Black Dawn (2005) (V)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Alexander Gruszynski

Writer:

Martin Wheeler (writer)

Release Date:

27 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

It's always darkest before dawn.

Plot:

Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles. |

Plot Keywords:

Terrorism | Sequel | Second Part | CIA | Nuclear Bomb

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	Jonathan Cold
Tamara Davies	...	Agent Amanda Stuart
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	James Donovan
Julian Stone	...	Michael Donovan
Nicholas Davidoff	...	Nicholi
Roman Varshavsky	...	Fedor
Noa Hegesh	...	Julia
Warren Derosa	...	Sergey
Angela Gots	...	Stazi
Don Franklin	...	Max Pierson
Timothy Carhart	...	Greer
David St. James	...	Macabe
Eddie Velez	...	Brody
Matt Salinger	...	Myshkin
Ryan Bollman	...	Billy Raduziner

Also Known As:

Foreigner 2 (International: English title) (informal alternative title)
The Foreigner: Black Dawn (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

96 min | USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 (DVD) | Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

515 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: A camera is visible on the ground, next to a car just after the truck smashes into the side of it.

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Foreigner (2003)

Relevant

Interesting, very interesting. I checked out most of the IMDb comments on the film before buying. Many comments took the view, "I'm a die-hard Seagal fan but this is not very good." But I don't agree. ( Comic Strip reference. ) Recently I've been getting familiar with the 21st century conspiracy material and re-acquainting myself with the heroic deeds of the CIA since the War. I'm an admirer of the two Jason Bourne films, Enemy of the State. I re-watched Spy Game the other night and enjoyed it more for its depiction of the CIA as computer analysts, people no longer capable of acting in the field.

I think Black Dawn fits right on in there. It's competent and there is plenty going on, in the style of the Byzantine Empire.

Seagal is overweight? When we was he slender? I don't think his weight is relevant to his film persona. I don't associate Steven Seagal with martial arts fireworks. His approach to combat is the realistic one, "Get it over fast." As far as I'm concerned he's always just slapped people's faces and twisted their wrists. He's not like his perceived cohorts who're always trying to top their previous stunts. If you want to see a Westerner 'go for it' then you might follow Jason Statham. I think Steven Seagal's approach is more akin to Sonny Chiba's in the Streetfighter films.

Anyway Seagal's are not just about Steven Seagal, although they have a personal moral dimension.

This is a competent B movie that is not trying to be an under-funded action blockbuster.