Lance and his team are bodyguards for NSA's head, who is sent by the president to a secret meeting in an empty hotel outside Bucharest. During the meeting, the hotel is attacked. By whom and why?
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| Dolph Lundgren | ... | Lance Rockford | |
| Jerry Springer | ... | President of the United States | |
| Shakara Ledard | ... | Kaye | |
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Thomas Lockyer | ... | Stevenson |
| Caroline Lee-Johnson | ... | Mrs. Jones (as Caroline Lee Johnson) | |
| Gerald Kyd | ... | Morgan | |
| Ian Porter | ... | Newell | |
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Howard Antony | ... | Parker |
| Geoffrey Burton | ... | Jamal | |
| Iddo Goldberg | ... | Scripts | |
| James Chalke | ... | Lee | |
| Leigh Zimmerman | ... | Reporter | |
| Steven Elder | ... | Tech 1 | |
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Radu Florescu | ... | Aide |
| Ovidiu Niculescu | ... | Officer | |
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Today - the global war on terror rages on. The United States will not give an inch against terrorists, especially Mohamed Jamar, considered to be the worst of them all. Jamar has been missing for months, but his network continues its function. The President stands firm before the world, but behind the scenes his teams are working to find the final solution. Jamar represents a paradox: he can never be killed, because if found dead he would become an instant martyr. If caught he must be tried. If he is found guilty he would become a martyr and further inspiration to acts of terror. If acquitted, the policies of the entire western world would be destroyed. So he must remain invisible. Roberta Jones, the head of the National Security Agency, is working to ensure he remains invisible, forever. Under the guise of attending an Eastern European conference on Terror in Romania, she attends a secret meeting with Jamar at a secluded hotel outside Bucharest. No one knows about this meeting and ... Written by Bauer Martinez Studios
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Sidney J. Furie was originally hired to direct this film, but left due to illness during the prep period. See more »Goofs
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Two interesting facts – it's Lundgren's first movie as a director and Jerry Springer plays the president of United States. Dolph has to protect the president from the terrorists. That's all the plot . Well , not really , the movie makers do try to tell us some kind of story , but is just boring and predictable . The big twist ? Some people want to keep war going because it's a good business . Unless you're as intelligent as Forrest Gump that shouldn't be a surprise to you. Also Lundgren's back story seems to be made only to make the movie longer. It doesn't have any connection to the main plot whatsoever.
The movie is mostly one shootout after another in big castle. The characters have no personality . The acting aside Springer is non-existent. There is plenty of action but it's so empty because the meager plot that exists makes such little sense.
Only for die-hard Lundgren fans. I give it 1/10.