Sabotage - Dark Assassin
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sabotage - Dark Assassin |
| Original title | sabotage |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 18 FSK 16 (abridged version) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tibor Takács |
| script | Michael Stokes |
| production | Andy Emilio |
| music | Guy Zerafa |
| camera | Curtis Petersen |
| cut | Craig Nisker |
| occupation | |
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Sabotage - Dark Assassin (original title Sabotage ) is an American action film from 1996 , with the Wun Hop Kuen Do expert Mark Dacascos in the leading role of Michael Bishop.
action
During an anti-terror operation in Bosnia , the troops of Michael Bishop, a secret agent of the CIA , are betrayed by a mole and the operation ends in a bloodbath. Despite serious injuries, Bishop is the only one to survive. Years later, Bishop works as a bodyguard for top model Susan Trent in Los Angeles . Just as the Trent private jet lands at the airport with the model and her husband on board, an attack is carried out on the travelers, killing billionaire Jeffrey Trent and a companion. The perpetrator shoots from one of the airfield buildings with a large-caliber precision rifle. But before Bishop reached the platform, the assassin disappeared, but he had also shot a security officer here, so that the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent Louise Castle, is investigating and initially considers Bishop to be suspect.
Bishop contacts Prof. Follenfant, who arranged for him to work as a bodyguard at Trent and who knew the victim well. He knows that he not only made his fortune with computer products, but also made arms deals. So countless people come into consideration who had an interest in getting the man out of the way. After this conversation, Bishop returns to his job and the model. Another attack happens unexpectedly in which Bishop manages to kill one of the shooters. Since this was a former employee of Jeffrey Trent, the FBI suspects an act of revenge. Bishop notes on the basis of various circumstantial evidence that this man cannot be the murderer of Trent and that someone may want to set the wrong track here.
While Special Agent Louise Castle is instructed by her superior to declare the Trent case a "passionate murder" and closed, Bishop continues to investigate. The elite soldier in him simply orders to investigate why he got into the middle of the target. But Louise Castle is not that easy to fob off either. First she researches Bishop and learns that he was dishonorably dismissed from military service based on a testimony by CIA man Tollander because he was accused of the failure of the operation. Tollander also leaves no doubt that he thinks Bishop is the assassin. Castle believes him at first, but Bishop succeeds in convincing the federal police officer that other professionals are at work here. He obtained the surveillance footage from the airfield and recognized Sherwood there, an elite agent who had worked against him for the Iranian secret police and in Bosnia, among other things.
Bishop learns that Trent financed the combat mission in Bosnia and that Tollander wanted the operation to fail. This makes it clear to him who is behind the conspiracy and is now hunting down Sherwood and his client Tollander together with Castle. To avoid persecution, Sherwood kidnaps Castle's daughter and wants Bishop in exchange for the child. At the delivery point, Tollander appears, who is unceremoniously shot by Castle. Sherwood can also be caught by Bishop and ultimately killed after they were able to free Castle's daughter.
Bishop finds out, however, that behind everything is his old friend Prof. Follenfant, who wanted revenge on Trent, Tollander and Sherwood for excluding him from a lucrative business. With the employment of Bishop it was clear to him that he would do everything possible to find the murderer and thus Tollander would not escape his punishment either. This plan worked, as expected, and Castles then shoots the old man because she cannot forgive him that his daughter's life was in danger.
criticism
At Schnittberichte.com they think: "The story [...] is not necessarily [a] highlight". "The plot twists are predictable and not particularly surprising, but the authors make an effort to tell at least one story."
The lexicon of international films ruled that the film was an "exciting action film in a rapid production."
Web links
- Dark Assassin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sabotage - Dark Assassin Cut reports with photos from the film
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Matthias Mathiak: Sabotage - Dark Assassin. In: Schnittberichte.com . 2010, accessed October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Sabotage - Dark Assassin. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .