Innovative Hong Kong action director John Woo helmed this feature-length TV pilot about a tough bodyguard and his dangerous lifestyle. Though it boasts several rousing action sequences, the film is sabotaged by lackluster acting, thin characterization, and a derivative story line.
When the daughter of casino owner Bobby Stern (Peter Keleghan) is threatened by a mobster who wants a piece of his lucrative business, he calls on his old friend Jack Devlin (Dolph Lundgren), a US Marshall turned professional bodyguard. Taking Stern's nine-year-old daughter Casey (Padraigin
Murphy) under his wing, "Uncle Jack" fends off an attack of her home, but in the process, is tem...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
112 mins