The Minion (1998)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Jean-Marc Piché

Writers (WGA):

Matt Roe (story)
Matt Roe (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 September 1998 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

A modern day warrior trained in the ancien arts to defeat the ultimate evil.

Plot:

New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths...

Plot Keywords:

Relic | Archeologist | Christmas | Millennium | New York City

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Lukas Sadorov
Françoise Robertson	...	Karen Goodleaf
Roc LaFortune	...	David Schulman
Allen Altman	...	Dante
Andy Bradshaw	...	Photographer
Michael Greyeyes	...	Gray Eagle
David Nerman	...	Lieutenant Roseberry
Jean-Marc Bisson	...	Bernard
Anik Matern	...	Police Lieutenant
Tony Calabretta	...	Dispatcher
Don Francks	...	Michael Baer
Tedd Dillon	...	Stranger
Matt Holland	...	Parking lot cop
Dennis St John	...	Gregor
Michel Perron	...	Giannelli

Also Known As:

Armageddon (USA) (working title)
Fallen Knight (Canada: English title)
Guerrier des ténèbres (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

UK:95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:14A | France:U (video premiere) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Israel

Company:

Taurus 7 Film Corporation

Trivia:

Michele Soavi and Avi Nesher were attached to direct.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Towards the end of the movie, when they came out of the tunnel thing at the nuclear plant, Lundgren asked where the nearest International Airport is. The response was to the effect if they crossed the border at Cornwall, then Montreal International was the closest. First off...the airport at Montreal, at the time the movie was made was called Dorval not Montreal International. (It has since been renamed Pierre Elliot Trudeau International) Secondly, if they crossed the border at Cornwall, the nearest International Airport would be Ottawa International, about 1 - 1 1/2 hours from the border.

Movie Connections:

References Red Scorpion (1989)

§12 million down the tubes!

This is without a doubt one of the worst movies EVER, I emphasize, EVER made. What´s worse, my old hero Dolph is in it and he´s starring it. Jesus... The story is actually quite good but the way it´s carried out made even my body hurt. The fighting scenes for starters are about as well choreographed as a fight between two drunks slugging it out in the gutter. The actors, except for Dolph who kinda sucks also, perform so badly you can´t help but wonder if their reason for being there is that they´re all friends of the director, who by the way must have been absent most, if not all, of the time. This is §12 million spent in an unimaginable way, because by the look of the effects and scenery, the cost can´t be a cent above §1000.