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| Directed by | Rick Jacobson |
| Starring | Michael Dudikoff Amanda Wyss Richard Norton Paul Winfield Bryan Cranston Stephen Quadros |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Strategic Command is a 1997 air hijack direct-to-video film directed by Rick Jacobson, starring Michael Dudikoff, and co-starring Richard Norton, Paul Winfield, Bryan Cranston, and Stephen Quadros. [1] The film was written by Sean McGinly and Tripp Reed. [2]
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Rick Harding (Michael Dudikoff) is a former US Marine officer, now working as biological weapons scientist for the FBI. [3] The movie starts, with Harding's lab being infiltrated, which results in terrorists getting their hands on a deadly nerve agent called Bromax 365. Led by Carlos Gruber (Richard Norton), the terrorists hijack Air Force Two (the aircraft of the Vice-president), a Boeing VC-25 en route from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. Harding must participate in a midair effort to retake Air Force Two and save the Vice President and his wife. [4]
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