Anno di produzione: 1999

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Bosnia-Herzegovina Bucharest, Romania Croatia Montenegro Rome, Lazio, Italy
Genere: Action Thriller
Lingue: English
Plot: After a U.S. Embassy is taken over by Serbian terrorists, C.I.A. agents Davis (Weller) and Moore (Hannah) are sent to negotiate, and solve the problem without further use of violence. Terrorists demand that Bosnia is cleared of foreign forces and given to the Serbs, if not, nuclear weapons will be used. After several unsuccessful tries, American NATO officer Bill Ross is called to review the situation and uses force if necessary. Unfortunately for the Serbs, Ross's wife was killed by Serbs while working for the US in Bosnia. Ross soon takes matters in his own hands and decides to terminate the Serbs at all costs. When Steve Parker (Peter Weller) is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long (Daryl Hannah), a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front. With thirty-seven people taken hostage, including Steve's stepson, they demand the immediate release of their imprisoned leader who is being held for war crimes against humanity. If not, they will kill one hostage every hour. With time of the essence, the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in Washington, DC send General Swain (Tom Berenger) to try to end the lethal assault and the possibility of a nuclear explosion. A bomb expert (Peter Weller) is sent to the US embassy in Bucharest to defuse an old cold war bomb that is stored in the basement. Unexpectedly, a group of terrorists representing the "Serbian Liberation Front" raid the embassy, killing a number of people and taking 37 hostage. The special mission operative must save his son and an old flame (Daryl Hannah). Meanwhile an anti-terrorist squad is sent on the rescue mission. The squad leader (Tom Berenger) turns out to be old friends with the head terrorist (Adrian Pintea).
Visti censura internazionale: Australia:M Portugal:M/12 USA:R
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