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The Minion
(1998)


plot summary
 

New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight hundred year old Celtic skeleton and a mysterious key. Archeologist Karen Goodleaf is called in to determine the meaning of the discovery. News of the discovery reaches a Middle East monastery where the warrior monks knowns as the Knights Templer - an ancient sect entrusted with protecting holy relics - choose their best pupil, Lukas (Dolph Lundgren) to face the diabolical threat.

As Lukas races to New York, an evil Minion seizes Karen and uses its body like a parasite and host. Lukas arrives just in time to rescue Karen and despatch the Minion. The Minion takes hold of another host - revealing that it is immortal. As it cuts a path of destruction through the city, decimating a parking garage and leaving a trail of death, Karen realizes that the Minion can't be killed - but only delayed from finding a new host.


director/cast
 
Jean-Marc Piché Director
Dolph Lundgren Lukas Sadorov
Françoise Robertson Karen Goodleaf
Roc Lafortune Shulkin
David Nerman Lt Roseberry
Allen Altman Dante

genre Action / Horror
rating R for violence
production co(s) Taurus 7 Film Corp. / Mahagonny Pictures / Conquistador Entertainment
budget $3 million (USD)
location(s) Montreal, PQ (Canada) / New York City / Tel-Aviv, Israel


interesting fact
 
"The Minion" has been released theatrically in South Korea, Syria, Indonesia and Singapore.


webmaster's opinion
 
I was pretty excited to watch this movie, as it's been awhile since I last saw a Dolph flick, and I was pretty impressed. Not only did the movie have your kick-ass action scenes, but there was actually a solid storyline holding the movie together. Dolph's character was also a nice departure from the usual type of character he plays - he was still a former Soviet military ass-kicker, but he was reformed and now led the life of God's holy ass kicker. Some of the other characters were somewhat weak, but Dolph and the storyline kept me glued to the screen. Would I recommend it? Definitely - it's great to see Dolph getting different kinds of roles now...


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 MAHAGONNY PICTURES and PASCAL BORNO present a CLAUDIO CASTRAVELLI production a JEAN-MARC PICHE film DOLPH LUNDGREN «THE MINION» FRANCOISE ROBERTSON ROC LAFORTUNE DAVID NERMAN ALLEN ALTMAN music by JEAN CORRIVEAU edited by YVANN THIBAUDEAU production designer VIOLETTE DANEAU director of photography BARRY PARRELL, C.S.C. executive producers NEAL NORDLINGER MARC EZRALOW produced by CLAUDIO CASTRAVELLI screenplay by MATT ROE and RIPLEY HIGHSMITH story by MATT ROE directed by JEAN-MARC PICHE

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