The Defender (2004)
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- R
- 1h 31min
- Action, Thriller
- 22 Aug 2019 (Germany)
- Movie
Lance and his team are bodyguards for NSA's head, who is sent by the President to a secret meeting in an empty hotel outside Bucharest. During the meeting, the hotel is attacked. By whom? And why?
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Cast
| Dolph Lundgren | ... |
Lance Rockford
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| Jerry Springer | ... |
President of the United States
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| Shakara Ledard | ... |
Kaye
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Thomas Lockyer | ... |
Stevenson
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| Caroline Lee-Johnson | ... |
Mrs. Jones
(as Caroline Lee Johnson)
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| Gerald Kyd | ... |
Morgan
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| Ian Porter | ... |
Newell
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Howard Antony | ... |
Parker
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| Geoffrey Burton | ... |
Jamal
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| Iddo Goldberg | ... |
Scripts
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| James Chalke | ... |
Lee
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Leigh Zimmerman | ... |
Reporter
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| Steven Elder | ... |
Tech 1
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Radu Florescu | ... |
Aide
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| Ovidiu Niculescu | ... |
Officer
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Cristina Teodorescu | ... |
Nurse
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Florin Roata | ... |
Tough
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Loredana Groza | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
| Dolph Lundgren | ||
Written by
| Douglas W. Miller | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Mohamed Ahmed | ... | associate producer |
| Karinne Behr | ... | executive producer |
| Sheikh Mohamed Bin Salman | ... | executive producer |
| Andrei Boncea | ... | producer |
| Alastair Burlingham | ... | executive producer |
| Irina Chirita | ... | line producer: Romania |
| Celia Duval | ... | line producer (as Celia Z. Bargh) |
| Stefan Jonas | ... | co-producer |
| Al Khalifa | ... | executive producer |
| Alan Latham | ... | co-producer |
| Philippe Martinez | ... | producer |
| Douglas W. Miller | ... | producer |
| Claudine Strasser | ... | producer |
| Alistair Wilson-Gough | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Adam Nordén | ||
Cinematography by
| Maxime Alexandre | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Dedan Ouziel | ||
| Julian Rodd | ||
Editorial Department
| Fiona Mackay | ... | post-production assistant |
| Ross McFall | ... | assistant editor (as Ross Mcfall) |
| Yan Miles | ... | first assistant editor |
| Mihai Mitici | ... | second assistant editor |
| Dan Mitre | ... | colorist |
| Des Murray | ... | on-line editor |
Casting By
| Jeremy Zimmermann | ... | (as Jeremy Zimmerman) |
Production Design by
| Matthew Button | ||
Art Direction by
| Radu Corciova | ||
Set Decoration by
| Ion Tudor | ... | (as Tudor Ion) |
Costume Design by
| Till Fuhrmann | ||
Makeup Department
| Domnica Bodogan | ... | assistant hair stylist (as Domnica Sava) |
| Alina Chiriac | ... | extra hair assistant |
| Gabi Cretan | ... | head makeup artist |
| Ioana Lita | ... | hair stylist |
| Doru Rita | ... | extra makeup assistant |
| Andrea Dardea Tesdall | ... | assistant makeup artist (as Andreea Dardea) |
Production Management
| Burdette Anderson | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Gisela Evert | ... | post-production manager |
| Iulian Pana | ... | production manager |
| Marian Pascale | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Irina Bryson | ... | third assistant director (as Irina Niculin) |
| Virgil Nicolaescu | ... | second assistant director |
| Patricia Radoi | ... | fourth assistant director |
| Anatol Reghintovschi | ... | second assistant director |
| Gerry Toomey | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
| Luca Dinulescu | ... | assistant production designer |
| Victoria Dragnea | ... | assistant production designer (as Tora Dragomir) |
| Raluca Ioanovici | ... | set dresser |
| Sabo Marian | ... | prop buyer |
| Francesca Mauri | ... | stand-by art director |
| Amy Padmore | ... | production buyer |
| Lumi Parnell | ... | art department coordinator (as Luminita Stanciu) |
| Marius Pogaceanu | ... | props assistant |
| Adrian Popa | ... | props master |
| Serban Rotariu | ... | storyboard artist |
| Marius Trandafir | ... | props assistant |
Sound Department
| Alexander Buck | ... | sound effects editor |
| Pablo Duchovny | ... | Spanish Dubbig Producer |
| Florian Flossmann | ... | sound mixer |
| William Edouard Franck | ... | sound recordist: second unit (as William Franck) |
| Matt Grimes | ... | supervising dialogue editor |
| Nils Karlson | ... | foley editor |
| Stefan Korte | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Frank Kruse | ... | sound effects editor |
| Markus Münz | ... | adr recordist / foley recordist |
| Kai Schoormann | ... | sound effects editor |
| Wilmont Schulze | ... | foley artist |
| Kuen-Il Song | ... | sound editor |
| Markus Urchs | ... | boom operator |
| Hanse Warns | ... | sound effects editor |
| Guido Zettier | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
Special Effects by
| Moise Constantin | ... | special effects assistant (as Constantin Moise) |
| Bob Keen | ... | special effects |
| Scott MacIntyre | ... | special effects supervisor (as Scott McIntyre) |
| Adrian Popescu | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Mark Starkey | ... | special effects technician |
| George Tudoran | ... | special effects assistant |
Visual Effects by
| Joerg Bruemmer | ... | visual effects |
| Florian Decker | ... | visual effects |
| Philipp Eckel | ... | shake artist: das werk |
| Ute Engel | ... | visual effects |
| Ralf Wacker | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
| Georg Wieland | ... | digital effects artist (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Florin Barcun | ... | stunt performer |
| Levan Doran | ... | stunts |
| Luminita Filimon | ... | stunt double |
| Alexander Mardan | ... | stunts |
| Razvan Puiu | ... | stunt coordinator (as Rasvan Puiu) |
| Andy Smart | ... | stunts (as Andy J. Smart) |
| Rocky Taylor | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Daniel Visan | ... | stunts |
| Vasile Albinet | ... | stunt performer (uncredited) |
| Ion Carangea | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
| Daniel Pasleaga | ... | stunt actor (uncredited) |
| Florin Stancu | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Cos Aelenei | ... | still photographer |
| Octavian Andreescu | ... | electrician |
| Lupsa Armand | ... | electrician |
| Daniel Balteanu | ... | electrician |
| Petre Bat | ... | second assistant camera |
| Mihai Burtan | ... | focus puller: "c" camera |
| Daniel Ciobanu | ... | generator operator |
| Grigore Ciobanu | ... | generator operator |
| Ciobanu Daniel | ... | generator operator |
| Marian Ene | ... | key grip |
| Marius Florian | ... | second assistant camera (as Jerry Florian) |
| Titi Gavrila | ... | focus puller: "a" camera |
| Ilie Georgica | ... | focus puller: "b" camera (as Georgica Ilie) |
| Sarbu Gigi | ... | grip |
| Bebe Guta | ... | loader |
| Marian Iancu | ... | generator operator |
| Cristi Lupu | ... | generator operator |
| Ionut Lupulescu | ... | second assistant camera |
| Catalin Nicolae | ... | electrician (as Nicolae Catalin) |
| George Nicolae | ... | best boy |
| Florin Niculae | ... | gaffer (as Florin Nicolae) |
| Razvan Paslaru | ... | best boy grip |
| Violeta Rizea | ... | clapper loader |
| Adrian Serbanescu | ... | key man |
| Catalin Simioana | ... | steadicam assistant |
| Octavian Sotir | ... | video assist |
| Bogdan Stanciu | ... | Steadicam operator |
| Catalin Stoica | ... | grip |
| Remus Tanase | ... | best boy grip |
| Nicolae Vasile | ... | electrician (as Vasile Nicolae) |
| Radu Marinescu | ... | grip (uncredited) |
| Bogdan Stanciu | ... | camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Tekin Cetinkaya | ... | casting coordinator |
| Domnica Circiumaru | ... | extras casting coordinator |
| Ramona Munteanu | ... | extras casting assistant (as Ramone Munteanu) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eli Calin | ... | costume supervisor |
| Charlotte Child | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Laurentiu Costea | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Daniela Nicolae | ... | wardrobe assistant (as Daniela Niculae) |
| Ruxandra Nitulescu | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Carmen Stefan | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Location Management
| Vasile Anghel | ... | assistant location manager |
| Raul Cosma | ... | assistant location manager |
| Mihai Mitrea | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| Mats Berntoft | ... | musician: guitar |
| Arnold Hattingh | ... | assistant music supervisor |
| Adam Nordén | ... | music producer |
| Simon White | ... | music supervisor |
Script and Continuity Department
| Andra Barbuica | ... | script supervisor |
| Carol A. Compton | ... | script clearance |
Transportation Department
| Viorel Costache | ... | production driver |
| Nicolae Enache | ... | driver: art department |
| Ionel Ilie | ... | driver: Maxime Alexandre (as Ilie Ionel) |
| Alexandra Margarit | ... | driver: camera crew (as Alexandru Margarit) |
| Adi Nita | ... | transportation coordinator |
| Dragos Popescu | ... | driver: Celia Z. Bargh & Gerry Toomey |
Additional Crew
| Mark Andrews | ... | production executive |
| Irina Bryson | ... | extras coordinator (as Irina Niculin) |
| Ioana Cernescu | ... | production secretary |
| Luminita Constantinescu | ... | cashier |
| James Cope | ... | assistant production accountant |
| Johanna Edholm | ... | assistant: Mr. Lundgren |
| Steven Edwicker | ... | production accountant |
| Barry Evans | ... | fight consultant |
| Walter Josten | ... | Bridge Lending |
| Thomas Mattinson | ... | head of production: UK |
| Craita Nanu | ... | production assistant |
| Mihaela Onega | ... | public relations assistant |
| Dragos Penciu | ... | assistant production accountant (as Dragos Peciu) |
| Cara Savage | ... | assistant production accountant (as Cara Manly) |
| Hugh Spurling | ... | studio executive |
| Doru Stan | ... | production assistant |
| Matthias Sternberg | ... | production coordinator: Germany (as Matthias Benner) |
| Anamaria Telega | ... | production coordinator |
| James Weston | ... | armorer / supervising armourer |
| Mirela Pancu | ... | production accountant (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Sidney J. Furie | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Bauer Martinez Studios
- Defender Production
- Frame Werk Produktion GmbH & Co. KG
- Lucky 7 Productions LLC
- Lucky UKFS
- Media Pro Pictures
Distributors
- Bauer Martinez Studios (2004) (World-wide)
- Amazon Prime Video (2019) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Eagle Films (2004) (Non-US) (Middle East)
- Edito Films (2005) (France) (DVD)
- Force Video (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- France Video Distribution (Fravidis) (2005) (France) (DVD)
- Indies Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Inter Film (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
- Invincible Pictures (2015) (United States)
- Leone Film Group (2009) (Italy)
- Prooptiki (2004) (Greece) (video)
- Pyramid Home Video (2005) (Russia) (video)
- Samuel Goldwyn Films (2021) (United States) (video) (internet)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Visual Entertainment (2005) (United States) (video)
- e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Hyperactive Broadcast (editing equipment)
- Blue Rider Pictures (bridge financing)
- Cutting Edge Group (music services)
- IndieClear (script clearance)
- Molinare Studio (post-production facilities)
- Pictorion_das Werk (digital laboratory)
- Ruhr Sound Studios (post-production sound services)
- Zettier Sound Design (sound design & editorial)
Storyline
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Today: the global war on terror rages on. The United States will not give an inch against terrorists, especially Mohamed Jamar, considered to be the worst of them all. Jamar has been missing for months, but his network continues its function. The President stands firm before the world, but behind the scenes his teams are working to find the final solution. Jamar represents a paradox: he can never be killed, because if found dead he would become an instant martyr. If caught he must be tried. If he is found guilty he would become a martyr and further inspiration to acts of terror. If acquitted, the policies of the entire western world would be destroyed. So he must remain invisible. Roberta Jones, the head of the National Security Agency, is working to ensure he remains invisible forever. Under the guise of attending an Eastern European conference on Terror in Romania, she attends a secret meeting with Jamar at a secluded hotel outside Bucharest. No one knows about this meeting, and her goal is to buy his invisibility. Her only companions are her security team of six headed by her personal bodyguard, Lance Rockford. They are the best of the best, former military special forces personnel capable of anything. When they arrive at the hotel for the secret meeting, they are ambushed; no one is supposed to know about the meeting, but someone wants it stopped. They must fight for their lives against an unknown attacker. Lance, a man of highest integrity with an impressive record of service for his country, is forced into a situation which challenges his very beliefs. Written by Bauer Martinez Studios |
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| Taglines | Fighting The War On Terror. See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $6,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Directorial debut of Dolph Lundgren. See more » |
| Goofs | The map used several times throughout the movie to represent Romania is of Western Canada (ranging from B.C. to Manitoba, focused on Alberta, with a huge red area on Saskatchewan). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Making of 'the Defender' (2004). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Inside See more » |
| Quotes |
President of the United States:
You messed with the wrong country and you fucked the wrong President! See more » |