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| Directed by | Fred Olen Ray (as Ed Raymond) |
| Written by | Sean McGinly |
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| Cinematography | Theo Angell |
| Edited by | Randy Carter |
| Music by | Neal Acree |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Critical Mass is a 2001 action film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as "Ed Raymond") and released direct-to-video. It stars Treat Williams, Lori Loughlin, and Udo Kier. The film features scenes taken straight from other films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Universal Soldier spliced into newly filmed scenes to make up its action sequences.[1]
Plot
The film centers around a group of terrorists who take over a nuclear power plant and a security guard at the plant who tries to stop them.
Cast
- Treat Williams as Mike Jeffers
- Udo Kier as Samson
- Lori Loughlin as Janine
- Blake Clark as Sheriff Borden
- Doug McKeon as Breem
- Andrew Prine as Sen. Cook
- Richard McGonagle as Alan Gould
- Shanna Moakler as Alexandra
- T.J. Thyne as Karl Wendt
- Charles Cyphers as Henderson
- Jack Betts as Atty. Gen. Ames
Reception
Website Cool Target called it "enjoyable action nonsense" and stated: "Recycled footage to this extent is just lazy and kind of insulting but if you can get past this, Critical Mass is an enjoyably amusing low rent shoot-em up."[2] Moria.co gave the film only one star out of five, calling it "yet another version on Die Hard (1988) and the basic plot template it created of a lone individualistic hero inside a large building/facility single-handedly fending off a terrorist plot."[3]
References
- ↑ "CRITICAL MASS (2001)". Cool Target. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "CRITICAL MASS (2001)". Cool Target. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "CRITICAL MASS". Moria. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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