The Detonator (2006)

Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.

Director:

Po-Chih Leong (as Po Chih Leong)

Writer:

Martin Wheeler

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Tim Dutton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wesley Snipes	...	Sonni Griffith
William Hope	...	Michael Shepard
Tim Dutton	...	Jozef Bostanescu
Silvia Colloca	...	Nadia Cominski
Matthew Leitch	...	Dimitru Ilinca
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Pavel
Warren Derosa	...	Mitchel
Michael Brandon	...	Flint
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Yuri Mishatov
Stuart Milligan	...	Greenfield
Evangelos Grecos	...	Kravchenko
Mihnea Paun	...	Alex
Florian Ghimpu	...	Nita
Valentin Teodosiu	...	Czeslaw
Tania Popa	...	Ana

Storyline

After an undercover mission in Bucharest to disclose an international gang of weapon dealers, the agent Sonni Griffith is assigned to protect the Romanian Nadia Kaminski, the widow of an accountant of the Romanian Mafia. However, the CIA safe house is broken in by the criminals, and Sonni realizes that the information was leaked from inside the Agency. Alone, trusting only in his friend Michael Shepard, Sonni fights to survive and protect Nadia.

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Plot Keywords:

exploding car | opening action scene | shooting | blood | blood spatter | 

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Taglines:

Betrayal is part of the game,

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

The day and month of Wesley Snipes character's birthdate of July 31, as seen in his secret file, is accurate, although its year of 1969 makes him seven years younger than Snipes, who was born in 1962.

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Goofs

During the explosion scene in the tunnel, a stunt driver wearing a helmet can be seen as a stand-in for Wesley Snipes driving the Audi.

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Connections

Features 7 Seconds (2005)

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Soundtracks

Everyday
Composed by Mike Griffin
Published by Mike Griffin Music

User Reviews

Badly written, the execution is even worse

I've seen a few bad action movies in my days, but this one's just plain awful. I feel it's a waste of time to even write this but I'll make it short. Why this movie suck? here are 10 reasons: 1. Very amateurly directed and cut. 2. Bad bad bad acting of the whole cast. 3. Silly dialogs and too many clichés. 4. Too many plot holes, a lot of scenes don't add up. 5. Bad photographing (and a lot of continuity issues). 6. Ridiculously bad performance by the lead female actress. 7. Unreliable action scenes (and not too good, either). 8. Even for a Snipes movie, he shows a big lack of acting materials. 9. Outrageous accents (of all the cast). 10. Last, but not least - too many implausible facts, such as a tournament of soccer in the U.S., CIA needing to do background checks to get new information about their employees, a mattress that is explosion proof and so on. In essence - it's a waste of time, it's not funny, not entertaining, not even as a joke - DON"T WATCH IT!!! Seriously, just don't.

Details

Country:

USA Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

John Doe

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Andrew Stevens Entertainment, Castel Film Romania, Donald Kushner Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1