Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush | |
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Directed by | Albert Pyun |
Written by | Albert Pyun |
Produced by | Tom Karnowski Gary Schmoeller |
Starring | Christopher Lambert Natasha Henstridge Norbert Weisser |
Cinematography | George Mooradian |
Edited by | Ken Morrisey |
Music by | Tony Riparetti |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Legacy Releasing Corporation Buena Vista Home Video Dimension Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes (U.S.) 94 minutes (DVD) |
Countries | Soviet Union United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $37,536 |
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush is a 1996 American
Plot
The story is set in an
Officer Delon (Henstridge) is a mother who desperately needs to get away from the quarantined city. She is about to give her son a black-market passport to the safe-zone when she is called in to duty.
A gang has been slaughtered by some kind of creature and the police are investigating. The monster has superhuman abilities including speed and strength. The team of police officers, including Delon and Lemieux (Lambert), are sent into the sewer system to capture or kill the creature. Slowly, the team is killed off one by one until only Delon and Lemieux remain. Delon stumbles across a team of scientists sent to kill the creature themselves. They know the creature is the source of the deadly virus and if it is not killed, it will "explode" and spread the virus all over Boston. Delon is then captured by the creature, along with two others. Delon eventually manages to kick the creature unconscious in order to gain enough time to break her restraints, grab a pistol, and kill it with numerous shots.
Delon is later rewarded with two passports to the safe-zone, one for her and for her son.
Cast
- Christopher Lambert as Officer Lemieux
- Natasha Henstridge as Officer Delon
- Norbert Weisser as Cuzo
- Elizabeth Barondes as Wocek
- Xavier Declie as Volker
- Craig Davis as Suspect
- Nicholas Guest as Captain B. Rennard
- Andrew Divoff as CIA Operative Phillip Sterns
- Jon Epstein as General Waxman
Production
Originally to be shot in Prague, the shoot location was changed when it was decided to use the Croatian production team who previously worked with Pyun on Captain America in 1989. The shoot was scheduled for 16 days and Lambert worked for 10 days. Pyun would return to Bratislava to work with the same production team for Omega Doom, Crazy Six and the Urban trilogy.
Stylistically, Pyun wanted to create a real time experience and shot the film as a news crew might cover a war. There was less reliance on narrative and traditional movie plotting, with the film being more akin to a documentary style, where action revealed the story and character. Pyun wanted longer takes with less coverage for editing to give the audience a "you-are-there" feeling.
The film was shot in
The film was heavily re-edited and reshot under orders of
Future
Release
Several versions of the film are in distribution. The official US version is 76 minutes long. There is a European/UK (Polygram) version that is 102 minutes long. Writer/director Albert Pyun has said in interviews that he intends to restore and release a 110 minutes director's cut of the film. This version is set entirely in Romania and has minor virus aspect in plot.
Reception
The film received mainly negative reviews, getting a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, based only on 5 reviews.[2]
References
- ^ Scapperotti, Dan (June 1996). "Natasha Henstridge - Species' Sexy Seductress" (PDF). Femme Fatales. 4 (8). Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ "Adrenalin: Fear the Rush - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2013-06-23.