The Sweeper - Land Mines

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Movie
German title The Sweeper - Land Mines
Original title Sweepers
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1998
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Keoni Waxman
script Kevin Bernhardt
Keoni Waxman
production Danny Lerner
Elie Samaha
music Serge Colbert
camera Yossi wine
cut Alain Jakubowicz
occupation

The Sweeper - Land Mines (Original Title: Sweepers ) is an American action film from 1998 starring Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren in the role of mining expert Christian Erickson. Directed by Keoni Waxman aka Darby Black.

action

A terrorist attacks the house of a US senator with the newly developed A6 landmine , which was smuggled in from crisis-ridden Angola. Bomb specialist Michelle Flynn is sent to Angola as an undercover agent as part of a secret operation to recover one of the dangerous A6 mines and bring it to the USA for closer investigation.

After Michelle lost her entire surgical team in an attack on her helicopter, she meets Christian Erickson in a bar. Erickson is a top specialist in landmines, who has been bitter and withdrawn in Angola since the death of his eleven-year-old son from one of these landmines. Together they are now looking for the masterminds behind the development of the mine.

background

  • The film was shot from August to September 1997 in New York City and South Africa . The budget was about $ 12.5 million.
  • The age rating was reduced to 16 years in June 2018 as part of a re-examination by the FSK.

Reviews

Cinema criticized the "weak script" and the "miserable action". In the lexicon of the international film it says: “This film is not about the banning of mines, but it uses the public debate as low-cost publicity to establish a conventional action film with a simple plot mechanism.” The conclusion was: “Incompetent Staged action sequences and a slightly racist undertone completely discredit the film. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.schnittberichte.com/ticker.php?ID=5150
  2. cf. cinema.de
  3. The Sweeper - Land Mines. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used