Counterstrike (2002) (TV)

Director:

Jerry London

Writers (WGA):

Richard P. Henrick (book)
J.B. White (teleplay)

Release Date:

2 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

The crisis is global but their battle. . .is personal!

Plot:

When a peace summit upon the QE2 is attacked by terrorists, estranged brothers, one an ATF agent, the other a Secret Service agent, must come together to thwart the extremist's plans.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book

Cast

Rob Estes	...	ATF Special Agent Thomas Kellogg
Joe Lando	...	Secret Service Agent Vince Kellogg
Rachel Blakely	...	Brittany Cooper
Marie Matiko	...	Monica Chang
Christopher Lawford	...	Vice President Chet Ridgeway
Carmen Duncan	...	President Elinor Shaw
Ron Lee	...	Chinese President Wu Youngjing
Jerome Ehlers	...	Captain Kevin Blake
Steve Bastoni	...	Captain Kram
Natalie Bassingthwaighte	...	Kelly Kellogg
Kevin Fry	...	Langert
Sandy Winton	...	Hart
Jack Heywood	...	Capt. Young
Marcus Eyre	...	Chef Connor
Kenneth Ransom	...	Mike Galloway
Kee Chan	...	Ping
Nick Tate	...	Adm. Lewis
Stuart Campbell	...	Barry Jinks
Brad McMurray	...	Thad Burrows
Kevin Copeland	...	Morrison
Christopher Morris	...	Bodzin
Ivar Kants	...	Crewman
Ken Phillips	...	Commander Leighton
Joshua Tainish-Biagi	...	Joshua Kellogg (as Joshua Biagi)
Linden Goh	...	Sallowman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ty Hungerford	...	Navy Seal #2 (as Ty Smith)
Rio Nugara	...	Navy Seal #1
Ferdinand Hoang	...	Chief Officer Wang (uncredited)
David Knijnenburg	...	Man (uncredited)
John Walkin	...	Lt Heinrick (uncredited)
Matthew Wollaston	...	Long shoreman (uncredited)

Directed by
Jerry London

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard P. Henrick		(book)
J.B. White		(teleplay)

Produced by
Ellen Burditt	....	executive producer
Darryl Sheen	....	producer
Marc van Buuren	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Garry McDonald
Laurie Stone		(as Lawrence Stone)

Cinematography by
Ben Nott

Production Design by
Eugene Intas

Art Direction by
John Wingrove		(as J.D. Wingrove)

Costume Design by
Wendy Cork

Makeup Department
Sharon Robbins	....	key makeup artist
Adrian Lampard	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Basia Plachecki	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Donaldson	....	first assistant director
Charles Mann	....	third assistant director
Rachael O'Brien	....	second assistant director (as Rachael Bagley)
Timothy Wood	....	additional assistant director

Art Department
Bob Booker	....	property master
Graeme Callander	....	storyboard artist
John Higgins	....	art department coordinator
Michael Kissane	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Paul Clark	....	sound recordist
Adrian Medhurst	....	foley artist
Wayne Pashley	....	sound supervisor
Peter Townend	....	sound supervisor
Simon Whitington	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Brian Holmes	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Simon Dye	....	compositor
Trevor Hawkins	....	visual effects supervisor
Randy Vellacott	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Danny Baldwin	....	stunt coordinator
Sue Baldwin	....	stunts
Bradd Buckley	....	stunts
Michael Chen	....	stunts
Mark Chique	....	stunts
Michael Corrigan	....	stunts
Haydn Dalton	....	stunt performer
Harley D'Jekic	....	stunts
Craig Dunn	....	stunts
Sam Elia	....	stunts
Dirk Foulger	....	action actor
Nigel King	....	stunts
Alex Kuzelicki	....	stunts
Rick MacLure	....	stunts (as Rick MacClure)
Nick McKinless	....	stunt performer
Sheree Swords	....	stunts
Eileen Tan	....	stunts
Darko Tuscan	....	stunts (as Darko Tuskan)
Mick Van Moorsel	....	stunts
Wilfred Woodrow	....	stunts
Scott Brewer	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Carmine	....	director of photography: second unit
Mark Jefferies	....	gaffer: second unit
Jesse Moyes	....	electrician
Paul Moyes	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Paul Booth	....	assistant editor: Australia
Cheryl Potter	....	assistant editor
Susan K. Weiler	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Christo Curtis	....	orchestra recording engineer
Coralie Hartl	....	orchestra contractor
Phillip Hartl	....	concert master

Other crew
Karen Bull	....	accounting assistant
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Suzanne Evans-Booth	....	production secretary
Lyn Jones	....	production accountant
Louisa Kors	....	production coordinator
Kristijana Maric	....	assistant production accountant
Toni Pearson	....	post-production accountant
Fiona Wallis	....	animal wrangler: dogs
Dave 'Didi' Newnham	....	unit assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Lions Gate Television
• TBS Superstation

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films
• TBS Superstation

Special Effects

• Photon VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Big Bang Sound  sound post-production
• Cameraquip Australia  camera equipment provided by
• Studios 301  orchestra score recording facility

Also Known As:

Attack on the Queen (USA) (working title)
Croisière à haut risque (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

96 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Lions Gate Television

Watch it for Rachel Blakely!

The movie is weak and contrived but this lady shines! Not only is Rachel Blakely gorgeous to look at as Brittany Cooper but she's quite a wonderful actress and sometimes, this critic feels, overlooked. Hope to see her again in better material and, hopefully, with someone like Will Snow, her co-star in THE LOST WORLD television show.

It's also interesting to see a great many unknown and known Australian actors in the cast which may be familiar if you ever watched HERCULES, XENA. BEASTMASTER or even THE LOST WORLD and TALES OF THE SOUTH SEAS. I think spotting the talent in COUNTERSTRIKE was even more fun than the actual movie!