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Critical Mass

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Critical Mass

"A Top Secret Nuclear Facility. And The Enemy Is Inside."

2001

1h 35m

4.5(11 votes)

Action

Thriller

Overview

Jeffers works security at a nuclear power plant. The plant is being decommissioned, and a politician is touring the plant and videotaping his comments regarding the closing. A terrorist group led by Samson gets inside the gates, with their ultimate goal the detonation of a nuclear bomb inside the plant. After local policemen and the other plant workers are killed, Jeffers and Janine alone must confront and halt Samson and his terrorist squad. Written by Ken Miller

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Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Mike Jeffers

Lori Loughlin

Lori Loughlin

Janine

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Samson

Blake Clark

Blake Clark

Sheriff Borden

Jack Betts

Jack Betts

Atty. Gen. Ames

Richard Anthony Crenna

Tanner

Charles Cyphers

Charles Cyphers

Henderson

Neil Delama

Peterson

Charles Emmett

Charles Emmett

Steve Johnson

David "Shark" Fralick

Rand

Creative team

Directed by: Fred Olen Ray
Written by: Sean McGinly
Produced by: Alison Semenza
Jim Wynorski

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