Phase IV (2002 film) explained

Phase IV
Director:Bryan Goeres
Producer:George Shamieh
Carlo Liconti
Cinematography:John Holosko
Editing:Andy Horvitch
Music:Sean Murray
Studio:American Cinema Independent
Equinox Entertainment
Distributor:20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
FWP Productions
Free Dolphin International
M.I.B.
Runtime:103 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Phase IV is a 2002 Canadian direct-to-video action-thriller film starring Dean Cain and Brian Bosworth. It was directed by Bryan Goeres.

Plot

Journalist Simon Tate is investigating the apparently "unrelated" accidental deaths of several students at a local university. When his friend, Dr. Benjamin Roanic, becomes a prime suspect and is then subsequently murdered, Simon sets out to prove Roanic's innocence and establish a link between the deaths and an AIDS-related drug test program.

Cast

Reception

Robert Pardi from TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, stating: "This anti-establishment action flick is an unsatisfying mix of cautionary sci-fi tale and Hitchcockian thriller."[1] Glenn Erickson writing for the website DVD Talk gave the film two and a half out of five stars and said: "Most of the acting is reasonable. Bosworth's role is dull but Dean Cain is likeable in a numbskull kind of way engineered to be acceptable in as many foreign markets as possible."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pardi. Robert. Phase 4. TV Guide. 11 April 2017. 11 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170411143144/http://www.tvguide.com/movies/phase-4/review/292093/. live.
  2. Web site: Erickson . Glenn . Phase IV . DVD Talk . 31 May 2022 . 30 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220530202758/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/10227/phase-iv/ . live .