''Agent Red'' is a 2000 American

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

Damian Lee Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as '' Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe'', ''No Exit'' and ''Ski School A ski school is an establishment that teaches skiing, typicall ...

and

Jim Wynorski Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, film director, director, and film producer, producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His ...

and starring

Dolph Lundgren Hans Lundgren (, ; born 3 November 1957), better known as Dolph Lundgren, is a Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist. His breakthrough came in 1985, when he starred in ''Rocky IV'' as the imposing Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. Since then, Lu ...

. Its plot concerns two soldiers stuck on a submarine with a group of terrorists who plan to use a chemical weapon on America. After the film was completed, producer

Andrew Stevens Herman Andrew Stevens (born June 10, 1955) is an American executive, film producer, director and actor. Early life Stevens was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of actress Stella Stevens and her former husband Noble Herman Stephens. Ca ...

deemed it too inept to be released. Screenwriter

Steve Latshaw Steve Latshaw (b 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He has written a number of films for Jim Wynorski and Fred Olen Ray. He began his career working in television. He started making films with Fred Olen Ray in Florida. He m ...

was brought in to make the film at least half-competent, while Wynorski was hired to direct some new scenes (about 40 minutes of footage in three days) and insert stock footage (mostly from

Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter of more than 200 low-to-medium-budget feature films in many genres, including Horror film, horror, science fiction, action film, action/adventure f ...

's ''Counter Measures'' with

Michael Dudikoff Michael Joseph Stephen Dudikoff Jr. (born October 8, 1954) is an American actor and martial artist. Born in New York City, his family later moved to Los Angeles. Dudikoff did different jobs to pay for his education, during this time he became a mo ...

from which it became a remake of) where appropriate.

Plot

Captain Matt Hendricks and Dr. Linda Christian are locked in a submarine with Russian terrorists that threaten to launch a chemical virus on US territory.

Cast

as Captain Matt Hendricks * Meilani Paul as Dr. Linda Christian * Alexander Kuznetsov as Kretz *

Natalie Radford Natalie Radford (born 24 June 1966) is a Canadian actress. She has acted in various television shows and movies, including ''Darcy's Wild Life ''Darcy's Wild Life'' is a teen sitcom starring Sara Paxton, and broadcast on Discovery Kids in the ...

as Nadia *

Randolph Mantooth Randolph Mantooth (born Randy DeRoy Mantooth, September 19, 1945) is an American actor who has worked in television, documentaries, theater, and film for more than 40 years. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he was discovere ...

as Admiral Edwards * Neal Matarazzo as Lieutenant Matarazzo *

Tony Becker Tony Becker (born September 14, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Private Daniel 'Danny' Purcell on the 1987-1990 CBS Vietnam War series ''Tour of Duty''. Career Becker's first television role was ...

as Lieutenant Jack Colson *

Steve Eastin Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American character actor. He has appeared in nearly 150 television and film roles throughout his decades long career. Early life and education Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to study acting a ...

as Commander Russell * Allan Kolman as Ziggy * Larry Carroll as Newscaster * Robert Donavan as General Minowski * Pat Skelton as Borenz * Melissa Brasselle as Dr. Baker *

Steve Franken Stephen Robert Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) was an American actor who worked in film and television for over fifty years. Career Franken, the son of a Hollywood press agent, was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Corne ...

as General Socka * Lenny Juliano as Captain *

Peter Spellos Peter Spellos is an American voice actor. Notable roles Animated Television Series * BattleTech: The Animated Series - Captain Miles Hawkins * Bureau of Alien Detectors - Moose Trengganu Anime * ''Black Jack'' - Mr. Brane * ''Bleach'' - K ...

as Col. Korsky

External links

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