The Base (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Base |
| Original title | The Base |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark L. Lester |
| script | Jeff Albert, Craig J. Nevius, Hesh Rephun |
| production |
Mark L. Lester , Dana Dubowski |
| music | Paul Zaza |
| camera | Jacques Haitkin |
| cut | David Berlatsky |
| occupation | |
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The Base ( German : Die Basis, der Stützpunkt) is an American feature film from 1999 . The film was produced directly for the video and DVD market and was released on June 1, 1999.
action
John Murphy, Major in the US Army , is assigned to track down the drug boss Santos in Mexico with a task force on a secret mission and to bring him to the USA. But Santos was warned. The mission fails and Murphy is the only one to survive. He suspects that there is a conspiracy within the army and infiltrates an army camp, where he hopes to find out about the people behind the conspiracy. But those backers notice that he's on their way and won't stop at anything.
continuation
In 2000 the sequel The Base II - The Death Tribunal was produced. Mark L. Lester re-directed, with Antonio Sabato Jr. in the lead role . The film was produced for television.
criticism
"The video production by cheap filmmaker Mark L. Lester is as predictable as it is illogical, but honestly does not even try to put more than just the martial arts of the wooden Mark Dacascos into perspective [...]."
Web links
- The Base in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 Premiere - FSK 18 by The Base at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review , Cinema , accessed on February 24, 2008