First Target (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Armand Mastroianni

Writers (WGA):

Carey Hayes (written by) &
Chad Hayes (written by)

Release Date:

15 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

The Secret Service attempts to prevent an elaborately plotted assassination attempt on the President.

Plot Keywords:

President | Bodyguard | Gun | Fight | Murder

Cast

Daryl Hannah	...	Alex McGregor
Doug Savant	...	Grant Coleman
Brandy Ledford	...	Kelsey Innes
Peter Flemming	...	Stewart McCall
Gary Bakewell	...	Ryan Nicholson
Jason Schombing	...	Jack Bryant
Robert Wisden	...	Brinkman
Tom Butler	...	Senator Jack 'J.P.' Hunter
Ona Grauer	...	Nina Stahl
Aaron Grain	...	Evan Stahl
Gregory Harrison	...	President Jonathan Hayes
Ken Camroux	...	Vice-President
Terence Kelly	...	Clay (as Terrence Kelly)
Byron Lawson	...	Jordan
Bill Nikolai	...	Garrett

Runtime:

Australia:93 min | Argentina:100 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Columbia TriStar International Television

Movie Connections:

Follows First Daughter (1999) (TV)

Tense, above-average save-the-day action-suspense potboiler.

Gregory Harrison and Doug Savant return as U.S. President and outdoors adventure guide, respectively, in this sequel to "First Daughter" (1999 TV). Daryl Hannah appears as the take-charge head of the President's Secret Service detail and Savant's love interest. This time, it's the president who's the target of one or maybe more assassins, and again it will be the outdoorsman, not the Secret Service, who facilitates the save. Naturally.

Almost to excess, there is treachery all over the place---the details won't be divulged here---but then you have to grudgingly admire the reaching. Consequently, dead bodies abound as the action takes off early and proceeds to its suspenseful conclusion. Production values are first rate.

In the end, this potboiler is a better way to kill time than most of its ilk. Let's hope that our country never faces the situation depicted here.

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Watchers of technical details will wonder why a brand new aerial tramway has peeling paint; also, how you can have doors turning into splintered bullet-hole sieves without endangering participants in a Secret Service training exercise.