Breakaway - a tough coup

Movie
German title	Breakaway - a tough coup
Original title	Christmas rush
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Charles Robert Carner
script	Charles Robert Carner
production	Peter Lhotka
music	Louis Febre
camera	Michael Goi
cut	Marc Leif
occupation
	Dean Cain : Lt. Cornelius Morgan; Erika Eleniak : Cat Morgan; Roman Podhora : Rich; Richard Yearwood : Kid Blast; Bernard Browne : Wayne Uglesich; Santino Buda : simulus; Aleks Paunovic : Petrovich; Angelo Tsarouchas : Joyner; Eric Roberts : Scalzetti;

Breakaway (Christmas Rush) is an American action film from 2002 . Directed by Charles Robert Carner , who also wrote the script.

action

Scalzetti is released from prison. His child is to be operated on, for which Scalzetti needs money. He and his accomplices want to rob a mall.

The police officer Cornelius Morgan is suspended from duty for using the gun unnecessarily. He is supposed to pick up his wife Cat, who works in the shopping mall, on Christmas Day after work. Cornelius gets to the robbers and thwarted the robbery attempt. The gang holed up in the shopping arcade and took the people there hostage. The policeman fights the robbers single-handedly.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was a " renewed" Die Hard "-Plagiat " which " conventional on wide paths beaten Action will walk."

The magazine TV direkt 25/2007 wrote that the film was a " partly successful die-slow variation ".

backgrounds

The film was shot in Chicago and Winnipeg . It was produced for American television; in some countries such as Hungary and Spain it was first released on DVD and video, respectively.

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Breakaway - A tough coup in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on December 7, 2007

[2] TV direkt 25/2007, page 36

[3] Filming locations for Christmas Rush, accessed December 7, 2007

[4] Christmas Rush premiere dates, accessed December 7, 2007