Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jeffrey Donovan |
| script |
Matt Nix , Greg Hart |
| production |
Aaron Ginsburg , Lorenzo O'Brien |
| music | John Dickson |
| camera | Jaime Reynoso |
| cut | Steven Lang |
| occupation | |
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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax is a 2011 American television film and prequel to the television series Burn Notice .
action
Navy SEAL Commander Sam Ax is questioned about his previous mission in Colombia during a de briefing .
After an affair with the wife of a superior general, without knowing that she is married, Sam is immediately sent to Colombia by the same general. There he is supposed to help the local militia under Comandante Veracruz to find the terrorist group Espada Ardiente (English: Flaming Sword ).
A hospital in the mountains is considered a possible target for the terror group. While exploring on his own, Sam learns that Veracruz is planning an attack on the hospital and then kills Sam in order to attach this to the Espada Ardiente and get US support by killing Sam. Sam fakes his kidnapping in order to be able to flee with the two operators of the clinic, Ben Delaney and Amanda Maples, as well as the sick. The girl Beatriz, who comes from the area, also warns Sam about the approaching militia. To escape, Sam and Ben blow up the clinic themselves as a diversionary maneuver.
Seeing no other option, they set off for Espada Ardiente , as Beatrice had suggested. There it turns out that the Espada Ardiente are mostly older, generally peaceful, goatherds. For help, Sam returns to Veracruz so that he can reach his superiors. Shortly afterwards, however, he is captured by Veracruz.
A diversionary "attack" by Espada Ardiente enabled Sam to escape. Sam gives the shepherds a short training session so that they can hold their own against the much better equipped Veracruz militia. Together they make their way to a CIA station in the mountains to get help from there. Despite a first attack by the militia, you make it to the station, but there are only two CIA employees and surveillance equipment. They call for reinforcements and want to take Sam to the base in a helicopter so that the promised reinforcement can come. On the flight, the agents say that reinforcements will not come because no US personnel are affected. To help those left behind and keep his promise, Sam forces the two of them to turn back at gunpoint.
The admiral questioning Sam advises him to call in a military attorney because it looks bad for Sam. Sam waives and continues to describe what happened.
When Sam arrives again, Sam forces the CIA agents to call for help, but it takes three hours for them to arrive. Sam and the Espada Ardiente have to face Veracruz, who has since received reinforcements. After they run out of ammunition, they must retreat to the station. To buy some time, Sam Veracruz faces. Regular Colombian units arrive, they take Veracruz and his men prisoner and thus prevent Sam from being killed. He will then be taken to the interview.
The admiral sees the situation in such a way that Sam could be accused by his actions. Sam tells that Beatrice took photos of the mission and that these are published in one of the largest Colombian newspapers. Sam achieves his honorable discharge with full pay and a first class ticket to Miami.
background
The television film for the series Burn Notice was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 after the audience reaction to actor Bruce Campbell at the Burn Notice panel the year before gave series managers the idea of a stand-alone film about Sam Ax.
It was directed by Jeffrey Donovan , who himself appeared in a cameo as Michael Westen, the main character of the series, in the film. The script was written by Matt Nix and Greg Hart , and Nix is also the writer and producer of the series. The television film was produced by Fox Television Studios. In addition to author Nix, Donovan and Campbell and Mikkel Bondesen , one of the Burn Notice producers, act as executive producers . Filming ran from January to March 2011 in Bogotá , Colombia.
The film premiered on April 17, 2011 on the US cable station USA Network between the broadcast of the fourth and fifth season of the mother series.
While the voice-over of the main character Michael Westen is the key element of the series, the plot of the film was packed into the debriefing by Sam Ax. Set in 2005, two years before the first episode of Burn Notice , the film shows Sam Ax's last assignment as Navy SEAL and his arrival in Miami, the location of the series.
reception
When it first aired on USA Network, the film had 3.57 million viewers, of which 1.44 million were target audiences relevant to advertising . Especially since the premiere of the long-awaited fantasy saga Game of Thrones ran in the counter program , these values are considered good. Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax was ranked 23rd most-watched cable show the week it was first broadcast.
Web links
- Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- USA Network Official Site
- Vladislav Tinchev: Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax - Review . Serienjunkies.de . April 19, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Burn Notice prequel film official, Jeffrey Donovan directs . Serienjunkies.de . November 30, 2010. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Bill Gorman, 'Burn Notice' Prequel Movie In The Works, Jeffrey Donovan To Direct . TV By the Numbers . November 30, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Bill Gorman, "Burn Notice: The Fall Of Sam Ax," Premieres Sunday, April 17 on the USA Network . TV by the Numbers . February 11, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ^ Robert Seidman: "Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Ax" Movie Averages 3.6 Million . TV by the Numbers . April 18, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ↑ Robert Seidman: Cable Top 25: 'Pawn Stars'> Melo & KG & 'Lemonade Mouth' + 'WWE RAW,' 'American Pickers,' 'Deadliest Catch' + More . TV by the Numbers . April 19, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
