Critical Mass (film)
Critical Mass | |
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Film Poster | |
Directed by | Fred Olen Ray |
Produced by |
Alison Semenza Jim Wynorski |
Written by | Sean McGinly |
Starring | |
Music by | Neal Acree |
Cinematography | Theo Angell |
Edited by | Randy Carter |
Production company |
Mass Productions Phoenician Entertainment |
Distributed by |
Artisan Entertainment New City Releasing VCL Communications |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Critical Mass is a 2001 low budget action film released direct-to-video. It was starred by Treat Williams, Lori Loughlin, and Udo Kier and directed by Fred Olen Ray, credited as Ed Raymond. 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 terrorist 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
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, Critical Mass currently holds 13% of audience score.[2] 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."[3] 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."[4]
References
- ↑ "CRITICAL MASS (2001)". Cool Target. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "Critical Mass (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "CRITICAL MASS (2001)". Cool Target. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "CRITICAL MASS". Moria. Retrieved 24 May 2017.