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Canadian direct-to-video action-thriller film starring Dean Cain and Brian Bosworth. It was directed by Bryan Goeres.

Plot

Journalist Simon Tate is investigating the apparently "unrelated" accidental deaths of several students at a local university. When his friend, Dr. Benjamin Roanic, becomes a prime suspect and is then subsequently murdered, Simon sets out to prove Roanic's innocence and establish a link between the deaths and an AIDS-related drug test program.

Cast

* Dean Cain as Simon Tate * Brian Bosworth as Detective Steven Birnam * Mimi Kuzyk as Diana Holt * Heather Mathieson as Carla Tate * Richard Donat as Karl Dean

Reception

Robert Pardi from TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, stating: "This anti-establishment action flick is an unsatisfying mix of cautionary sci-fi tale and Hitchcockian thriller." Glenn Erickson writing for the website DVD Talk gave the film two and a half out of five stars and said: "Most of the acting is reasonable. Bosworth's role is dull but Dean Cain is likeable in a numbskull kind of way engineered to be acceptable in as many foreign markets as possible."

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* * * 20th Century Fox direct-to-video films 2002 direct-to-video films 2001 action thriller films Canadian direct-to-video films Canadian action thriller films English-language Canadian films 2000s English-language films 2002 films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub