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Directed by | Fred Olen Ray (as Ed Raymond) |
Written by | Sean McGinly |
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Cinematography | Theo Angell |
Edited by | Randy Carter |
Music by | Neal Acree |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Critical Mass is a 2001 action film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as "Ed Raymond") and released direct-to-video. It stars Treat Williams, Lori Loughlin, and Udo Kier. The film features scenes taken straight from other films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Universal Soldier spliced into newly filmed scenes to make up its action sequences. [1]
The film centers around a group of terrorists who take over a nuclear power plant and a security guard at the plant who tries to stop them.
Website Cool Target called it "enjoyable action nonsense" and stated: "Recycled footage to this extent is just lazy and kind of insulting but if you can get past this, Critical Mass is an enjoyably amusing low rent shoot-em up." [2] Moria.co gave the film only one star out of five, calling it "yet another version on Die Hard (1988) and the basic plot template it created of a lone individualistic hero inside a large building/facility single-handedly fending off a terrorist plot." [3]
Critical Mass | |
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![]() Promotional release poster | |
Directed by | Fred Olen Ray (as Ed Raymond) |
Written by | Sean McGinly |
Produced by |
|
Starring | |
Cinematography | Theo Angell |
Edited by | Randy Carter |
Music by | Neal Acree |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by |
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Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Critical Mass is a 2001 action film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as "Ed Raymond") and released direct-to-video. It stars Treat Williams, Lori Loughlin, and Udo Kier. The film features scenes taken straight from other films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Universal Soldier spliced into newly filmed scenes to make up its action sequences. [1]
The film centers around a group of terrorists who take over a nuclear power plant and a security guard at the plant who tries to stop them.
Website Cool Target called it "enjoyable action nonsense" and stated: "Recycled footage to this extent is just lazy and kind of insulting but if you can get past this, Critical Mass is an enjoyably amusing low rent shoot-em up." [2] Moria.co gave the film only one star out of five, calling it "yet another version on Die Hard (1988) and the basic plot template it created of a lone individualistic hero inside a large building/facility single-handedly fending off a terrorist plot." [3]