Extreme Ops (2002)
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8% of critics liked it
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32% of users liked it
(8,070 ratings)
A group of extreme winter athletes find themselves risking their neck for more than just thrills in this action drama. Jeffrey (Rupert Graves) is a director who has been hired to make a television commercial for a cellular phone company. For the spot, Jeffrey has come up with an exciting visual… More A group of extreme winter athletes find themselves risking their neck for more than just thrills in this action drama. Jeffrey (Rupert Graves) is a director who has been hired to make a television commercial for a cellular phone company. For the spot, Jeffrey has come up with an exciting visual motif - a group of extreme skiers and snowboarders outrunning an avalanche on a remote mountain range. To get the needed footage, Jeffrey and his crew head to Austria, where they set up to film on a mountain near the former Yugoslavia; joining them is Olympic downhill champion Chloe (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) and world-class snowboarders Ian (Rufus Sewell, Will (Devon Sawa), Silo (Joe Absolom), and Kittie (Jana Pallaske). While filming along an unchartered slope, Jeffrey's camera crew make an unexpected discovery - they find the secret compound of international terrorist Slobodan Pavlov (Klaus Lowitsch), and even capture the deadly man on videotape. Extremely unhappy that he's been found out, Pavlov turns his immediate attention to eliminating Jeffrey, his crew, and his skiers, and soon the snowboarders are forced to use their skills not just for kicks, but to save their friends - and possibly the world. Director Christian Duguay) is an old hand at filming in snow-covered mountains, having made the TV movie Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story in 1994. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Christian Duguay
- Written By
- Michael Zaidan
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Nov 27, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Hank Sartin, Chicago Reader
In their quest for the youth market, Hollywood hacks often dress up their old script ideas in baggy pants and backward baseball caps, but I hope American kids aren't dumb enough to swallow this awful extreme-sports adventure.
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Christy Lemire, Associated Press
The impossible plot and laugh-out-loud dialogue would have been tolerable if the tricks were impressive.
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, Time Out
This is a duff plot, but as an excuse to show lots of people with guns, a lot more people jumping around on snowboards and even more people repeatedly shouting 'Woooo!', it's unbeatable.
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Jan Stuart, Newsday
An acceptably mindless sanctuary from the annual December attack of important movies duking it out for Oscar glory.
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Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Where's Vin Diesel when you need him?
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Cast
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Devon Sawa
as Will
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Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
as Chloe
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Rupert Graves
as Jeffrey
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Rufus Sewell
as Ian
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Heino Ferch
as Mark
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Joe Absolom
as Silo
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Jana Pallaske
as Kittie
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Liliana Komorowska
as Yana
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Klaus Lowitsch
as Slobodan Pavlov
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi
as Zoran
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David Scheller
as Slavko
- Klaus Maria Brandauer
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Heinrich Schmieder
as Goran
- Bridgette Wilson
- Brigette Wilson
