Countdown - A cop sees red
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Countdown - A cop sees red |
| Original title | countdown |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Stockwell |
| script |
Michael Finch , Richard Wenk |
| production | Michael J. Luisi |
| music | Claude Foisy |
| camera | Cliff Hokanson |
| cut | Rick Shaine |
| occupation | |
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Countdown - A Cop Looks Red is a 2016 American action film directed by John Stockwell . The film was sponsored by WWE Studios . The wrestler Dolph Ziggler can be seen in the lead role , while Glenn Jacobs alias Kane also plays a leading role. Numerous other WWE stars can be seen in smaller roles or cameos .
action
Ray Thompson works for the drug squad. He's a tough, relentless cop who stretches and breaks the rules as he sees fit. When he shoots a colleague's bulletproof vest during his last investigation so as not to endanger his camouflage, the internal investigator Lieutenant Julia Baker interferes. His boss Lt. Frank Corbin suspends him from duty. But suddenly a ransom note appears, which is addressed to Ray. A website shows a boy wearing an explosives vest and hiding somewhere in town. The kidnapper demands US $ 2,000,112.35, otherwise he will blow up the boy.
Let Ray handle the handover. This takes place on the sidelines of a wrestling event. However, the handover goes wrong. Ray shoots the kidnapper before he can press the detonator, but the timer continues. Ray teams up with Julia to save the boy. A scavenger hunt begins through the whole city until they finally find the boy in the police station. Ray can free him from the explosives vest at the last second.
background
Cameos include Jimmy Uso , Jey Uso , Roman Reigns , Santino Marella , Dean Ambrose , Curtis Axel , Mark Henry , Big Show , Daniel Bryan , Heath Slater , Randy Orton , Charles Robinson , Big E , Kofi Kingston , Xavier Woods , Viktor , Konnor , Sin Cara , Kalisto , Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman seen at the wrestling event. There is also a small allusion to a current storyline about Dolph Ziggler, Lana and Rusev .
Reviews
The film received little approval from the critics. Gavin Jasper from Den of Geek described the action as unspectacular and sometimes pointless. The trailer promised a connection with wrestling action in the style of the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Sudden Death , the plot of which takes place on the sidelines of an ice hockey game. But this only made up ten minutes in the film, it was even badly edited. The Actionfreunde blog praised Dolph Ziggler's acting efforts, but rated the film "as a boring thriller whose script makes various stupid decisions that have a devastating effect on the tension curve."
Web links
- Countdown - A cop sees red in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Countdown - A cop sees red . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ a b countdown. Actionfreunde, May 10, 2016, accessed August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Gavin Jasper: Countdown Review. denofgeek.com, April 6, 2016, accessed August 8, 2019 .