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Armstrong

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
529
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Frank Zagarino in Armstrong (1998)
ActionThriller

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
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  • 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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    7Dave Banks

    What were some of you people expecting?

    This film is a simple little B type action flick that moves quickly and contains a lot of action. The plot has been done many times before and the characterizations are sort of cliches.

    Having said all that, I found Armstrong to be a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours at home on a Saturday evening, courtesy of my TIVO unit. I wasn't expecting any complicated, clever plot development nor did I expect any award winning performances. Frankly, I didn't want either to happen. My wife and I liked the fact that the film moves at a very brisk pace with no long, boring, character development scenes.

    If you consider yourself to be somewhat "above" watching this type of film, do yourself a favor and stay away. The rest of us simple minded folk will continue to enjoy this type of movie and not take the film, or ourselves, too seriously.
    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.
    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.
    2salesnospam

    Between laughable and unwatchable

    Even for a Menahem Golan film, this one is REALLY BAD. Horribly written dialogs are reminiscent of porn films. Kimberley Kates' acting is terrible (although, with such bad script and obviously no directing, it is hard to blame her for just going through the moves). The same applies to Frank Zagarino's acting, which is just a tiny tad better than his co-star's. One-take scenes are just slapped together. If you watch it as a cold-war-movie parody, you might actually get a laugh or two. Otherwise, use the two hours of your life doing something else (pretty much anything, like cleaning the basement, will be better than watching this).
    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.

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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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