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2000 low budget action film directed by Fred Olen Ray

Critical Mass
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Fred Olen Ray (as Ed Raymond)
Written by	Sean McGinly
Produced by	Alison Semenza Jim Wynorski
Starring	Treat Williams Udo Kier Lori Loughlin Blake Clark Doug McKeon
Cinematography	Theo Angell
Edited by	Randy Carter
Music by	Neal Acree
Production companies	Mass Productions Phoenician Entertainment
Distributed by	Artisan Entertainment New City Releasing VCL Communications
Release date	July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04) (Argentina)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Critical Mass is a 2001 action film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as "Ed Raymond") and released direct-to-video. It stars Treat Williams, Lori Loughlin, and Udo Kier. The film features scenes taken straight from other films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Universal Soldier spliced into newly filmed scenes to make up its action sequences.

Plot

The film centers around a group of terrorists who take over a nuclear power plant and a security guard at the plant who tries to stop them.

Cast

Treat Williams as Mike Jeffers
Udo Kier as Samson
Lori Loughlin as Janine
Blake Clark as Sheriff Borden
Doug McKeon as Breem
Andrew Prine as Senator Cook
Richard McGonagle as Alan Gould
Shanna Moakler as Alexandra
T.J. Thyne as Karl Wendt
Charles Cyphers as Henderson
Jack Betts as Attorney General Ames

Reception

Website Cool Target called it "enjoyable action nonsense" and stated: "Recycled footage to this extent is just lazy and kind of insulting but if you can get past this, Critical Mass is an enjoyably amusing low rent shoot-em up." Moria.co gave the film only one star out of five, calling it "yet another version on Die Hard (1988) and the basic plot template it created of a lone individualistic hero inside a large building/facility single-handedly fending off a terrorist plot."

References

"CRITICAL MASS (2001)". Cool Target. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"CRITICAL MASS (2001)". Cool Target. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"CRITICAL MASS". Moria. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

External links

Critical Mass at IMDb

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1990s	Alienator (1990) Mob Boss (1990) Bad Girls from Mars (1991) Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991) Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991) Inner Sanctum (1991) Evil Toons (1992) Dinosaur Island (1994) Mind Twister (1994) Possessed by the Night (1994) Witch Academy (1995) Bikini Drive-In (1995) Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995) Star Hunter (1995) Fugitive Rage (1996) Invisible Mom (1996) Friend of the Family II (1996) Inferno (1997) Hybrid (1997) The Shooter (1997) Illicit Dreams 2 (1997) Dear Santa (1998) Mom's Outta Sight (1998) Billy Frankenstein (1998) The Prophet (1998) Active Stealth (1999) Fugitive Mind (1999)
2000s	Critical Mass (2000) Sideshow (2000) Submerged (2000) Air Rage (2001) Mach 2 (2001) Venomous (2002) Bikini Airways (2003) Final Examination (2003) Bikini Cavegirl (2004) Bikini Chain Gang (2004) Bikini a Go-Go (2004) Tomb of the Werewolf (2004) Glass Trap (2005) The Lair (2007–09, TV series) Voodoo Dollz (2008) Tarzeena, Queen of Kong Island (2008)
2010s	Bikini Frankenstein (2010) Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros (2010) Super Shark (2011) Abner, the Invisible Dog (2013) After Midnight (2014) A Prince for Christmas (2015) Sniper Special Ops (2016) The Twin (2017)

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