''The Package'' is a 2012 American action film directed by

Jesse V. Johnson Jesse V. Johnson is a British film director, screenwriter and stunt coordinator, born on 29 November 1971 in Winchester, England. Johnson has made primarily action films. These include the 2009 revenge thriller '' The Butcher'' and the crime d ...

and starring Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren. The film was shot in Abbotsford, Langley, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in twenty days from February 14 to March 5, 2012.

Plot

The film starts with Tommy Wicker ( Steve Austin), arriving at a bowling alley and beating up a rival for not paying back Big Doug. Afterwards he visits Big Doug who tells him he wants a package delivered to "The German" ( Dolph Lundgren), a dangerous crime lord. En route he is pursued by a rival gang who kills his partner and wants what he is carrying, forcing him to fight them off and run. Eventually Tommy is captured by the rival gang and delivered to Anthony. He kills Anthony and most of the gang, manages to escape, is captured by the German and brought to see if he has compatible DNA with the German. He then breaks free and has a final showdown with the German, killing him. He then wishes Big Doug that the incident be filed away and they wish each other a hearty godspeed. Tommy then calls his wife Darla about the cash and tells her "I love you."

Cast

* Steve Austin as Tommy Wicker * Dolph Lundgren as "The German" *

Eric Keenleyside Eric Keenleyside (born October 11, 1957) is a Canadian actor. Early life Eric was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, grew up in London, Ontario, and spent time in Brisbane, Australia. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (acting) from the Univer ...

as Big Doug * Mike Dopud as Julio * John Novak as Nicholas * Kristen Kerr as Darla Wicker * Darren Shahlavi as Devon * Paul Wu as Dosan * Lochlyn Munro as Eddie * Mark Gibbon as Jake * Peter Bryant as Ralph *

Monique Ganderton Monique Ganderton (born August 6, 1980) is a Canadian stunt performer and actress who works in television and film. Ganderton was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She started out in modeling before moving to stunt work. Standing 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) ta ...

as Monique * Michael Daingerfield as Anthony *

William B. Davis William Bruce Davis (born January 13, 1938) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as the Cigarette Smoking Man on ''The X-Files''. Besides appearing in many TV programs and movies, he founded his own acting school, the William Davis Ce ...

as Dr. Willhelm * Jerry Trimble as Carl * Patrick Sabongui as Luis

Reception

Box office

''The Package'' debuted at number 81 at the box-office and made $1,469.

Critical response

The '' Los Angeles Times'' gave a favorable review of ''The Package'', calling it an "uncomplicated guy's guy movie time, the screen version of the starchy passing pleasures of bar food." In contrast,

DVD Verdict DVD Verdict was a judicial-themed website for DVD reviews. The site was founded in 1999. The editor-in-chief was Michael Stailey, who owned the website between 2004 and 2016, and the site employed a large editorial staff of critics, whose reviews ...

panned the film, calling it mediocre and saying that Austin's fight scenes were "unimaginatively produced and not much fun".

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Package, The 2013 films 2013 action films American action films American films about revenge Films shot in Vancouver Films with screenplays by Derek Kolstad 2010s English-language films Films directed by Jesse V. Johnson 2010s American films English-language action films