The President's Man

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Movie
German title The President's Man
Original title The President's Man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Michael Preece
script Bob Gookin
production Garry A. Brown
music Christopher L. Stone
camera Karl Kases
cut David Latham
occupation

The President's Man is a 2000 action film starring Chuck Norris . The sequel McCord - The President's Man II followed two years later .

action

Joshua McCord is a special agent on the secret mission of the US President and is looking for a successor as he is about to retire. His last assignment is to rescue the First Lady from the hands of terrorists in Rio de Janeiro . McCord parachutes onto the hotel roof and frees the president's wife. Then he escapes with her hanging on a paraglider from the hotel in the direction of the sea, where he drops the woman into the sea and agents immediately pull her out of the water and bring her to safety.

Meanwhile, the elite soldier Deke Slater is serving a seven-year sentence in the military prison. During a mission in Colombia, he had refused to give an order and hit his superiors in the face, but this also saved the lives of two comrades. One day there is a fight in prison that Slater wins. He fatally injured a fellow prisoner in self-defense with a knife and was sentenced again: 30 years in prison.

McCord is still looking for a successor and becomes aware of the elite soldier Slater through his daughter Que, also an agent on behalf of the President. He is released from prison and taken to McCord. From then on he went through a tough training under the instructions of McCord and his daughter. Soon after, Slater received his first assignment: to free the daughter of a governor from the hands of a sect . When he has gained access to the premises, he finds the girl. But she doesn't want to go without her friend. On the other hand, the other girl doesn't want to go. Slater has to make a decision - he knocks the other girl unconscious and wants to flee with them. But the sect leader and his followers oppose him. Joshua McCord suddenly appears and, with Slater's help, can lead the liberation to a success.

Because Slater failed miserably with his rescue operation, McCord doubts his abilities. Finally, he realizes that Slater learns quickly from his mistakes and gives him a new chance.

In Colombia, meanwhile, an illegal drug warehouse is being set up in the middle of the jungle. In addition, a scientist and his family are kidnapped. He is supposed to assemble warheads tipped with plutonium to be delivered to General Vinh Tran. Tran is believed to have killed McCord's Vietnamese wife. McCord and Slater are assigned to destroy the drug depot and free the scientist and his family. When the two arrive on site in the Colombian jungle, General Tran is about to execute one of the scientist's two daughters because the scientist could not finish the warheads in time. But Slater manages to kill the shooter first; and General Tran doesn't get away with his life either: McCord takes revenge for the murder of his wife by breaking his neck.

The drug depot will be destroyed and the scientist and his family can be brought to safety unharmed. Slater now enjoys full recognition from his predecessor McCord and is now part of the US President's secret service.

background

The film was shot in the US state of Texas in the following locations:

The shooting took place in November and December 1999. The film was shown on television on CBS in April of the following year . Instead of a planned series, the sequel McCord - The President's Man II was filmed. In Germany, film was initially released on video.

The director Michael Preece had previously worked with Chuck Norris on the television film Enter the Hitman (1998), who also took on the lead role there. Preece also directed around 70 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger .

Reviews

"Stereotypical action film with the usual battle, explosion and slaughter scenes, whose low-tension story disappoints even fans of the genre and the main actor."

- Lexicon of international film .

"Cliché-laden TV action with Chuck Norris [...] Masked serial pilot who only found a sequel."

- TV movie

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234516/locations
  2. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, Hille 2013, p. 320f.
  3. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 307ff.
  4. ^ The President's Man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ http://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/the-presidents-man,1341171,ApplicationMovie.html