A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered several men and stolen the plane. Then try to murder his wife and take his daughter prisoner. Threatening to kill his daughter if he doesn't help, he appears trapped. However, his best friend who is the plane's computer specialist has a few tricks up his sleeve.
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Or Blue thunder". Or "Iron Eagle" . Every one of this movies is far more entertaining than this poor B-class movie. Sometimes B-class movies are fun. Unfortunately this isn't one of them.This is a poor action thriller. The story is very thin and predictable. The characters are bland (there is even stereotypical "funny black guy sidekick") and the villains are lame. The whole conspiracy thing here is lame and has been done million times in the past and much better. I don't really know what's going on here – a sign of bad writing. If you're looking for action you won't find it here. There's a cool flipping truck stunt but nothing else. Director Anthony Hickox tries to make this movie look stylish like a John Woo movie , but fails terribly. In several of the slow-mo gun fighting scenes you can actually see the silencers on the guns bend and wobble. The plane scenes are weak and unsatisfying. "Storm catcher" is very lifeless and badly directed movie.The acting is painfully bad. Even Lundgren seems bored here and barely puts any effort.This movie was filmed in 18 days and it shows. It really looks and feels low budget. Avoid it. I give it 1/10.
There is no doubt that this is a cheapie. Director Anthony Hickox admits that had little budget and time to do it right. But, sometimes cheapies can be worth watching. Sometimes.In this case, if he had more money he could have gotten Burt Lancaster instead of Robert Miano. Gen. James Mattoon Scott is the preeminent wacky military type that leads a revolution against the government. Miano just does have the passion.Maybe he could have gotten Arnold Schwarzenegger to lead the charge to stop the revolution and get his daughter back. Dolph Lundgren is OK, but when you want the best, you get Matrix.Yvonne Zima is no Alyssa Milano, but she did a good job as the daughter. I would keep her.So, we have Seven Days in May and Commando. I am sure we can come up with others that we used to make this film, but why bother. Just watch the originals.
Man, this film was bad!!!! I have seen a lot of Lungren's movies, cause I was a big Lungren fan in the past. Now Dolph is really history for me, because most of his recent films are almost unwatchable.....including this one. This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen on TV. The story is awful, the acting is even more awful and the dialogues are extremely awful. The editing is so bad it's beyond belief. I think the editor must have been drunk. Anyway, I consider this to be one of the worst movies ever (not the worst, because I have also seen Agent Red from his recent films, which is even worse). If you are looking for some karate fight scenes or something like that, there aren't any. This movie is like a bad joke!!!
This is dismal. A very weak cast offers predictably poor performances, and a very weak story about some sort of military conspiracy by a secret Special Operations force against the US Government simply serves to confuse the viewer, because it's impossible to really sort any of this out. Obviously recognizing the inherent (and huge) flaws in all of this, the writers choose to inundate us with extreme violence, mega shootouts, stabbings, etc., but it all just adds up to a dreadful movie and a waste of time for anyone who makes the mistake of watching it.1/10