Summaries

Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman who's wife is killed by kidnappers. So he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnappers. There's only one catch, he wants to go with them.

Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman who's wife is killed by kidnappers. So he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnappers. There's only one catch, he wants to go with them.—Brian W Martz <[email protected]>

High tech warfare, double agents, counter-plots and non-stop action. When Jonas Ambler, American business boy wonder, throws a benefit affair for Iraqi dissident author Mohammed Majdi on Ambler's yacht, the party is attacked by a group of commando terrorists, led by Colonel Vasili Borfchenko. Majdi is slaughtered, Ambler is wounded and his wife Jennifer is mercilessly executed. Bent on revenge, Ambler turns for help to Alex Hawks, former commander of NATO's Special Ops Team - Code Name Saber. Even though his old Phoenix is the one responsible for the attack, Hawks turns down Abler's offer. Not to be dissuaded, Ambler entraps Hawks and blackmails him into taking the contract.

Details

Keywords
  • kidnapping
  • ransom
  • bound and gagged
  • rescue
  • schoolgirl
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Release date Jan 16, 1997
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Utah, USA
Production companies Home Box Office (HBO) Conquistador Entertainment Argo Films

Box office

Budget $10000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 42m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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