The Detonator (2006) (V)

Director:

Po-Chih Leong

Writer:

Martin Wheeler (writer)

Release Date:

25 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The fate of thousands are in their hands.

Plot:

Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Sonni Griffith
Silvia Colloca	...	Nadia Cominski
Tim Dutton	...	Jozef Bostanescu
William Hope	...	Michael Shepard
Matthew Leitch	...	Dimitru Ilinca
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Pavel
Warren Derosa	...	Mitchel
Michael Brandon	...	Flint
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Yuri Mishalov
Stuart Milligan	...	Greenfield
Evangelos Grecos	...	Kravchenko
Mihnea Paun	...	Alex
Florian Ghimpu	...	Nita
Tania Popa	...	Ana
Bogdan Farkas	...	Stankiewcz

Also Known As:

John Doe (USA) (working title)
Razor's Edge (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

Netherlands:91 min

Country:

USA | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 (DVD) | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Andrew Stevens Entertainment

Trivia:

The day and month of Wesley Snipes character's birthdate of July 31, as seen in his secret file, is accurate, although its year of 1969 makes him seven years younger than Snipes, who was born in 1962.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Football match at the beginning of the movie is shown on a TV screen, there appears to be no crowd whatsoever in the stands.

Soundtrack:

It Hurts To Be Human

A interesting movie

Unlike some of the reviews written here, I didn't hate this movie. It is a movie that COULD have been much better than it was. Not Oscar material, true, but much better than it was.

I thought the plot had a good hook and through line. Granted, this movie was badly written. And TERRIBLY directed and produced. I mean, how many irrelevant flashbacks can you have? Why were we there? What exactly is the point of the opening sequence? It seems like the producer(s) watched American Beauty a few too many times and thought 'I'll use that in an action movie!' I thought the movie wasn't that badly acted. Wesley Snipes did a credible job, he just ran afoul of some bad direction. And once this movie hit the production room, things just got worse. The main actress, I think, had the same problems. Some of the other acting was suspect, yes, but it was a low-budget flick. Again, I would say it is the director's job to pick that up and correct it.

As an overall recommendation, I would agree with the first review I read that this movie is not worth seeing. Or maybe it is worth seeing, if you are a film student and want to see what NOT to do.

3/10, and that's giving it praise.