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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not too good, but not COMPLETELY horrible, May 4, 2005
In this passable action flick, a Los Angeles detective goes to Barcelona to find his sister, a model there whom he has not heard from in some time. His search for her brings him face to face with terrorists and arms merchants.
The main draw here will be the cast. Rick Schroder stars as the detective, Nick Harper. His performance is unremarkable, and the character isn't well-developed. Eric Balfour, as terrorist Saleem Haddad, tries a little harder and manages at least a little menace. Kadeem Hardison (of television's "A Different World") plays Harper's partner back in L.A., but he doesn't do much besides talk on the phone. And Dean Haglund, known to X-Files fans as Langly of the Lone Gunmen, shows up as a "sleazy photographer."
The real gem, at least for me (and most other males, I would think) is Marta Nieto, who plays Lola, another model mixed up in the craziness. It's a minor role but Nieto is simply gorgeous. It doesn't hurt that she (as Lola) is occasionally allowed to show actual emotional depth, rather than being just a one-dimensional sexpot.
There's little else worth commenting on. The story is serviceable but the dialogue is pretty bad. The movie was filmed in Barcelona, and the director wisely shot most of the scenes in the daylight, so there's some great scenery. Some of the action scenes are fair.
The main problem with the movie is that it's not good enough to really enjoy but not bad enough to laugh at. Unless you're a huge fan of Schroder or Hardison, or you want to check out Marta Nieto (who's certainly worth checking out), you'll probably want to ignore this.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
An effective crime drama and thriller, April 11, 2006
There are a few things about this little film that are very interesting, but none more than the site of most of its scenes -- Barcelona, Spain. The scenery of this southern European city is easily the most easy to watch and interesting part of this drama.
The movie revolves around the star (Rick Schroeder, late of "NYPD Blue") running around Barcelona trying to locate his sister, who left home to pursue modeling in Spain and has since become involved in a strange and hardly believable plot that involves models, a briefcase and a terrorist.
It's pretty ridiculous how Schroeder got there. He plays a cop in Los Angeles that dials up his sister on his cell phone -- right in the middle of a bust -- and, when she fails to answer, he decides to leave his partner, his employer and his case to go to Spain to locate her.
When he arrives he finds sis has been missing for weeks. This is another ridiculous plot device, since she's really just been vacationing on some rich guy's boat!
Anyway, she and a bunch of other models have been and are becoming unwitting (!) tools of an international terrorist who blows up buildings in Spain for reasons never explained in the flick. There's a pretty good chase and some good action at the end when our hero and sis meet up with the bad guys.
This movie is based on a lot of ideas that aren't realistic, and it's full of lovely people that probably never took an acting class, but it maintains tension throughout and keeps your interest for 90 minutes. It has some great scenery and action sequences that help you stay involved.
Schroeder's had a good career, beginning as a child actor and rotating in adulthood through "NYPD Blue" to play a similar role in this movie. This probably won't be the gold star on his career when it's done but it won't be the worst thing he ever did, either.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Night on the Town, November 3, 2008
"Face of Terror" is an average feature. Rick Schroeder who won the Golden Globe in "The Champ" as a child actor in 1979 & was nominated as Best Actor in a Dramatic Series for "NYPD Blue" in 1999 plays policeman Nick Harper. Harper is kind of a "Die Hard" light, which may be why Jeb Stuart who directed the first "Die Hard" film picked him for "Blood Done Sign My Name" which should be out in 09. Harper has a thin trigger and little patience, particularly when his kid sister Faith has disappeared. Faith is played by Rachel Stevens. She looks good in her swimsuit, but does not display much confusion when the good guys turn out to be bad guys. Dean Haglund who was in "Dead & Deader" & "X-Files" plays a drug-dealing photographer. Kadeem Hardison plays Harper's cop pal Jefferson. Jefferson stays stateside while Harper hops to Barcelona. Jefferson's role is written thinly, without much sympathy for Harper who has to find out what happened to his sister. Paulina Galvez plays the Spanish detective Ana Palacios whose good looks earn her a night on the town with Harper. Eric Balfour who did a great job as a two-timing ex in this year's TV pilot "The Ex List" plays Palestinian terrorist Saleem Haddad. Balfour's job really has the most levels and looks the best as far as the lead actors. "Face of Terror" keeps your attention for an evening's entertainment. Enjoy!
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