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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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    6pauly27uk

    not a bad little B movie

    cheaply made i only watched originally because Joe Lara was in it. not his best performance.

    Kimberley Kates does a great nude scene. that girl is worth watching this film for.

    i picked this dvd up at a local second hand shop for only £2.99 so i am happy i got it.

    will not go into the plot as the last person to review it said it all.
    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).
    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.
    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.
    4mistertcj

    Armstrong.....and you're not!!

    Well, seeing as there is no mind boggling plot involved with this movie and other reviewers have given the full story away, together with the fact that they have said all I would say.......there isn't much left for me to put in writing. The film itself is quite an entertaining 95 minutes, but could have been so much better had a lot of the acting not been so wooden. Wooden acting from the lead (Frank Zagarino) and overacting from the villain (Joe Lara) are major problems. The script is pretty lame, the action scenes slow and contrived. Excellent character actor Charles Napier couldn't even save the day.

    I have no idea why it was certificated 18.......maybe the certification criteria has changed somewhat since 1998. There is not a lot of swearing and hardly any gore so all I can think is that the certificate is due to leading lady Kimberley Kates' elongated chase scene wearing (on top) just a wet see-through blouse clearly showing off her silicon.

    All that being said, I still found it watchable. It's not the worst film I've seen.

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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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    • 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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