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On the whole, this is the sort of action movie that comes to the public by the hundreds. A group of evil terrorists take a couple of helpless girls hostage, a burned out, stand-alone hero saves the day and that is about it as far as the plot is concerned. However, as far as the standard formula goes, it is quite well done. For one thing, a number of hosages actually gets killed, making the story more realistic then usual. For another, the cast seriously tries to develope the characters they are supposed to play. Handicapped by the rather two-dimensional script they do not succeed completely, but at least the intention is there. The rest of the movie is made up out of explosions, some good martial arts and even the occasional comic releave. ( A legless Hauer floating in the water is quite a funny sight ). All in all, nothing special, but quite worth watching.

Just before the games are about to begin at the Atlanta Olympics, a deadly team of terrorists led by Kalal (Andrew Divoff) mount a precision attack on the Aquatic Center and succeed in taking the US Womens Swimming team hostage. The terrorists seal off the center and wire all the exits with powerful explosives. Unbeknownest to them, they have also missed a janitor (Linden Ashby) whom is trapped in the sprawling complex. Working against the clock, the FBI enlists the help of the mysterious Leo (Rutger Hauer), who coordinates his efforts with the trapped janitor to stop the terrorists in their tracks.

VERY ENTERTAINING ACTION THRILLER THAT KEEPS YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT!
RUTGER HAUER GIVES A GREAT PERFORMANCE!!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND SEE IT!!
THE PLOT WAS FULL OF EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT ADVENTURE!!

When Terrorist (Lead by Andrew Divoff) takes over an International Sports Event and Taking the Woman's Swimming Team Hostage but it's up to a Trapped Janitor (Linden Ashby) to save the day with the help of the FBI and a Terrorist Expert(Hammy Acted by Rutger Hauer).

Directed by Albert Pynn (Cyborg, Nemesis Series, The Sword and the Sorcerer) made a familiar action-flick... the Film is Surprisngly Entertaining but If it Wasn't for the Clusmy Writting, Direction and Bad Visual Effects. Blast could have been a Terrific Movie. Watch Close for Shannon Elizabeth. Clairmont-Scope. Grade:B-.

You might say that I'm not qualified to rate this movie, because I only saw thirty minutes of it while trapped in a hotel room in Africa. However, I fear that this movie has left me scarred for life.

This movie is "Die Hard" ripped off by a Hollywood hack from the bottom 5th percentile. Get this: an unconvincingly diabolical terrorist and his white trash buddies seize an aquatic sports facility in Atlanta, holding the U.S. women's swim team hostage in return for unrealistic political demands. And the only person who can stop him is a janitor (and of course he's a former Tae Kwao Do competitor), whose estranged wife is conveniently the coach of the swim team (and hence one of the hostages).

It was over 14 months ago when I was exposed to this movie, but it keeps coming back into my mind, surfacing painfully with what can only be called a masochistic fixation. That movie was such a spectacle, such a grim parade of ill-talent and even less skill, that I can't keep from thinking about it. Certain scenes are burned into my mind, fraught with insipid dialogue and spasmodic acting ... and Rutger Hauer? What on Earth happened to you, man? This movie is a cinematic stool; have you really sunk this low?

I try not to write overtly hostile reviews, because I like to believe that all art has its own merits, but this movie has done more than simply waste thirty minutes of my time. It has left me damaged, haunting me like a grand trauma where my only escape is to curl up into a fetal position on the carpet and chew off my own fingers.

This is less a review than a warning to the world. Please, save yourself, if it's not too late. You have a lot more to risk than your money.