Black Dawn (film)

• Steven Seagal: Jonathan Cold
• Tamara Davies: Agent Amanda Stuart
• John Pyper -Ferguson: James Donovan
• Julian Stone: Michael Donovan
• Roman Varshavsky: Fedor
• Noa Hegesh: Julia
• Warren Derosa: Sergei
• Angela Gots: Stazi

The Foreigner: Black Dawn (Original title: Black Dawn ) is an American action thriller from 2006 The film is the directorial debut of Alexander Gruszynski and was produced directly for the DVD market. . The main role of the ex- CIA agent Jonathan Cold plays for the second time Steven Seagal. The movie is the sequel of the 2003's film The Foreigner - The stranger. In Germany the film was first performed on 30 March 2008 on the private TV station ProSieben.

Action

Jonathan Cold is an ex- CIA agent and now sells his services to the highest bidder. This time he is asked to free a dangerous arms dealer out of prison. Disguised as a doctor Cold providing access and walk out with the prisoner. But the calm is deceptive, Cold and the Prisoner caught. Cold dies.

After Cold has been declared dead, he suddenly reappears to a Russian gangsters to help to a nuclear bomb. He is being watched by his former student Amanda Stuart, who gets into the visor of the gangsters. Cold can save them. Together, they clarify a conspiracy in the ranks of the CIA.

Criticism

The film was received criticism mostly negative. The lexicon of the International film described the film as " the aged hero Actor Steven Seagal on the body of written made-up action movie ," the " served clichés of the genre too complacent. " David Nusair of Reel Reviews described the film as " mediocre ". Although he attested director Alexander Gruszynski at least the " idea of a [ substantive ] relationship ." But he confined too much on clichés, by falling back on " sneering villains, double-sided heroes and some other action Ausstaffierungen ". Seagal's performance was " typically slow ", but an increase to his earlier films.