Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous tyrant Lothar Krasna.
Acting
Ben Gazzara's CIA villain chews scenery like it's his last meal.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI explosions hit different—real fire, real commitment.
Director
Barry Zetlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released four years after the Soviet collapse, yet still clinging to Cold War villain archetypes like a security blanket. The 'foreign nation' vagueness is almost artful.
This was ballet star Alexander Godunov's final screen role before his death in 1995—trading Swan Lake for playing a nuke-hoarding tyrant named Lothar.
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