Black Dawn (2005) (V)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Alexander Gruszynski

Writer:

Martin Wheeler (writer)

Release Date:

27 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

It's always darkest before dawn.

Plot:

Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles. |

Plot Keywords:

Terrorism | Sequel | Second Part | CIA | Nuclear Bomb

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Jonathan Cold
Tamara Davies	...	Agent Amanda Stuart
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	James Donovan
Julian Stone	...	Michael Donovan
Nicholas Davidoff	...	Nicholi
Roman Varshavsky	...	Fedor
Noa Hegesh	...	Julia
Warren Derosa	...	Sergey
Angela Gots	...	Stazi
Don Franklin	...	Max Pierson
Timothy Carhart	...	Greer
David St. James	...	Macabe
Eddie Velez	...	Brody
Matt Salinger	...	Myshkin
Ryan Bollman	...	Billy Raduziner

Also Known As:

Foreigner 2 (International: English title) (informal alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

96 min | USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 (DVD) | Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

515 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: During the opening scene the guards in the armored car are carrying Uzi's. In real live Dutch security personnel are not armed.

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Foreigner (2003)

Not Bad for a "B" (direct to Video)

Despite some awful editing, missteps in plot, obvious fluff scenes, this is actually not a "bad" movie. What makes it uncomfortable to watch is the now aging and overweight Seagal unable to do *any* of his own stunts! The terrorists are hopeless zealots but not unbelievably so. The CIA stuff is trite but not untenably unrealistic. The cast does what they can to keep the plot moving along...and it's usually enough. Seagal's dialog (in breathy monotone) is what too often slows down the action. Timothy Carhart is perfectly cast as the female agent's supervisor: he's the *real* question-mark re good guy vs bad guy. But then most of the actors turn in credible performances. Unlike some "B" movies I didn't feel the need to turn this one off halfway thru.