Black Dawn (film)

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Black Dawn
Directed by Alexander Gruszynski
Starring Steven Seagal
Tamara Davies
John Pyper-Ferguson
Studio Sony Pictures International
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date(s) December 23, 2005
Running time 100 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $8,000,000

Black Dawn also known as Foreigner 2: Black Dawn is a 2005 direct-to-video action film, a directorial debut for cinematographer Alexander Gruszynski. It is a follow-up to the 2002 film The Foreigner, with Steven Seagal reprising his role as Jonathan Cold. The film is famous for Seagal not being involved in any of the fight scenes due to his leaving the film 18 days into a 30-day shoot. The director shot fights with stunt doubles and scenes that were to involve Seagal were replaced by his co-star in the film.

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John Cold (Steven Seagal) is an ex-CIA agent who's now working for himself and offering his services to the highest bidder.

Jon is hired to break James Donovan (John Pyper-Ferguson) out of prison. After the successful break, Jon takes James to see his brother, arms dealer Michael Donovan (Julian Stone), the man who hired Jon to break James out.

In gratitude, the Donovans hire Jon to help sell the parts for a small nuclear bomb to Nicholi (Nicholas Davidoff), the leader of a Chechan terrorist group that is planning to blow up Los Angeles because the CIA killed the group's previous leader.

Meanwhile, Jon's former protege, agent Amanda Stuart (Tamara Davies), is spying on the Donovans for the CIA. The Donovans see her spying on them while they're in the middle of the deal with Nicholi.

Jon rescues Amanda and takes Michael hostage. Nicholi really doesn't care what happens to Michael, so that doesn't really work as well as it should have. Jon and Amanda find themselves on the run, trying to keep the Donovans out of the way and stop Nicholi from blowing up the city.

Also, Jon has been framed for the killings of some of his former CIA co-workers, so there's a shoot-on-sight directive on his head. It'll be a miracle of Jon can clear his name and keep Los Angeles from getting blown up.

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