Alan Mckenna, Elizabeth Barondes, Ian Virgo

Shortly after being appointed the U.S. ambassador's second in command in a war-torn Eastern European country, Sam Keenan (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is faced with a coup d'etat. When the nation's presiden...( read more  read more... )t is forced to take refuge at the embassy, a group of armed insurgents attempts to storm the building. Now, it's up to Keenan and a small squadron of Marines to fend off the attackers and protect their precious cargo.

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Directed by: Simon Fellows

Release Date: May 2, 2006

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  • September 5, 2009
    3.5 of 5 stars for this gritty action movie. Jean-claude Van Damme is always good in this type of movie. His character is working in an embassy as second in command when the local rebels try to take control of the embassy. Out numbered and out gunned, it is a very solid story and...( read more) extremely well directed movie. I specially noticed and liked the many "hand-held" camera shots putting you squarely in the middle of things. This is a good Saturday afternoon movie. See it.
  • July 4, 2009
    this movie teaches courage, faith, responsibility taken by security personnels to make sure the high official persons are save at all cost!!!
  • March 28, 2009
    well what can i say? not the best ive seen although im not very into action movies like this one. I enjoyed some parts of it, and Van Damme is a great actor so this movie scores abit on that, else i cant say that i recommend it.
  • December 22, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • October 24, 2008
    Second in Command is a modest action thriller joint that delivers the goods in a fast-paced and intense fashion, even though the whole one-idea set-up is familiarly derived. The premise starts off at a breakneck pace and then tightly builds up to its chaotic siege situatio...( read more)n with a exhilarating climax with some organic grit. Along the way it offers up a surprise or two and there's no real political interference in how they shape the story, despite the topic at hand and flawed nature. The basic script won't set the film alight, but never falls into any cheesy mumbling. The action scenes, which for this type of film is what we are actually hanging around for. Are handled with great vigour and the set-pieces can raise a sweat. Jean-Claude Van Damme is capably good and fit's the mould perfectly, with his downtrodden and workman like performance of a more beatable and humane character than anything overly heroic.
  • July 16, 2008
    this is a really good movie i like it=)
  • January 21, 2008
    an ok movie with lots of flaws. only watch if u r a true van damme fan
  • December 8, 2007
    Van Damme is spiraling down into the kill my carrer pit with this heaping pile of cheese flakes

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