American Meltdown

original title:
American Meltdown
other titles:
(Angst über Amerika)
country / year of production:
USA / 2004
original length:
120 min. , color
premiere:
6 June 2004
genre:
Thriller
based on:
director:
Jeremiah S. Chechik
film script:
Paul Barber , Larry Barber
producer:
Craig Anderson , Beth Grossbard , Jan Körbelin , Stephen Lillis
cinematographer:
Douglas Koch
editor:
Bruce Cannon
composer:
Tom Hajdu , Andy Milburn
cast (role):
Bruce Greenwood (Agent Tom Shea) , Leslie Hope (Zoe Cox) , Arnold Vosloo (Khalid / Sands) , James Remar (Colonel Boggs) , Susan Merson (Attorney General Zutrow) , Bruce Greenwood , Leslie Hope , Arnold Vosloo , James Remar , Susan Merson
more:
plot synopsis:
This film deals with terror in the USA. A small group of terrorists lands with parachutes on the ground of a nuclear power station and takes the controlling center of the reactor under power.
keywords:
terrorism , assassination , paratroopers , secret service
war:
"War against Terrorism"
literature:
Yoram Schweitzer, Shaul Shay: The globalization of terror: The challenge of Al-Quaida and the response of the international community. New Brunswick: Transaction Relations, 2003. ISBN: 0-7658-0197-3
remarks:
availability:
DVD