might he would need to pull it off, all I'd seen was a few guys who had been mostly dispatched by Holloway!

    However a bad plot and poor development could easily describe many average action movie filling up the late night TV schedules, but this one has other flaws. The direction is indicative of the whole film – rushed, untidy and uncaring. The camera swings around wildly, but not like is the fashion with NYPD Blue or H:LOTS but really wildly so that the mildest scenes are supposed to feel exciting and frantic – they don't. The production values feel cheap with few special effects and al aerial stuff clearly stock footage. The most laughable thing (spotted as well by another reviewer) was when the unit came for Holloway's family and burst through his windows you could see the fake silencers on the toy guns bending all over the place! This is one example but it was full of cheap touches that gave me the overall impression that they just wanted to get the film finished and damn the quality.

    The acting is poor at best. Lundgren is poor as he clearly has no character and has been given no direction and is thus not involved with his character. Therefore he seems relaxed in the plane (despite the seriousness of the situation on the ground) and also doesn't even convince when cheering his daughter on at a football game. Only in the fight scenes (of which there are few) does he seem to be trying and even then it's temporary. Clark is a typical `comedy black sidekick' and just exactly what he has seen done in other films before and just mugs his way through. Bax is annoyingly wooden as Holloway's wife and has a grating cut glass English accent which I can only assume the casting crew thought would `add colour' to the film. Miano is a really poor villain and never gets even to the standard of average thrillers. His character has no teeth and I never really saw his plan as realistic or something that couldn't be easily overcome – his failure to be a threat really knocked whatever small amount of interest I still had out of me.

    Overall even people who look forward to the next Lundgren film will be disappointed with this. In every area it feels cheap and rushed – it is a product rather than a film. I had to wonder why I was bothering to watch this when it was so clear that everyone involved had put so little effort into this. Poor even by Lundgren's low standards.
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    • Jun 22, 2003

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    • Release date
      • October 12, 2001 (Taiwan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Situación crítica
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Phoenician Entertainment
      • Franchise Pictures
      • Stormy Productions Inc.
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,580
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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