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The Nike-Hercules missile site used to try to launch the anthrax missiles is an actual former Army (NORAD) air defense site. I served at two of these sites (which actually surrounded all the major US cities at one time). The movie site is an accurate restoration of how they worked. I was a Target Tracking Radar operator, and worked inside of what was basically a semi trailer except it was crammed with electronics and radar screens, all illuminated with red lighting. Our missiles were launched from above ground, after being elevated from underground bays.Information out these sites is scarce, hence my desire to pick up a copy.BTW, the comments by the Colonel that other (third world) nations are still using Hercs for surface to air defense is probably true.
Frank Markland
Dean Cain stars as an ATF agent who teams up with a formerly paroled racist and ex-militia mad man Frederic Forrest (How does one go from Apoclypse Now to this?) who take down a plan to assassinate the president (or some high profile official) with a missile (not sure if it's nuclear because these generic flicks run together for me) and Jennifer Beals as Dean Cain's back up leads an all out assault against the leader of the militia (Another talented actor, Stacy Keach!) Actually I was puzzled as to whether these militia men were white supremacists or if they were just playing army, one thing is for sure the movie is completely hopeless. How bad is Militia? So bad it rips off stock footage from Terminator 2 (!), American Ninja 2 (!!) and Delta Force 2 (!!!) and somehow manages to be a disgrace to all three films. Militia is along the lines of borrowed action and the lengths they go to disguise the stock footage as their own action is truly hysterical. Indeed had they put as much attention in concealing their stock footage, into making a good movie, this movie still would've sucked. All in all a terrible movie.* Out of 4-(Bad)
Xavve Ladu
Terminator 2 is my favorite movie, I even bought the movie on DVD. So when I saw Militia and the stolen scenes well...I have never laughed so much. How can they steal scenes from a famous movie!? Jim Wynorski gotta be stupid.The story is awful, the acting is bad and the effects are bad. Why recommend this movie? Simply because you are gonna laugh a lot. Militia is the king of the b-movies! The movie is about a patriotic militia group who wants to kill the American president with anthrax. But who cares?Dean Cain acting is horrible and the funny part is that he can see what people are writing on the computer by watching the keyboard when people writes. Superman can probably do that but a normal person? Well this is Militia and in that movie everything is possible.
NightoftheDawnoftheDayoftheDead
I've seen that a few people caught the Terminator 2 scene. However, most of the comments seem to think they re-made these scenes, simply stealing the idea. No....THEY USED THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE FROM TERMINATOR 2! They edited the idiots in the movie into the scene, poorly, and even included the Cyberdyne Systems sign.I caught this movie on some movie channel late one night, and was really confused when I saw Cyberdyne show up, and then this travesty of a scene began. How #%!@ing stupid do you have to be to use THAT scene in your movie? One of the most high profile scenes from an incredibly popular movie, and nobody is going to notice? Get real.Avoid at all costs. If you notice it on TV, maybe watch it to see the horrible raping of the T2 scene and laugh, then see what else is on, I'm pretty sure it was right at the start, if not the first scene in the movie.Ripoff scenes are one thing, in the sense that an idea or sequence is copied, but actually using footage from other movies since you can't afford big budget large scale action scenes? That's a good way to make people lose any and all respect for the filmmakers ability, and to find something better.I just stumbled on this page on imdb by chance, after wondering what the heck this movie was called for quite a while, so now I can finally quit thinking about it. Good riddance.
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