Special effects artist-turned-director Jamie Dixon's dull, made-for-cable sequel to 1999's BATS (1999) dispenses with the original's retro rampaging-wildlife formula in favor of tedious action-movie cliches.
A rogue mad scientist, Dr. Benton Walsh (Tomas Arana), is holed up in a bunker somewhere in Chechnya's Belzan Forest, creating weapons of mass destruction for rebel forces. The US military sends a Delta Force team led by stoic Jim Downey (Marty Papazian) to extract him before he upsets the balance of power among nations of the former Soviet Union. Downey's team includes hothead Russo (David Chokachi) and Russian-American operative Katya Zemenova (Polly...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins