Collateral Damage (film)
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| Directed by | Andrew Davis |
| Produced by | Hawk Koch Nicholas Meyer |
| Written by | David Griffiths Ronald Roose |
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger Francesca Neri Elias Koteas |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 8 February 2002 (USA) |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Budget | ~ US$85,000,000 |
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Collateral Damage is a 2002 action film which tells the story of a Los Angeles firefighter Gordy Brewer (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) who looks to avenge his son's and wife's deaths at the hands of a guerrilla commando, by traveling to Colombia and facing his son's killers.
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[edit] Story
Gordy Brewer is an L.A. firefighter who is scheduled to pick his wife and son up outside the Colombian embassy after work. Because he is late, his wife and son are forced to wait outside the embassy. Just as Brewer approaches the embassy, a terrorist attack by a Colombian rebel organization blows up the embassy, killing his wife and son. The rebels are led by an international terrorist named El Lobo or "the wolf". After realizing that no one will avenge him due to international protocol, Brewer decides to head down to Colombia to kill El Lobo himself. He eventually manages to sneak into the rebel camp and places a bomb inside El Lobo's bunker. This fails as El Lobo's wife and son approach the bunker and Brewer alerts them to the bomb, alerting El Lobo in the process. Brewer is then taken prisoner. Thanking him for saving his life, El Lobo's wife frees him and attempts to run away with him and her son. They are captured by an American patrol in the area, but Brewer is taken back to D.C. and hailed as a hero. El Lobo's wife reveals that El Lobo is in D.C. and has placed a bomb in the area. It is also revealed that El Lobo's wife is on his side. In the final showdown, Brewer prevents the bomb from exploding and also kills El Lobo and his wife in the process, thus exacting his revenge. He is awarded the Medal of Freedom and apparently takes in El Lobo's son.
[edit] Trivia
During the bombing of the consulate, El Lobo is disguised as a motorcycle police officer. His police outfit is identical to that of the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) who was also disguised as an L.A. police officer in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
[edit] Miscellanea
- The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Rick Worthy, Lindsay Frost and Ethan Dampf.
- It was written by Ronald Roose, David Griffiths and Peter Griffiths. It was directed by Andrew Davis.
- The movie was supposed to include the famous Colombian actress Sofia Vergara, who played an airplane hijacker. But, after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack the scene where Vergara would hijack a plane was scratched from the movie. Moreover, scenes which might be considered unpatriotic have been excluded. The film was originally scheduled to be released on October 5, 2001, but it was postponed due to its terrorism theme and eventually released on Friday, February 8, 2002.
- The movie was premièred on 4 February 2002.
