His wife held hostage, a stunt driver is forced to drive a getaway car in a plot to kidnap the President from a motorcade.
Stunts
Actual stunt drivers doing actual stunts, no CGI safety net
Acting
Roy Scheider collects a check with maximum dignity intact
Director
Joseph Merhi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was PM Entertainment's attempt at theatrical prestige—they spent $7 million, their biggest budget ever, mostly on car destruction.
The motorcade sequence explicitly rips off In the Line of Fire's climax, which also starred—surprise—President-targeting bad guys.
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