In the wake of the tragic events at Waco, Texas where an armed conflict with armed militiamen broke out, agents of the federal government's Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) carry out a clandestine mission within another militia operation that is possibly involved in the sales of guns and the murder of an agent. Agent Robin O'Brien infiltrates the operation against her director's orders. When events start unraveling and an FBI agent threatens to take over the operation and start a military action, the ATF agents have to apply what they learned from Waco to save another blood bath.
Acting
Brenneman's restrained panic sells the impossible.
Direction
Parisot squeezes dread from fluorescent-lit offices.
Director
Dean Parisot
Amy Brenneman
Agent Robin O'Brien
Kathy Baker
ATF Director Maggie Hale
Vincent Angell
Agent Reeve Aquilar
Keith David
FBI Director Richard Long
Mark Boone Junior
Jake Neill
Michael O'Neill
ATF Asst. Director Ben Walker
Sean Bridgers
Smitty
Jay O. Sanders
Sam Sinclair
Sarah Trigger
Carol
William Richert
Patrick McKennan
John Philbin
Randy
Raphael Sbarge
Director Hale's Assistant
John Beasley
Secretary Robert Edwards
Coby Bell
Agent Dinko Bates
Brandon Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 1998, released months before Columbine made militia panic mainstream again.
Dean Parisot pivoted to Galaxy Quest same year—possibly the wildest director whiplash of 1999.
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