Storyline
Mike Riggins, an imprisoned ex-US Special forces operative in Eastern Europe, is offered his freedom and money to rescue an American woman, Ana Gale, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless warlord. But, shortly after freeing her, Mike discovers that the kidnap story was just a ruse to bring Ana out into the open. Our hero suddenly finds himself and his charge being hunted by ruthless government, para-military, and underworld organizations - all who want him dead and Ana under their control. With no one to turn to, and the enemies closing in, Mike must uncover the truth about Ana and bring her to the safety of the U.S. Embassy.User Reviews
DIRECT CONTACT surely
is a bad movie: the plot is generic, the direction is laughable, the
editing sloppy, the acting aside from Lundgren terrible. Furthermore
some scenes are taken from earlier Nu Image-movies like U.S.SEALS
1&3, OUT FOR A KILL or DERAILED. Despite these facts DIRECT CONTACT
is a highly entertaining piece of B-movie as it manages to keep the pace
high and fills 80 minutes with as much senseless action as any sucker
for this kind of movie could hope for. Lundgren kicks ass, and anyone
who was disappointed with the lack of solid action in MISSIONARY MAN can
rejoice. Although the violence often looks ridiculous (blood spurting
from hats, etc.)it's fun watching Dolph doing what he's best in, and
despite his age he really delivers. Danny Lerner on the other hand
should finally finish his attempts to be a director, in more competent
hands this movie could have been a b-action-gem since the budget is
moderate, the visuals nice, the score okay, unfortunately the many flaws
make this movie just another case of trashy but at least amusing guilty
pleasure.
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