Blast (2004 film)

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Blast
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anthony Hickox
Screenplay by Steven E. de Souza
Based onOperation Noah by Horst Freund
Produced by Brad Krevoy
David Lancaster
Klaus Rettig
Werner Possardt
Gerhard Schmidt
David Wicht
Starring Eddie Griffin
Vivica A. Fox
Breckin Meyer
Joel Pollak
Vinnie Jones
Music by Danny Saber
Distributed by DEJ Productions
Release dates
  • May 16, 2004 (2004-05-16)(France)
  • November 19, 2005 (2005-047-19)(U.S.)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesUnited States
South Africa
Germany
LanguageEnglish

Blast is a 2004 action film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Eddie Griffin, [1] Vinnie Jones, [2] Breckin Meyer, [2] and Vivica A. Fox. [3] [1] It was written by Steven E. de Souza. [2] The film is a remake of the German television film Operation Noah (1998).

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Plot

A terrorist, Michael Kittredge (Vinnie Jones), posing as an environmentalist protester leads a team of highly skilled mercenaries to take control of an oil rig off the coast of California, intending to detonate an electromagnetic bomb over the United States, striking a sort of "new Pearl Harbor" attack on behalf of enemies to the nation. What Kittredge didn't count on is a tugboat captain, Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin), who survives an attack on his ship, and is soon recruited by an FBI agent (Vivica A. Fox) to infiltrate the oil rig and procure information about their plans, and if possible, stop them. In the process, Dixon meets an eager computer expert (Breckin Meyer) aboard the oil rig who helps Dixon even as he gets on his nerves and Lamont suspects he can't really trust him.

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