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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

  • TV Movie
  • 2011
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
7K
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Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
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Follows Sam Axe on a mission in Latin America and gives us a glimpse into his military past.Follows Sam Axe on a mission in Latin America and gives us a glimpse into his military past.Follows Sam Axe on a mission in Latin America and gives us a glimpse into his military past.

  • Director
    • Jeffrey Donovan
  • Writers
    • Matt Nix
    • Greg Hart
  • Stars
    • Bruce Campbell
    • Kiele Sanchez
    • RonReaco Lee
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeffrey Donovan
    • Writers
      • Matt Nix
      • Greg Hart
    • Stars
      • Bruce Campbell
      • Kiele Sanchez
      • RonReaco Lee
    • 32User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Bruce Campbell, Kiele Sanchez, and Ilza Ponko in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
    Bruce Campbell and Ilza Ponko in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
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    Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
    Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
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    Bruce Campbell, RonReaco Lee, Kiele Sanchez, and Ilza Ponko in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
    Bruce Campbell, RonReaco Lee, and Kiele Sanchez in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
    Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
    Pedro Pascal in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
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    Pedro Pascal and Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)

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    Bruce Campbell
    Bruce Campbell
    • Sam Axe
    Kiele Sanchez
    Kiele Sanchez
    • Amanda Maples
    RonReaco Lee
    RonReaco Lee
    • Ben Delaney
    Pedro Pascal
    Pedro Pascal
    • Comandante Veracruz
    Ilza Ponko
    Ilza Ponko
    • Beatriz
    • (as Ilza Rosario)
    Kepa Amuchastegui
    • Gov. Perez
    Chandra West
    Chandra West
    • Donna Maitland
    John Diehl
    John Diehl
    • Adm. James G. Lawrence
    John Ales
    John Ales
    • Matt Bailey
    Brendan O'Malley
    • Gabriel Manaro
    Lenny Clarke
    Lenny Clarke
    • Rawlins
    Alex Fernandez
    Alex Fernandez
    • Adm. Gregory Maitland
    Germán Escallón
    • Luis
    Roberto Cano
    Roberto Cano
    • Garcia
    Johnny Acero
    • Montez
    • (as John Acero)
    Jason Chad Roth
    • Chief Warrant Officer Donovan
    • (as Jason Chad)
    John Alexander Castro
    • Barrios
    Alfonso Olave
    • Oscar
    • Director
      • Jeffrey Donovan
    • Writers
      • Matt Nix
      • Greg Hart
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Sam claims he only taught the "terrorists" plays from the junior varsity football team from Analy High School. Matt Nix (creator of Burn Notice) graduated from Analy High School in Sebastopol California.
    • Goofs
      Naval Officers do not wear black shoes with the white uniform the shoes should be white. As a commander his cover (hat) should have "scrambled eggs" on the visor. The shoulder boards were not properly attached. While the are times when it is proper to salute indoors, Naval personnel never salute without being covered (wearing the hat).
    • Quotes

      Sam Axe: [after throwing a chainsaw at a group of attackers] Very groovy!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Burn Notice: Enemy of My Enemy (2011)

    User reviews32

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    7/10
    A great way for a Burn Notice follower to fill the absurdly long inter-season hiatus.
    The long anticipated prequel to the Burn Notice series answered many of our nagging questions about the series and Sam Axe in particular; but, posed even more. Matt Nix (the writer) and Bruce Campbell (the actor) played the Sam Axe character true to the form we would expect of a former Navy SEAL, if anything even more so. Affable, caring, not taking himself too seriously -- but with a high sense of loyalty and duty as well as street savvy. For the most part, a "squared away" SEAL - except that most of those guys that I'm acquainted with are quite a bit more serious, and anything but easy going.

    Unfortunately, not all the show's characters fared the same. Don't get me wrong, none were poor actors; just that, some were weaker than others. And, most were appropriate for the genre and situation; but, just as in the series, some were written unbelievably stupid, or uni-dimensional or repetitive. Matt does seem to have a bit of a penchant for writing controlling shrews as lead female characters.

    The director, Jeffery Donovan (Michael in the series), and writer are apparently much more acquainted with crooks, thugs and terrorists than they are with anything military. Guns, bombs and thugs are portrayed with amazing accuracy but anything military (especially Navy) seems to end at the mere term: "Navy SEAL." Supposedly Mr. Nix relies heavily on spy consultants but no one associated with the show appears to have even served in the military. No attempt seems to have been made to even approximate the correct insignias, uniforms, badges or military law (J.A.G) processes.

    None-the-less, the series isn't about the military, TV budgets aren't the same as movies, Jeffery is a beginning director, and Matt... well he's Matt, one of a kind. The character-driven story was so compelling that, if you didn't look too deeply, or become annoyed with the characterizations, it was two hours well spent. Followers of the series will not be disappointed and will be well served with the new explanations, the new questions to answer, the expansion on a well-liked character, AND a great filler to a terribly long season hiatus.
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    • Apr 18, 2011

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    • When Sam is in his "whites" before the other Navy Officers, why isn't he wearing the SEAL Trident?
    • Was Sam still wearing his side arm when he returned to the Columbian forces after being "kidnapped"?

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Nepouzdani agenti: Pad Sema Eksa
    • Filming locations
      • Bogotá, Colombia
    • Production companies
      • Flying Glass of Milk Productions
      • Fox Television Studios
      • FoxTelecolombia
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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