Masterminds (1997 film)

Masterminds - The duel is the title of a thriller, which was created in 1997 and whose action is similar to the film Boy Soldiers, who was six years earlier, in 1991, produced.

Action

Ozzie is a computer geek who ever makes illegal downloads, or snooping in secret government files. Thanks to its unconventional approach of the youth is flown by several schools, as well as the who visits his step- sister Melissa at the moment.

When he wants to bring his sister on the orders of his parents one day to school, he finds himself at once in a large-scale hostage again. Rafe Bentley, a former Secret Service agent who was supposed to protect the security chief, the school, the students and the teaching staff takes into custody, and calls from the parents of some prosperous children multi-million dollar ransom.

Ozzie, who wants to help, despite the reluctance of the school and its teachers towards his sister, with the help of his buddy " K- Dog" who could also inject into the school, the fight against Bentley and his band on. The go and return with the same hardness and cunning action against the boy. At the end Ozzie can free both his sister, as well as off Bentley.

Background

The film, which in Canada ( outside shots) and the British Shepperton Studios ( indoors) was trying to combine elements of many films in which the taking of hostages play a role. So parallels to Die themselves slowly not be dismissed out of hand.

Nevertheless, the movie Boy Soldiers oriented, with the difference that not a group of young people take up the fight against the hostage-takers, but only a boy. Furthermore Masterminds is less brutal, and has also deliver not a political statement - unlike Boy Soldiers. The hostage-takers ( Stewart) even has humor.

Originally had incidentally Ralph Fiennes are to assume the role of Bentley, however canceled.

Roger Christian (filmmaker) Screenplay Film score Toy Soldiers (1991 film)
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