Title: The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002)Starring: Chuck Norris, Judson Mills, Jennifer Tung
Directed By: Eric Norris
This is a LOT like the first one. It's a low-budget and low-quality straight-to-dvd action thriller starring everybody's favorite blonde bearded bombshell: Chuck Norris! And like the last one; this one has silly, immature humor and the use of RIDICULOUS stock footage. It also reuses footage from the first one, including explosions for some key moments in the plot.
There are some new things in the mix this time around. Our heroes have an upgraded training facility, if you count tennis ball launchers as upgrades. There's a new president, played by Robert Urich. There's also a new actor playing the pivotal role of Deke Slater, Norris's protegé. His name is Judson Mills and he is MUCH more shirtless than Dylan Neal was in the same role in the first one. Just look at that DVD cover! The villains this time around are also much more evil. Last time it was a drug cartel, but this time it's a fundamentalist terrorist cell complete with overused and negative racial stereotypes. They DID have some pretty high-tech gadgetry, which was fun. But it looked laughably bad.
Altogether this is sloppier, lazier and MUCH less fun than the first one. It was a passable 90-minute distraction, but that's all.
Score: 3/10
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