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Joan Schafer (Wilma Elles) has been part of the Illuminati, a secret
society controlling the world by dumbing down society at large via have
mass media brainwash them and inject them with liberal ideas that stand in
the way of happiness and personal improvement. She has been, but now she
wants out, so in a secret hide-out she has granted a handful of
hand-picked reporters live interviews to reveal the tactics of the
Illuminati, dreadfully aware of the fact that if she does so they will
stop at nothing to kill her. So she hires disgraced special ops Sergeant
Major (Michael Paré) to keep away the Illuminati goons just long enough
to spread the word to the world. And while he on the outside fights off
wave after wave of attackers, she does her best to deliver the message,
even if many of her interviewers just think she's a nutjob or are members
of the Illuminati themselves. Eventually though, the Sergeant Major is
outnumbered too grossly by the attackers, while Joan inside can't be sure
her message has even reached the outer world ...
The concept of The Insurrection alone is pretty much
irresistible all by itself: On one hand, it's an old school macho action
flick - with action veteran Michael Paré lending it an extra ounce of
credibility doing what he does best -, on the other it's also conspiracy
thriller and social commentary/satire rolled into one. And the film really
delivers on both accounts, on one hand the action is tight, with the most
made out of the movie's construction yard sets, and fully delivering in
the chase, fistfight and shoot-em-up department, on the other the dialogue
is intelligent, nicely structured and poignant enough to keep one
interested throughout, making this one into a pretty exciting movie that
definitely deserves a watch!
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