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Armstrong

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
529
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Frank Zagarino in Armstrong (1998)
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Former Navy SEAL "Rod Armstrong" (Frank Zagarino) is now a freelance military trainer living in Moscow, Russia, who is unexpectedly visited by the man (Charles Napier) who trained him as a S... Read allFormer Navy SEAL "Rod Armstrong" (Frank Zagarino) is now a freelance military trainer living in Moscow, Russia, who is unexpectedly visited by the man (Charles Napier) who trained him as a SEAL. "Bob" (Napier) is accompanied to Moscow by his wife (Kimberly Kates), whom he also tr... Read allFormer Navy SEAL "Rod Armstrong" (Frank Zagarino) is now a freelance military trainer living in Moscow, Russia, who is unexpectedly visited by the man (Charles Napier) who trained him as a SEAL. "Bob" (Napier) is accompanied to Moscow by his wife (Kimberly Kates), whom he also trained as a SEAL, for a vacation. However, "Bob" is there to recruit "Armstrong" to help in... Read all

  • Director
    • Menahem Golan
  • Writers
    • Menahem Golan
    • Jenõ Hódi
  • Stars
    • Kimberley Kates
    • Frank Zagarino
    • Charles Napier
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    529
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Menahem Golan
    • Writers
      • Menahem Golan
      • Jenõ Hódi
    • Stars
      • Kimberley Kates
      • Frank Zagarino
      • Charles Napier
    • 16User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kimberley Kates
    Kimberley Kates
    • Susan Zorkin
    Frank Zagarino
    Frank Zagarino
    • Rod Armstrong
    Charles Napier
    Charles Napier
    • Robert Zorkin
    Joe Lara
    Joe Lara
    • Ponytail
    Justin Carroll
    • Andrei Kastor
    • (as Justin Carrol)
    Richard Lynch
    Richard Lynch
    • General Zukov
    Alexander Yutlev
    Michaella Stoykova
    Menahem Golan
    Menahem Golan
    • Russian President
    • Director
      • Menahem Golan
    • Writers
      • Menahem Golan
      • Jenõ Hódi
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    3AdultAudienceMember

    So bad you'll be so glad you watched it.

    This is a cheesy as it get. Horrible acting. Bored extras. Low speed auto chases. Gunfights with hand grenades in a small apartment that doesn't damage the dry wall....that or the walls heal themselves.

    Set in Russia but filmed in Bulgaria or one of those other countries, Armstrong is a retired SEAL. Somehow he gets involved with unrepentant Commies who want to steal a nuke....or maybe not. It's hard to say. It is so bad you'll laugh so hard you'll forget the plot.

    Maybe because either the plot is so forgettable or it doesn't really have one. Please do yourself a favor, watch it.

    It isn't quite at good as the great Sam Elliott movie Frogs, but it is still breathtakingly horrible.
    6HaemovoreRex

    Not half bad.......

    Direct to video action flick king, Frank Zagarino stars as the eponymous hero in this fairly entertaining outing set amidst the scenic splendour of Moscow.

    Although sadly not containing nearly as much action as I might have liked this nonetheless serves as a pretty good way to spend ninety or so minutes and includes a great assembled cast of recognisable faces including Richard Lynch, Joe Lara and Charles Napier, some good stunt work, an entirely exploitative nude shower scene featuring a particularly HOT woman and the requisite, satisfying explosive finale. Special mention must go to Lara who portrays a decidedly suave Mafia leader and who furthermore gets all the best lines in the film!

    Best scene? Another reviewer summed it up perfectly; Our hero jumps through the upper story window of his apartment to avoid a grenade and mysteriously loses all his hair on the way down only to miraculously regrow it upon landing safely upon the roof of a conveniently parked van(!!!) Well, I know that this was apparently filmed on a low budget but you'd think that someone would have at least forked out some cash on a wig for the stuntman eh?
    2marklilley-62411

    Truly Awful

    This film is truly awful, with a silly plot, poor acting and on the whole not well filmed. The only reason for a normal bloke to watch this DVD is to see the delightful Kimberly Kates who looks divine coming out of the shower and she then is involved in a protracted chase scene in a soaking wet blouse without a bra. She looks stunning. That's the only reason I gave it two stars rather than none. After the chase is over turn off.
    billy_karate

    Right idea, wrong genre?

    There used to be a time when you could stumble across a movie in a bargain bin and it be realized as a masterpiece. Occasionally the path of cult classics discovered by today's audience. Now, however, with the vast amount of low budget movies being made these days it seems there are too many diamonds lost in the celluloid rough.

    After watching 'Armstrong' countless times I was still unsure of how to take it. Excellently choreographed spoof (to top all others including 'Airplane!') or baneful and calamitous one-take-per-shot "action" adventure.

    I'm still confused but I urge you to check it out. It made me laugh and it made me cry.
    16RiMM

    *cough*

    This movie is hilarious. The plot is laughable, and the seriousness that the characters can maintain is incredible! This movie was honestly one of the worst movies i have ever seen, if just because of how serious it tries to be. I'd like to say there is a strong point in this movie... maybe its the comedy

    Not recommended unless you are verrrry easily amused.

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    • Trivia
      During the apartment fight scene a poster can be seem in the background several times, this is a Russian advert for Tarzan in Manhattan, a film starring Joe Lara as the titular Tarzan.
    • Goofs
      During the chase scene Susan is clearly wearing a pair of black panties despite never having put on a pair in the previous scene.
    • Quotes

      Ponytail: [pointing a gun at Armstrong] In a second, I'm gonna shoot you straight to Hell!

      Rod Armstrong: [Armstrong disarms and throws a spear at Ponytail, killing him] If you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk!

    • Connections
      References Dunston Checks In (1996)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 28, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Amenaza nuclear
    • Filming locations
      • Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Production companies
      • Golan / Dadon Impact Pictures
      • Martien Holdings A.V.V.
      • Millennium Films
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    • Budget
      • $2,300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 39m(99 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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