Trailer
Summary
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 41GoodWatch 43
IMDb4.8
Audience score33%
Running time
1 h 32 min
Shorter than most action movies, −16 min on the typical 108
typical 10892Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 31 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
+21Released
2004
December 20, 2004
22 years ago
Genres
ActionAdventureThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Germany- United Kingdom
- United States
Romania
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 12 more20 people
- Dolph LundgrenLance Rockford
- Jerry SpringerThe President of the United States
- Shakara LedardKaye
- Thomas LockyerStevenson
- Caroline Lee-JohnsonMrs. Jones
- Gerald KydMorgan
- Ian PorterNewell
- Howard AntonyParker
Geoffrey BurtonJamar
Iddo GoldbergScripts
James ChalkeLee- MFMichael FitzpatrickBurlingham
Leigh ZimmermanReporter
Steven ElderTech 1
Radu FlorescuAide- CLConstantin LangaTrainer
Ovidiu NiculescuOfficer- CTCristina TeodorescuNurse
- BJBryan JardineMan #1
- JKJohn KetchumMan #2
Directing · 5
- Dolph Lundgren Director
- Gerry Toomey First Assistant Director
- Anatol Reghintovschi Second Assistant Director
- Andra Barbuica Script Supervisor
- Virgil Nicolaescu Third Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Douglas W. Miller Writer, Producer
Production · 23
- Alastair Burlingham Executive Producer
- Sheikh Mohamed Bin Salman Executive Producer
- Karinne Behr Executive Producer
- Philippe Martinez Producer
- Claudine Strasser Producer
- Jeremy Zimmermann Casting
Camera · 15
- Maxime Alexandre Director of Photography
- Titi Gavrila Focus Puller
- Mihai Burtan Focus Puller
- Bogdan Stanciu Steadicam Operator
- Cătălin Stoica Grip
- Marian Ene Key Grip
Editing · 6
- Julian Rodd Editor
- Dedan Ouziel Editor
- Dan Mitre Colorist
- Des Murray Online Editor
- Ross McFall Assistant Editor
- Yan Miles First Assistant Editor
Sound · 17
- Adam Nordén Original Music Composer, Music Producer
- Guido Zettier Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Hanse Warns Sound Effects Editor
- Markus Urchs Boom Operator
- Stefan Korte Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- William Edouard Franck Sound Recordist
Art · 10
- Matthew Button Production Design
- Francesca Mauri Standby Art Director
- Serban Rotariu Storyboard Artist
- Raluca Ioanovici Set Dresser
- Tudor Ion Set Decoration
- Adrian Popa Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 11
- Till Fuhrmann Costume Design
- Andrea Dardea Tesdall Assistant Makeup Artist
- Gabi Cretan Makeup Department Head
- Ioana Liță Hairstylist
- Eli Calin Costume Supervisor
- Domnica Bodogan Assistant Hairstylist
Visual Effects · 5
- Scott McIntyre Special Effects Supervisor
- Adrian Popescu Special Effects Supervisor
- Florian Decker Visual Effects
- Ute Engel Visual Effects
- Joerg Bruemmer Visual Effects
Lighting · 5
- Catalin Nicolae Electrician
- Octavian Andreescu Electrician
- Lupsa Armand Electrician
- Daniel Balteanu Electrician
- Florin Niculae Gaffer
Other crew · 11
- Rocky Taylor Stunt Coordinator
- Razvan Pulu Stunt Coordinator
- Andy J. Smart Stunts
- Levan Doran Stunts
- Sidney J. Furie Thanks
- Daniel Ciobanu Generator Operator
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