Command Performance (2009)

Director:

Dolph Lundgren

Writers:

Steve Latshaw (screenplay) &
Dolph Lundgren (screenplay)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Dying is easy. Rock n' roll is hard.

Plot:

When the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.

Plot Keywords:

Hostage | Drummer | Biker | Pop Star | Rock 'n' Roll

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Joe
Melissa Ann Smith	...	Venus (as Melissa Smith)
Hristo Shopov	...	President Petrov
Dave Legeno	...	Oleg Kazov
Zahary Baharov	...	Mikhail
Clement von Franckenstein	...	Ambassador Bradley
Ivaylo Geraskov	...	Leonid
Shelly Varod	...	Ali Connor
Katarzyna Wolejnio	...	Major Pavlikova
Ida Lundgren	...	Anna Petrov
Robin Dobson	...	Yana Petrov
Raicho Vasilev	...	Anton
Slavi Slavov	...	Simenov
James Chalke	...	Vladimir
Naum Shopov	...	Peter

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, and language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44828) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Germany:18 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

Nu Image Films

Trivia:

Dolph Lundgren's rock band name in the movie was "Thor's Hammer" initially. It was changed to "C.M.F." (Cheap Mother Fucker) after it was suggested to Lundgren prior to filming.

Quotes:

Venus: Joe, don't get killed.
Joe: You know when this is over I wanna renegotiate my royalty rate, may need your contacts.
Venus: How can you talk about business at a time like this? Those bastards are trying to kill us!
Joe: Dying's easy, rock and roll is hard.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Red Eye: (2008-12-12)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Girl

Wow Dolph's best movie ever (as the star)

I assume anything dolph does is going to be a cheesy 80's action flick, even though the 80's are history. But then, an 80's classic action style movie exactly what I want when I sit down to watch one of his films. And yes, it is impressive that he still somehow produces the same kind of movies, although now they are filmed in eastern europe not the states.

A movie like this is supposed to have implausible action, plot holes and weak dialogue. The selling point is guns, girls, battles and big explosions.

Amazingly this movie has everything we're looking for, and very little of the things we expect to put up with. Minor plot holes, mostly physically plausible action, and surprisingly some pretty good dialogue, including some actually funny stuff.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and applaud it as Dolph's best work in a long, long time. Let's hope the next one follows suit.

Good job dude!