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Blast

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
1.8K
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Blast (1997)
Terrorists are holding the U.S. Olympic swim team hostage, and only janitor Jack Bryant can stop them.
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Terrorists are holding the U.S. Olympic swim team hostage, and only janitor Jack Bryant (Linden Ashby) can stop them.Terrorists are holding the U.S. Olympic swim team hostage, and only janitor Jack Bryant (Linden Ashby) can stop them.Terrorists are holding the U.S. Olympic swim team hostage, and only janitor Jack Bryant (Linden Ashby) can stop them.

  • Director
    • Albert Pyun
  • Writer
    • Albert Pyun
  • Stars
    • Linden Ashby
    • Andrew Divoff
    • Kimberly Warren
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    4.3/10
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    • Director
      • Albert Pyun
    • Writer
      • Albert Pyun
    • Stars
      • Linden Ashby
      • Andrew Divoff
      • Kimberly Warren
    • 22User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    Linden Ashby
    Linden Ashby
    • Jack Bryant
    Andrew Divoff
    Andrew Divoff
    • Omodo
    Kimberly Warren
    • Diane Colton -Coach
    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Leo
    Norbert Weisser
    Norbert Weisser
    • Commando Rescuer
    Tim Thomerson
    Tim Thomerson
    • Police Commissioner
    Yuji Okumoto
    Yuji Okumoto
    • FBI Agent
    Vincent Klyn
    • Intense Man
    Sonya Eddy
    Sonya Eddy
    • Bena
    Jill Pierce
    • Moses
    Barbara Roberts
    • Mayor
    Robert Lennon
    • Karl
    Jahi J.J. Zuri
    • Terrorist Pursuer
    • (as Jahi Zuri)
    Earl White
    • Terrorist #1
    Paul Eliopoulos
    • Terrorist #5
    Jon H. Epstein
    Jon H. Epstein
    • Terrorist #6
    • (as John Epstein)
    Tina Cote
    • City Aide
    Cynthia Ireland
    Cynthia Ireland
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    • Director
      • Albert Pyun
    • Writer
      • Albert Pyun
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    4Volken

    Movie might be prosaic, but Score is simply superb !

    There isn't much to be said about this movie. Certainly nothing to add after all these comments. I wouldn't even consider bothering unless I've found a strange bonus.

    That bonus is music score. This movie caught me as background curtain while writing some data on my machine. Momentarily I've detected excellent score from Anthony Riparetti.

    Never even heard about this composer. Indeed movie offers nothing unseen in this genre. But Riparetti done his homework. And homework made with great aplomb. From the first sequence to the end, he follows, communicates and captures visual essence with superb dynamic of his music. It compliments every scene. No, he doesn't offer profiled theme like Mancina offered in Speed. But, it clearly shows that he is one capable composer, at least for this genre - for this be the first score I've ever heard from him.

    In fact, I was sure there has to be some score/soundtrack available from this movie. Alas, no such luck. Low profile movie and it would be miracle to actually generate even one single available track.

    Anyway, if you would like to learn how to superbly dosage electronic music in any action movie, this is the movie for you. Forget the story, ego-trips that such genre generates all the time. For sake of music, do watch it, you wont be disappointed in this department. Guaranteed!

    It is a great irony for such prosaic movie to own such a fantastic score. This score would superbly compliment some A class action movie. But, life supplies such ironies all the time I'm afraid.
    modius

    Die hard....in a swimming pool?

    Flat actionner with terrorists taking over a lesuire complex for some odd reason taking girls as hostages with only the aikido-fighting janitor to save them all.

    There is an implied feeling of the girls being "raped" by the terrorists, but they really aren't. The terrorists demands are silly and flat. The whole film is flat.

    Overall: 0/10 Totally un-memorable. And that's a good thing.
    5mjr492

    I actually thought it was pretty good!

    It seemed like a normal "Die Hard" theme movie; terrorists take the Atlanta female swim team hostage and the only one who can save them is the ex-athlete turned janitor Jack Bryant. It also gets personal for Jack when one of the hostages is his wife. I mean his background isn't like the other ones (he not a ex-cop, ex-army, ex-FBI etc.), but he still a bad*ss! The action scenes were pretty good and I've seen worse ones. This one called "Skyscraper" was a really bad "Die Hard" theme and I think this one did a better job in my option of it. I think this was pretty good and I would watch it again.
    Kastore

    Typical serving from Pyun

    With "Blast", Albert Pyun presents us with his B-movie version of the "Die Hard" scenario. Aside from the stop-motion fighting sequences and familiar plot elements - even down to the hero's ex-wife being the terrorist's last hostage - the movie also featured deflated performances from Andrew Divoff and Rutger Hauer. Even as the leader of the terrorists, Divoff is given very little to say and even less to do. Walking fast and tough down hallways seems to be his character's primary ability. And what was with Hauer's legs having been blown off? Wow - not since Gary Sinise in "Forrest Gump" have I seen such a convincing leg amputee.

    Tim Thomerson looked like he was trying his best to be invisible in his role as the police chief who only appears on a single set. And if you've got a keen eye, you can spot pre-American Pie and pre-implants Shannon Elizabeth as one of the swimteam hostages. Other than that, a couple bad computer animated explosions, bad guys who have the hero at point-blank range yet still wait for him to escape to the other side of a locked door, a seemingly unkillable hero, and not-so-subtle characterisations make "Blast" another serving from Pyun that one should definitely miss.
    wellthatswhatithinkanyway

    Directed by Albert Pyun (uh-oh)

    STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

    As soon as I had started watching the film and saw the opening credits roll,a banner come up indicating that this was A FILM BY ALBERT PYUN and alarm bells started ringing in my head.Worse yet,it didn't take itself long to assert itself as A FILM BY ALBERT PYUN.All of ol' Alberto's defining touches are there from the off-set:the weary looking production values,the hazily-handled filming style,the sloppy editing,not to mention deficets with the script and dialogue.DTV favourite Rutger Hauer is on hand,headbilled as the leading man,but not featured until about half an hour into the film.The virtually none-existent action scenes do little to help matters.

    Oh,the story?What could have happened had the FBI not averted a terrorist attack at the Montreal olympics.But although it even brags as being about this at the beginning of the film,it's conveyed in such an unbelievable way,you couldn't possibly believe it.It's unbelievably uninteresting as well,so it should really be avoided on all counts,shouldn't it?*

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    • Trivia
      Shannon Elizabeth's film debut.
    • Goofs
      The janitor towards the beginning gets checked with a metal detection wand and only his keys set it of. Almost a minute later, after he radios that he's found the explosives, he cuts a wire out of his arm. That would have set off the device.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tvennesnack: Vem fan är Morgan? (2023)

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    • Release date
      • March 13, 1997 (Portugal)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Prise d'otages à Atlanta
    • Filming locations
      • Twin Towers Correctional Facility - 450 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(Internals and externals)
    • Production companies
      • Cruel Stories Inc.
      • Filmwerks
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    • Budget
      • $700,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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