Second in Command

                                                 

 

                                                         It's time to take charge!

 

Navy Commander Sam Keenan (Van Damme) is a decorated U.S. Navy SEAL, sent to the Eastern European nation of Moldova. Keenan is sent to the U.S. Embassy in Moldova's capital city to become the new Security Attaché there. When he arrives, Keenan learns that Moldova is in the middle of a civil war. At the embassy, Keenan meets with Ambassador George Norland), who makes Keenan the deputy ambassador.

Recently, the U.S. installed a new government in Moldova, and it's a government led by Moldova's newly-elected president Yuri Amirev. Amirev wants the nation to be run as a democracy, but under the command of Anton Tavarov, Communist insurgents have caused a riot at the presidential palace, threatening the fragile democracy. The insurgents are loyal to dictative former president Alexei Kirilov, who is a communist who abused Moldava's people.

When the palace guards start firing on the insurgents without Amirev's go-ahead, the insurgents storm the palace, demanding Amirev's head. Keenan volunteers to bring Amirev to the embassy. But events reach critical mass, and the insurgents open fire. Keenan barely makes it back with Amirev, but the fight isn't over yet. Fifty Americans are holed up in the embassy, and Tavarov and his massive army have arrived at the gates, with plans to crash the building and drag Amirev out by any means necessary. To add to Keenan's problems, Norland is killed by a rocket that was launched by one of Tavarov's men.

To defend the embassy, Keenan has only 15 Marines, CIA bureaucrat Frank Gaines, limited ammunition, and his martial arts skills to hold Tavarov's army off until American reinforcements arrive. To make matters worse, Keenan's girlfriend, reporter Michelle Whitman, is one of the hostages. With Tavarov's crew getting in position for attack, a power struggle takes place between Keenan and Gaines; with help hours away, it will be up to Keenan to rescue the hostages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Directed by Simon Fellows
Produced by Brad Krevoy
Written by Jonathan Bowers
David L. Corley
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme Razaaq Adoti             Raffaello Degruttola Alan Mckenna
Music by  
Distributed by  
Release date(s) 2006
Running time 91 mins.
Language English
Budget $15,000,000

 

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