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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: First Look Pictures
Salesrank: 87387
Released: July 19, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A terrorist, Michael Kittredge (Jones), posing as an environmentalist protester leads a team of highly-skilled mercenaries to take control of an oil rig off the coast of California, intending to detonate an electromagnetic bomb over the United States, striking a sort of "new Pearl Harbor" attack on behalf of enemies to the nation. What Kittredge didn't count on is a tugboat captain, Lamont Dixon (Griffin), who survives an attack on his ship, and is soon recruited by an FBI agent (Fox) to infiltrate the oil rig and procure information about their plans... and if possible, stop them. In the process, Dixon meets an eager computer expert (Meyer) aboard the oil rig who helps Dixon even as he gets on his nerves and Lamont suspects he can't really trust him.
Blast Reviews:
eddie griffin in a serviceable action adventure . . . 
2009-10-19 - Blast (2004) is an action/adventure set on a sea based oil rig, floating off the southern California coast. Hardly a new idea, but it is still executed fairly well here. Eddie Griffin is Lamont Dixon, and ex-fireman turned tugboat operator, hired to tow the rig out to the undersea well. The task of connecting up to the well is interrupted when pseudo-protesters turn terrorist, board the rig, and take it over at gunpoint. Led by renegade environmentalist Michael Kittredge (Vinnie Jones), the group is demanding that the oil company cease operations. The FBI is called in, with Agent Lisa Reed (Vivica A. Fox) heading the negotiation team.
Dixon finds an unlikely ally in Jamaal (Breckin Meyer), one of the terrorists, who has a link to Agent Reed. Jamaal is a tech, who has several run-ins with an acrobatic, backflipping terrorist named Lola (Nadine Velazquez). The film features some decent action sequences, some of which could have benefitted from slightly improved special effects.
Blast is a bit offbeat, but holds together better than expected, for a film that features comedian Eddie Griffin in the lead role. There are times where thing go too far, but balance is usually restored before long, preserving a certain level of credibility. Vinnie Jones (The Condemned) has the crazed nutcase role down pat. Directed by Anthony Hickox, the film is apparently a remake of a 1997 German production. The presentation is widescreen, with no English subtitles, or extra features.
Not bad
2008-08-02 - Eddie proved that he can do a serious role. I was impressed by his acting and the movie was ok.
Wonderful mix of action and comedy 
2007-03-05 - I thought Eddie Griffin played a wonderful role in this film. I am use to seeing him in mainly comedies but he stepped out of his norm and did a action comedy. He did not over play nor under play his role. It held my attention the entire movie and my family and I all enjoyed it. I look forward to seeing more roles played by Griffin.
Blast not much of a blast. 
2006-04-26 - The movie is quite mediocre, but not as bad as you may think. The casting of Eddie Griffin as a tough action guy is ridiculous, to say the least. But the reason I bought this dvd is because Nadine Velazquez is so hot! She plays a villain, is incredibly flexible and does some great martial arts kicks. I hope she will be in other movies as the baddie, but in a much bigger, sexier, and action packed role. It's worth getting this movie if you love beautiful latino women, even though you don't see enough of her in the film.
DISCOUNT DIE HARD
2006-01-08 - This straight to DVD action movie is as derivative as can be, but it's still entertaining enough to pass ninety minutes. BLAST follows a tug boat captain (Eddie Griffin trying hard to be Wesley Snipes) who is tugging an oil rig on the California coast, much to the chagrin of environmentalists. A group of these do gooders take over the oil rig and have something else up their sleeves, of course. Vinnie Jones sneers and leers as Michael Kitteridge, the head of this well organized group, with lovely Nadine Valesquez as his head honchette. Breckin Meyer is on board as a federal agent working undercover, and Vivica A. Fox is the sexy FBI agent trying to work out the hostage situation. Director Anthony Hickox keeps the action moving and Griffin and Meyer have a good comic rapport. Nothing new, but okay for a diversion.
