Sadly Over-hyped

People are voting emotionally.

Nice effects though.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

A renegade general (Robert Miano) plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man (Dolph Lundgren) is capable of flying it. Storm Catcher has it's fair share of good moments for sure as an action movie but it's once again far from other good Lundgren movies. The action was heavy of course but not enough, the rest of the cast didn't do anything insane to say the least and the overall storyline? Wasn't that good or well written for me to get captivated by it in the end. (5.0/10)

Storm Catcher starts as Major Jack Holloway (Dolph Lundgren) & his co-pilot Captain Lucas (John Pennell) take a top secret Stealth bomber called the Phoenix that can become totally invisible to radar on a test flight (nothing like Broken Arrow (1996) then) which goes well. Then Captain Lucas steals the Phoenix Stealth jet (like I said, nothing like Broken Arrow) & leaves a trail of evidence that points to his co-pilot Major Holloway who ends up taking the wrap, however Holloway manages to escape custody of the US military & the bad guy's. Holloway sets out to clear his name with help from his mate Sparks (Mystro Clark) but discovers that the web of betrayal & treachery goes far deeper into the US military than Holloway could have imagined & it's up to him to stop a plan that could tear the American way of life apart...Directed by Anthony Hickox who also has a small role as CIA Agent Load this is a pretty poor attempt at an action thriller that has very few thrills & little in the way of action & any resemblance to Broken Arrow is purely coincidental, honestly. The fact that the ever awful Jim Wynorski acted as a producer is a bad sign & my fears were realised with a sloppy, limp, lifeless & dull action thriller. At 90 odd minutes in length Storm Catcher goes on for too long, it's boring & predictable & feels padded. The main plot is the often used enemy from within scenario but it's unfurled here without any imagination & everything is easy to see coming, there's just no attempt at any surprises & the whole thing feels routine. The action is poor, a few shoot-outs & a truck that flips over is all we get, the film takes itself too seriously & is a chore to sit through. The character's are all poor, Lundgren isn't a bad action film star when he's beating people up, spouting off one-liners or blowing things up but he gets very little screen time here doing anything other than looking bored, he has a cute daughter & a wife who are threatened, an annoying side-kick & the bad guy is bland & has little to no motivation. The entire film takes place in about three or four locations, it feels small scale, almost as if the script was written around some stock footage & the fact the makers knew they had a limited budget.The one thing that Storm Catcher has going for it as far as I am concerned is that it features the gorgeous Kimberley Davies who I used to have a massive crush on while she was in Neighbours, she was, is & probably still is a total babe. Period. While I would have given Storm Catcher an extra star for having Davies in a tight mini skirt that extra star is revoked for killing her off before the hour mark, I can't believe they killed the single best thing about Storm Catcher off like they did. Bad show guy's. Davies plays Agent Lock so that means we have a pair of CIA Agents named Lock and Load, enough said. The action is dull, there are a few shoot-outs many of which are in slow motion just to prolong the pain. There's a cool flipping truck stunt but nothing else. According to the IMDb parts of Storm Catcher were edited from Top Gun (1986) while another Lundgren action turkey Agent Red (2000) stole footage from this to edit into itself.Filmed in Los Angeles apparently this looks bland & more like something made for telly, to be honest there's nothing memorable about Storm Catcher at all. The acting is average, Lundgren is alright, Clark is annoying although Davies is super hot & almost makes this worth a watch on her own, almost.Storm Catcher is a poor action thriller that has no action or thrills to speak of & wastes Lundgren who can be a decent action film star with the right material & direction. One to avoid, watch the similar Broken Arrow again instead.

There is isn't one single saving grace in the entire ninety dire minutes. Guessed the good and bad guys within the first five minutes and was forced to fast forward the remaining eighty-five.I'm afraid there is nothing more to say. If at all possible avoid!

Okay yet another mediocre Dolph movie... I hear ya, but at least it's not Fallen Knight (AKA: The Minion). This time around Lundgren turns in a good, but predictable performance as a run of the mill character of Major Jack Holloway. Who's a test pilot for the military's top secret warplane "The Storm Catcher" hence the movie's title.What happens to the plane? Well of course it's stolen and he's framed for everything. Is there a conspiracy theory lodged somewhere in Storm Catcher? Yep. Do they use his wife and daughter as leverage to get him to do what they want? Yep. That itself isn't so bad they are typical clichés of the genre - it's the general inept story and more stupid characters than I'd like to count. Like two CIA agents named Lock & Load. Storm Catcher is yet another undistinguished action flick with predictability written all over it. It's a cheapie thru and thru (check out the usual assortment of stock footage), but somehow comes out looking half decent. Lundgren is decent here, but that doesn't allow it to rise over the giant heap of mediocre action flicks on the market as it is. You've seen this before, you've probably seen it done better.