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'''''Command Performance''''' is |
'''''Command Performance''''' is a 2009 American [[action film]] written and directed by [[Dolph Lundgren]], who also starred in the film. The film was released on [[direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] in the United States on November 3, 2009. |
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The film premiered at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on July 18 |
The film was premiered at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on July 18, 2009.<ref>[http://www.firstlookmedia.com/titles/film_details.asp?ProjectID={3BE67F00-3CB1-4736-90DC-2280E8792178}&BusinessUnitID={BC740C00-312C-4641-821A-D46574CD05FB}/ firstlookmedia.com]</ref> Filming took place between August and September 2008 in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]] and [[Moscow, Russia]]. |
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Filming took place between August and September 2008 in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]] and [[Moscow, Russia]]. |
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[[Dolph Lundgren]] wanted to use his drumming skills on screen, and the story was inspired by a concert [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] did for Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2831844920080328 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Article]</ref> |
[[Dolph Lundgren]] wanted to use his drumming skills on screen, and the story was inspired by a concert [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] did for Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2831844920080328 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Article]</ref> |
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The movie marks Ida Lundgren's (Dolph's daughter) screen début. |
The movie marks Ida Lundgren's (Dolph's daughter) screen début. |
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In August 1991, there was an attempted coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev by ex-communist military hard-liners. The coup failed, and all members of it were arrested; from the ashes of the old Soviet Union, the modern Russian Federation was born. |
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Revision as of 08:03, 20 May 2014
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| Directed by | Dolph Lundgren |
| Written by | Steve Latshaw Dolph Lundgren |
| Produced by | Les Weldon Danny Lerner |
| Starring | Dolph Lundgren Melissa Smith Hristo Shopov Dave Legeno |
| Cinematography | Marc Windon |
| Edited by | Peter Hollywood |
| Music by | Adam Nordén |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
Command Performance is a 2009 American action film written and directed by Dolph Lundgren, who also starred in the film. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on November 3, 2009.
The film was premiered at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on July 18, 2009.[1] Filming took place between August and September 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria and Moscow, Russia.
Dolph Lundgren wanted to use his drumming skills on screen, and the story was inspired by a concert Madonna did for Russian President Vladimir Putin.[2]
The movie marks Ida Lundgren's (Dolph's daughter) screen début.
Plot
In August 1991, there was an attempted coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev by ex-communist military hard-liners. The coup failed, and all members of it were arrested; from the ashes of the old Soviet Union, the modern Russian Federation was born.
Russian President Alexei Petrov (Hristo Shopov) has asked for pop sensation Venus (Melissa Smith) to perform a concert in Moscow, because his daughters Anna (Ida Lundgren) and Yana (Robin Dobson) are fans of Venus.
The concert turns bloody when armed men led by Oleg Kazov (Dave Legeno) take the concert hostage. It seems that Oleg has a personal vendetta against Petrov.
Former biker gang member Joe (Dolph Lundgren), the drummer of CMF, the opening rock band, starts fighting back. As it turns out, back in the USA, when Joe was still in the biker gang, some Colombians who wanted to collect a debt went to the apartment that Joe and his brother lived in.
The Colombians fatally shot Joe's brother. Joe hunted the group of Colombians down and killed them, and ever since then, Joe has tried to stay away from guns, because guns remind him of what the group of Colombians did.
Now, basically most of the civilians and staff, including Venus's brother Enzo (Atanas Srebrev), who was her manager, are killed by Oleg's men, all except Joe, Venus, reporter Ali Connor (Shelly Varod), American Ambassador Gene Bradley (Clement von Franckenstein), FSB agent Mikhail Kapista (Zachary Baharov), Petrov, and his two daughters.
As it turns out, Oleg's father was Marshal Dimitri Kazov, a WWII hero in Stalingrad, and former Soviet Minister of Defence. Dimitri was a leader of the failed coup against Gorbachev in 1991. Oleg was part of the coup as well.
After Dimitri killed Oleg's mother and then himself, that was when Oleg, a captain in the Russian army, immigrated to the USA, where he got arrested for some petty crimes. Oleg returned to Russia three weeks ago.
The prosecutor of Dimitri, Oleg, and other coup members in 1991 was a young Alexei Petrov, before he became the president of Russia. Now Oleg wants revenge on Petrov, because he believes that the special forces raid on the Kazov house that led Dimitri to kill Oleg's mother and then himself was Petrov's fault. Petrov, who ordered the raid, had followed the troops into the Kazov house.
Now, Joe and Mikhail make their way through the arena, trying to bring down Oleg and his men.
Cast
- Dolph Lundgren as Joe
- Melissa Smith as Venus
- Hristo Shopov as President Petrov
- Dave Legeno as Oleg Kazov
- Clement von Franckenstein as Ambassador Bradley
- James Chalke as Vladimir
- Zahary Baharov as Mikhail Kapista
- Ivaylo Geraskov as Leonid Gordov
- Shelly Varod as Ali Connor
- Katarzyna Wolejnio as Maj. Pavlikova
- Ida Lundgren as Anna Petrova
Music
This movie features the songs "Breakdown" and "Girl" ("6" on the album version) from the band D2, Lost In Love from Melissa Smith, "Ne Gasite Svechu / Keep The Candle Burning" from Piligrim[clarification needed] and "September Rain" from Irson Kudikova.