Second in Command (2006)

Jean Claude plays an official who's just been appointed as Second In Command to the U.S.Ambassador at an American Embassy in a small, turbulent Eastern European nation. When local ... See full summary »

Director:

Simon Fellows

Writers:

Jonathan Bowers (screenplay), David L. Corley (screenplay) (as David Corley)

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Cox, Alan McKenna

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Cmdr. Sam Keenan
Julie Cox	...	Michelle Whitman
Alan McKenna	...	Cpt. John Baldwin
Razaaq Adoti	...	Sgt. Earl 'Gunny' Darnell
Velibor Topic	...	Anton Tavarov
William Tapley	...	Frank Gaines
Warren Derosa	...	Mike Shustec
Ian Virgo	...	Cpl. Will Butler
Raffaello Degruttola	...	PFC Zanger
Serban Celea	...	President Yuri Amirev
Vlad Ivanov	...	RSO John Lydon
Emanuel Parvu	...	Cpl. Chevanton
Razvan Oprea	...	PFC Devereaux
Mihai Bisericanu	...	Marshall Geller
Elizabeth Barondes	...	Jennifer Lennard

Storyline

Jean Claude plays an official who's just been appointed as Second In Command to the U.S.Ambassador at an American Embassy in a small, turbulent Eastern European nation. When local insurgents attempt a coup d'etat, the nation's President takes refuge inside the embassy. The embassy is then besieged by the well-armed insurgents. The U.S. Ambassador is killed in the ensuing action, and it's now up to Jean-Claude and the embassy's small detachment of U.S. Marines to fend off the attackers.

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Plot Keywords:

embassy | martial arts | exploding truck | exploding car | exploding bus | 

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Taglines:

It's time to take charge!

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Genres:

Action | Thriller | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Country:

UK Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 May 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Defteros stin ierarhia

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA),Castel Film Romania,Clubdeal

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

By an odd coincidence, the scenes in which PFCs Zanger and Pazzini plant and detonate a number of package bombs around the neighborhood to distract the insurgents from the US Embassy was filmed on 07 July 2005, the date of the terrorist bombings in London, with the SFX explosions taking place almost to the exact hour of those in the UK. The largely British crew of the film learned of the attacks shortly after during their lunch break, and filming was suspended for the remainder of the day.

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Goofs

When the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is called in to rescue the embassy inhabitants AH-1 Cobras and IAR 330s (Romanian variant of SA 330 Puma; not in US service) take off from an air base, later on only the AH-1 Cobras are shown in mid-air flight over desert environment (no deserts in the Balkans). Next time the helicopters are shown they depict UH-60 Black Hawks without stub wings and UH-1 Iroquois. During the final showdown computer-generated MH-60L DAP or UH-60 with stub wings and rocket pods are shown. The IAR 330s do return as they deploy US Marines on the roof of the embassy.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Half Past Dead 2 (2011)

User Reviews

The return of the myth Van Damme !

An excellent film for the return of Van Damme. With an excellent script and scenes of action, Second in Command is an excellent film that marks with a positive point the career of Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Van Damme proves another time that he is a master in action films and I was really very happy to see that Van Damme is getting back. Replicant, In Hell, Wake of Death and Second in Command had been four excellent films.

What remains us now is wait for The Hard Corps, Til Death and Bloodsport 2.

Congratulations, Van Damme!

10/10