Extreme Ops (2002)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers (WGA):

Timothy Scott Bogart (story) and
Mark Mullin (story) ...
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Release Date:

27 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear is a trigger

Plot:

While filming a advertisment, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.

Plot Keywords:

Extreme Sports | Helicopter | Avalanche | Film Crew | Skiing

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Devon Sawa	...	Will
Bridgette Wilson	...	Chloe (as Brigette Wilson-Sampras)
Rupert Graves	...	Jeffrey
Rufus Sewell	...	Ian
Heino Ferch	...	Mark
Joe Absolom	...	Silo
Jana Pallaske	...	Kittie
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	...	Zoran
Liliana Komorowska	...	Yana
Klaus Löwitsch	...	Pavlov
David Scheller	...	Slavko
Detlef Bothe	...	Ratko
Heinrich Schmieder	...	Goran
Franjo Marincic	...	Ivo
Rade Radovic	...	Jaksa
Lex Kreps	...	Newscaster (as Lex Krepps)
Wolfgang Packhäuser	...	Nervous Serb (as Wolfgang Packhauser)
Norbert Blecha	...	Foreman
Vicky Huang	...	Kana
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Mr. Imahara
Troy Yorke	...	Hotel Clerk
Patrick Godin	...	Biker #1
Dominic Ropars	...	Biker #2
Kevin Simard	...	Biker #3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ivan Vukov	...	Second Generation Father (uncredited)

Directed by
Christian Duguay

Writing credits (WGA)
Timothy Scott Bogart		(story) and
Mark Mullin		(story)
Michael Zaidan		(screenplay)

Produced by
Norbert Blecha	....	co-producer
Rudy Cohen	....	executive producer
Mark Damon	....	executive producer
Moshe Diamant	....	producer
Jan Fantl	....	producer
Frank Hübner	....	co-producer
Tom Reeve	....	co-producer
David Saunders	....	executive producer
Michael Scheel	....	line producer
Romain Schroeder	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Normand Corbeil
Stanislas Syrewicz

Cinematography by
Hannes Hubach

Film Editing by
Clive Barrett
Sylvain Lebel

Production Design by
Philip Harrison

Art Direction by
Andreas Olshausen

Set Decoration by
Ernestine Hipper
Louise Roper

Costume Design by
Maria Schicker

Makeup Department
Sandra Feijoo	....	makeup artist
Tahira Herold	....	makeup artist
Benjamin Robin	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Markus Bensch	....	unit production manager
Luc Campeau	....	production manager: Montreal
Reinhild Gräber	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Tim Grover	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher P. Kibbey	....	post-production supervisor
Rudolf Kurz	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Erin Smith	....	production manager
Susanne Steube	....	production manager: second unit
Tony Tromp	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Bartonio	....	first assistant director: action unit
Ada Brant	....	third assistant director
Christophe Cheysson	....	first assistant director
Tanja Däberitz	....	second second assistant director
Tom Delmar	....	second unit director
Didier LaFond	....	action unit director
Andreas Mésáros	....	second assistant director
Andreas Meszaros	....	first assistant director
Sabine Schulmeyer	....	third assistant director
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Simon-Julien Boucherie	....	assistant set decorator
Laurenz Brüning	....	draftsman
Michael Drexler	....	property buyer
Klaus Eckmann	....	swing gang
Axel Eichhorst	....	storyboard artist
Enzo Enzel	....	chief painter
Alan Gilmore	....	assistant art director
Marcus Haendgen	....	property master
Stefan Hausmann	....	construction coordinator
Axel Kahnt	....	property master
Roxy Konrad	....	art department coordinator: Berlin (as Roxy Glassford)
Robert Krüger	....	scenic artist
Oliver Kuhlmann	....	stand-by props
Colin Matthews	....	property master
Sabine Murr	....	assistant property master
Tanya A. Nordhoff	....	set buyer
Valentine Pavuls	....	assistant property master
Katja Pilarek	....	property buyer
Sabine Wahrmann	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Christopher Ackland	....	sound effects editor
Philip Alton	....	adr editor
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist
Nick Baldock	....	sound assistant
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Ben Barker	....	foley editor
Nigel Bennett	....	sound
Darren Brisker	....	production sound mixer: Canada
Ed Cantu	....	production sound mixer
Colin Cooper	....	foley recordist
Twydor Davis	....	adr editor
Michael Feinberg	....	dialogue editor
Bruce Gray	....	adr mixer
Mark Heslop	....	sound effects editor
Michael Hibberson	....	boom operator
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Mario Migge	....	boom operator
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kath Pollard	....	adr mixer
Tom Sayers	....	sound effects editor
Richard Street	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Veigel	....	sound mixer: action unit

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Norman Ernst	....	special effects technician
Normand Gobeille	....	special effects technician
Till Hertrich	....	special effects technician
Stefan Knauer	....	special effects technician
Maurice Koester	....	special effects assistant
Uwe Lehmann	....	amourer
Michael Luppino	....	special effects foreman
Robert Mattigetz	....	cinematographer: miniatures unit
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	snow effects technician
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor
Andrew Semple	....	miniature avalanche
Lucien Stephenson	....	special effects supervisor: snow effects
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects technician
Martin Williams	....	special effects rigger

Visual Effects by
Gerold Bublak	....	model maker
Marco Carboni	....	visual effects
Marc Cote	....	motion control supervisor
Frank D'Iorio	....	digital compositor
Michel Frenette	....	Inferno artist
Alex Friedrich	....	model maker
Frederick Gaudreau	....	digital previz
Emanuel LaFrance	....	digital artist
Stéphane Landry	....	visual effects supervisor
Melanie La Rue	....	visual effects line producer: Buzz
Yannick Leblanc	....	motion control and previz technical director
Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput	....	matte painter
François Lord	....	CG supervisor
Stefano Marinoni	....	visual effects
Andre U. Montambeault	....	digital compositor
Louis Morin	....	visual effects producer: Buzz
Juliette Mourez	....	digital compositor
Enrico Pieracciani	....	visual effects supervisor: GM Italy
Yvan Pinard	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Poteet	....	visual effects: particles
Monique Ress	....	colour grader
Cristiana Rumori	....	production coordinator
Alessandro Tibiletti	....	visual effects coordinator: Mediacube
Robin Tremblay	....	lead matte painter
Paola Trisoglio	....	visual effects
Sebastien Veilleux	....	digital compositor
Alex Ongaro	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Dave Alexander	....	diving stunt double: Mark, Canada
Dave Alexander	....	skateboard stunt double: Mark, Canada
Dave Alexander	....	stunt double: Mark, Canada
Felix Baumgartner	....	base jumper
Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce	....	stunts: Canada (as Rob Boyce)
Robert Brackenhofer	....	ski double
Byron Briscoe	....	skateboard stunt double: Silo, Canada
Byron Briscoe	....	skateboard stunt double: Will, Canada
Byron Briscoe	....	train skateboard stunt double: Silo, Canada (as Bryon Briscoe)
John 'Buff' Buffery	....	stunts: Canada (as John Buffry)
James Carillo	....	train skateboard stunt double: Chloe, Canada
Shek Chan	....	stunts (as Chan Shek Stone)
Douglas Chapman	....	stunt double: Will, Canada (as Doug Chapman)
Patrick Cometto	....	ski double
Gary Connery	....	stunts
Robin Courcilles	....	ski photo double: Chloe, Canada
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator (as Tom Demare)
Guy Deschenes	....	snowboard stunt double: Ian, Canada
Oliver Fritsche	....	stunts
Elisabeth Garcia	....	ski double
Evangelos Grecos	....	stunts
Henrik Jhren Haaland	....	ski double
Camille Jaccoux	....	ski double
David Jacox	....	roof stunt double: Jeffrey, Canada
Ruth Jenkins	....	stunts
Norman Kent	....	stunts
Keith Klapstein	....	stunt kayaker: Canada
Chin Kwong Kwai	....	stunts
Lai Shing Kwong	....	stunts
Theo Kypri	....	stunts
Finh Kwang Leh	....	stunts
Terrance Leigh	....	stunt double: Ian, Canada (as Terrance Liegh)
Terrance Leigh	....	stunt kayaker: Canada
Charlie Lion	....	ski double
Hannes Lipf	....	ski double
Jean-Luc Matieux	....	ski double
Johanna Matsson	....	ski double
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunt kayaker: Canada (as Phil Mitchell)
Jim Orava	....	stunts: Canada
Dan Redford	....	stunt coordinator: Canada
Erwin Reichel	....	stunts
Andre Pierre Rhem	....	ski double
Diz Sharpe	....	stunts
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double: Bridgette Wilson
Raphaelle Monod Sjoström	....	ski double
Grant Smith	....	stunt rigger
Stewart Smith	....	stunt kayaker: Canada
Marjorie Tappert	....	ski double
Stephane Tchiknavorian	....	ski double
Laura Tiasto	....	skateboard stunt double: Kittie, Canada
Marshall Virtue	....	train skateboard stunt double: Mark, Canada
Owen Walstrom	....	stunt kayaker: Canada
Brad White	....	telemark photo double: Mark, Canada
Xin Xin Xiong	....	action stunt coordinator
Denise Badura	....	stunts (uncredited)
Garvin Cross	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ivonne Dietzel	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loi Kwan Kam	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jon Kralt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Armin Sauer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rene Schobes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ralf Tillmann	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Bornes	....	camera operator
Christian Duguay	....	Steadicam operator
Mario Grech	....	electrician
Eddie Handschak	....	video operator: Austria/Germany
Mark Hoffmann	....	first assistant camera
Felicitas Hollmig	....	second assistant camera
Holger Joos	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Norman Kent	....	aerial camera operator
Peter Kosel	....	rigging gaffer
Robert Mattigetz	....	director of photography: miniatures shoot
Rod Newby	....	generator operator
Klaus Niemeier	....	best boy grip
Szabo Nikolaus	....	electrician
Jürgen Olczyk	....	still photographer
Stéphane Paillard	....	assistant camera
Rob Parisien	....	digital video assist operator: Canada
Harold Peter	....	key grip
Joachim Pfeiffer	....	still photographer
Georg Riha	....	director of photography: aerial and avalanche footage
Oliver Schneider	....	camera operator: aerial and avalanche footage
Ronald Schwarz	....	gaffer (as Ronny Schwarz)
Marco Teuchert	....	best boy electric
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Helmut van der Wielen	....	second assistant camera
Bernhard Wagner	....	first assistant camera
Darin Wong	....	dolly grip
Markus Zucker	....	clapper loader

Casting Department
Anja Dihrberg	....	casting: Europe
Sue Jones	....	casting: UK
Carolyn McLeod	....	casting assistant: UK
Iris Müller	....	extras casting
Penny Perry	....	casting: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anette Czagany	....	assistant costume designer
Carola Raum	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Florian Drechsler	....	assistant editor: Germany
Patricia Ferbeck	....	negative cutter
Tom Henderson	....	color timer
Paul Hirsch	....	additional editor
Sandra Stier	....	negative cutter
Madeleine C. Schnell	....	post-production coordinator: Motion Picture Bond Company (uncredited)

Music Department
Joe Henson	....	musician: bass guitar
Graham Sutton	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Benjamin Dunker	....	production driver
Chris Hammond	....	facility driver
Daniel Mattig	....	transportation coordinator
Sebastian Neitsch	....	transportation captain
Petr Pietras	....	production driver
Roland Schütz	....	driver: cast
Daniel Schwarz	....	production driver

Other crew
Lucien Abbet	....	rock rigger
Roman Avianus	....	set location manager
Jo Cameron Brown	....	dialect coach
Pascal Charlier	....	location manager
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
John Falkiner	....	safety coordinator
Ellie Fox	....	payroll accountant
Christian Frohn	....	production assistant
Klaus Große Darrelmann	....	location manager: action unit
Juliane Heicken	....	production assistant
Christian Henson	....	drum programmer
Steffi Hiller	....	key accountant: Austria
Marcela Jahodova	....	assistant accountant
Diane Janna	....	assistant to director
Nelly Jencíková	....	production auditor
Andreas Kispert	....	set manager
Christian Klempert	....	assistant location manager
Lorette Leblanc	....	script supervisor
Rainer Leb	....	assistant accountant: Austria
Gunnar Leitgeb	....	location assistant
Bernard Mazauric	....	production executive
Dan Redford	....	safety coordinator: Canada
Sabine Renger	....	assistant production coordinator
Marco Schenke	....	crowd marshall
Imke Sommerkamp	....	supervising production coordinator
Mark Stehli	....	location manager
Stephane Wasila	....	location manager
Katja Wolf	....	assistant to executive producer
Maren Wölk	....	production secretary
Melissa Brown	....	assistant to executive producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• MDP Worldwide (presents)
• Diamant Cohen Productions (presents)
• ApolloMedia
• Extreme Productions
• Carousel Picture Company, The (in association with)

Distributors

• MDP Worldwide (2002-) (worldwide) (all media)
• Paramount Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• SND (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinergia (200?) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Herald Film Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• PlayArte Filmes (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• PlayArte Filmes (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2004) (Romania) (theatrical)
• RTL Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (UK) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Blue Gold (visual effects)
• Buzz Image Group (special optical effects on location)
• Camera e-Motion (3-D pre-visualization)
• Camera e-Motion (motion control)
• Digitalia Graphics S.r.l. (visual effects)
• Mediacube Italia (visual effects supervision)
• Rumblefish (visual effects)
• Snow Business (snow effects)

Other Companies

• Bollux  grip rental company
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and opticals
• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services and rentals
• Malde & Co.  production auditors
• Reel Sound  sound post-production
• Stadtsparkasse Köln  production financing
• Video Split Productions  video assist equipment

Also Known As:

Extremist (Philippines: English title)
The Extremists (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence/peril, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

93 min | Argentina:94 min

Country:

UK | Germany | Luxembourg

Language:

English | German | Japanese | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #34813) | Iceland:10 (theatrical rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Ireland:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The closing credits begin with 'To Werner' - Werner Koenig had died in an avalanche in 2000 while location scouting for this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the movie when they jump out of the sky lift, seven people jump out, yet there are only six people.

Quotes:

Silo: What's up, bitches!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fear of Clowns (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Roll with Me Now

Bad filmmaking 101

This film is bad filmmaking 101. A commercial director (Rufus Sewell, who has certainly done better work elsewhere) assembles a group of extreme athletes (including Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as a Gold Medal Skier??) and lugs them off to a secluded area of the Swis Alps to film them outracing an avalance for a DV Camera commercial!!! Of course the same hillside out intrepid filmmakers choose is the hidding place of some terrorist leader, who thinks the bumbling and arguing film crew are actualy CIA Agents trying to nab him! Of course the first hour or so is taken up by inane banter among the athletes, including a raver chick (a dead ringer for early Angelina Jolie) who thinks Sampras gold Medal skier isnt hip enough to be in their crowd... Eventualy, after the obligatory Hot Tub bonding scene, we get to some action when the bad guys chase out heroes down the slopes in a helicopter! Of course the ending is so rediculous that you'll just laugh at the ineptitude of the screenwriters. This is a terrible movie from start to finish. GRADE: F