Militia (2000)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Steve Latshaw (written by) and
William Carson (written by)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

An ATF agent goes undercover to retrieve stolen anthrax missiles. |

Plot Keywords:

ATF Agent | Anthrax | ATF | U.S. Army | Ponytail

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dean Cain	...	Ethan Carter
Jennifer Beals	...	Julie Sanders
Frederic Forrest	...	William Fain
Stacy Keach	...	George Armstrong Montgomery
John Beck	...	Dep. Dir. Anderson
Brett Butler	...	Bobbi
Christopher Maleki	...	Staley
James C. Victor	...	Tegley
Dean Hallo	...	Major Wilson
Bill Langlois Monroe	...	Nelson (as William Langlois Monroe)
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Col. Jim Donaman, Ret.
Shawna Casey	...	Rebecca Fain
Curtis Blanck	...	Jimmy Fain
David Dunard	...	Billy Joe Stevens
Billy Rieck	...	Doug Stevens

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Acton, California, USA

Trivia:

Effects footage involving the theft of the anthrax and destruction of the building was taken directly from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Goofs:

Continuity: Early in the movie, when the Militia was being attacked. The man in charge of the militia handed his rifle to another guy, but the guy held his hands out just a split second before the guy handed his rifle to him. Had to be a mind reader to know he was going to do that.

Movie Connections:

References American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)

You get what you expect...

Man, it kills me to see the direct-to-video fare that Jennifer Beals has been starring in recently. This predictable grade-C flick is passable only because it rarely takes itself too seriously. Jim Wynorski is the master of camp mediocrity, and so we see Fredric Forrest spoof his "terrorist looney-toon" persona that was hysterical but chilling in Falling Down, and Stacy Keach and Dean Cain try their hardest to not let us know they'd rather be anywhere else than on the set of this movie. That brings us to Jennifer. Why, oh why, is this gorgeous actress with passable chops whiling away her time in trifle like this and Turbulence 2 (or was it 3?).

Anyway, I watched it all the way through and if you ask me next week about "Militia" I promise you I won't remember ever having seen it. In the meantime, Corkymeter rates Militia 2 (out of 5) stars. (Yes, it rates higher than "Woo" because it knows it's piffle). Jennifer, Jennifer, Jennifer...