Stars: Eddie Griffin, Vinnie Jones, Breckin Meyer, Vivica A. Fox

Director: Anthony Hickox

Summary: An oil rig situated off the coast of California comes under attack from a terrorist organization in the nail-biting thriller BLAST!

An oil rig situated off the coast of California comes under attack from a terrorist organization in the nail-biting thriller BLAST! Disguised as an environmentalist, Michael Kittredge (Vinnie Jones, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) steers his crew out to the rig where he plans to detonate a lethal bomb capable of causing mass destruction. But his plot is foiled by the ship's plucky captain Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin) and FBI Agent Reed (Vivica A. Fox). It all culminates in some frantic action aboard the beleaguered rig, with director Anthony Hickox (STORM CATCHER) neatly guiding BLAST! to a satisfying conclusion.

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Coasting on the successes of Gods and Monstersand George of the Jungle, Brendan Fraser turns in yet another winning performance in this fish-out-of-water comedy in which Pleasantvillemeets modern-day Los Angeles, with predictably funny results. Fraser stars as Adam, who was born in the bomb shelter of his paranoid inventor dad (a less-manic-than-usual Christopher Walken), who spirited his pregnant wife (Sissy Spacek, in fine comic form) underground when he thought the Communists dropped the bomb (actually, it was a plane crash). Armed with enough supplies to last 35 years, the parents bring up Adam in Leave It to Beaverstyle with nary any exposure to the outside world. When the supplies run out, and dad suffers a heart attack, Fraser goes up to modern-day LA for some shopping and long-awaited culture shock. More of a cute premise with lots of clever ideas attached than a fully fleshed out story, Blast from the Pastis also supposed to be part romantic comedy, as the hunky Adam hooks up with his jaded Eve (Alicia Silverstone) and tries to convince her to marry him and go underground. The sparks don't fly, though, because Silverstone is saddled with the triple whammy of being miscast, playing an underwritten character, and suffering a very bad hairdo. Fraser, however, carries the film lightly and easily on his broad, goofy shoulders, mixing Adam's gee-whiz innocence with genuine emotion and curiosity; only Fraser could pull off Adam's first glimpse of a sunrise or the ocean with both humour and pathos. Also winning is Dave Foley as Silverstone's gay best friend, who manages to make the most innocuous statements sound like comic gems. -- Mark Englehart, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2004
Release Date:	November 6, 2006
Runtime:	116 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P R D 9080
Keywords:	Action, English, Terrorist, Thriller, Adventure, Blast, Terrorism
Genre:	Action/Adventure