New World Disorder (film)

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New World Disorder
Directed by Richard Spence
Written byJeffrey Smith
Ehren Kruger
Produced bySteve Beswick
Jon Kramer
Romain Schroeder
Silvio Muraglia
Tom Reeve
Starring Rutger Hauer
Andrew McCarthy
Tara Fitzgerald
Hari Dhillon
CinematographyIvan Strasburg
Edited byGraham Walker
Music by Gast Waltzing
Production
company
Carousel Picture Company
Distributed byYork Home Video US
Release date
  • December 3, 1999 (1999-12-03)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

New World Disorder is a 1999 American thriller/action film directed by Richard Spence. [1] It features Rutger Hauer, Andrew McCarthy, Tara Fitzgerald, and Hari Dhillon. [2] It was filmed in Luxembourg. [3]

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Plot

Homicide detective David Marx (Rutger Hauer) teams up with computer expert Kris Paddock (Tara Fitzgerald) to track down a gang stealing computer chips from a list of factories.

Cast

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References

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  3. "NEW WORLD DISORDER (1998)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.