Face of Terror (2003)

Director:

Bryan Goeres

Writers:

Brent Huff (writer)
Titus Llangort (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Nothing's more deadly than a man with nothing to lose.

Plot:

A police officer searching for his missing sister in Spain uncovers a terrorist cell.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Shower Scene | Beautiful Woman | Sister | Cop

Cast

Rick Schroder	...	Nick Harper
Paulina Gálvez	...	Ana Palacios
Eric Balfour	...	Saleem Haddad
Abel Folk	...	Victor De Pablo
Ana María Montero	...	Isabel
Marta Nieto	...	Lola
Joan Minguell	...	Alberto
Dean Haglund	...	Timmons
Sergi Mateu	...	Inspector Nieto
Rachael E. Stevens	...	Faith (as Rachael Stevens)
Kadeem Hardison	...	Jefferson
Josep Minguell	...	Montero
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Thomas Billings (as Kirk Woller)
Ernesto Collado	...	Rafael
Marta Gil	...	Natalie

Also Known As:

Design of Darkness (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

Sweden:93 min | Argentina:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Drimtim Entertainment

Quotes:

Nick Harper: I go where the fight takes me!

Soundtrack:

Don't Say Goodbye

Seen worse

The movie starts out pretty well, or so it seems. Well, the plot unravels quickly and we learn that Nick Harper, who's looking for his missing sister, stumbles even more quickly into the underworld of Barcelona.

Aside from the weak and predictable plot we do have some decent acting, the characters are well within the bounds of such a movie; considering both genre and budget. Unfortunately, there is no character development and the archetypes are too overbearing. We got the good cop (who leashes out in the name of good), the bad guys who are too cool for their own good and of course the hot Spanish female sidekick. And we do have that terrorist, who's parents were killed and thus he became an avenger. All those plot strings circle around the movie in order to meet at one point.

Sometimes the actors try to act larger than life, and act too tough, too sleek, whatever you want to call it. Nick is getting on with his investigation very fast and all seems to fall into place quite neatly. And even though he is a total stranger to Spain, he makes good pace. Sadly, it does no good for the movies credibility.

One thing I liked about the movie was the lack of Hollywood-style stunts, it looked almost "real", when we see a jump, or a fight; a brawl you would witness at your local bar. Nice going. I did not really care for the terrorist undertone, as we did see too many movies with that theme already.

All in all an okay movie, with no real twists or turns. No unexpected side effects, pretty straight forward. Something you wanna watch before going to bed, light and easy.