Extreme Ops is a 2002 action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay

Christian Duguay (director)

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, written by Michael Zaidan, Timothy Scott Bogart, and Mark Mullin, and starring Devon Sawa

Devon Sawa

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, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

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, and Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

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Premise

A commercial director and three extreme sports enthusiasts took their trip to a distant mountain retreat for seasonal practice and stunt filming. They stumble upon an intricate group of terrorists plotting an attack against them. The terrorists soon found out that the enthusiasts had been watched by the group and rush swiftly to kill the witnesses. Now racing for their lives against helicopters and expert assassins, the enthusiasts must put their quick extreme sports skills to the test in order to escape the mountain.

Cast

• Devon Sawa
  Devon Sawa
  Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian actor. Although he appears in independent films, he is best known for portraying the part of Alex Browning in the 1999 movie Final Destination...
  
   as Will
• Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Chloe
• Rupert Graves
  Rupert Graves
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   as Jeffrey
• Rufus Sewell
  Rufus Sewell
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   as Ian
• Heino Ferch
  Heino Ferch
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   as Mark
• Joe Absolom
  Joe Absolom
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   as Silo
• Jana Pallaske
  Jana Pallaske
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   as Kittie
• Klaus Löwitsch
  Klaus Löwitsch
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   as Pavlov
• Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Zoran
• Liliana Komorowska as Yana
• David Scheller
  David Scheller
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   as Slavko
• Detlef Bothe as Ratko
• Heinrich Schmieder as Goran
• Franjo Marincic as Ivo
• Rade Radovic as Jaksa
• Wolfgang Packhauser as Nervous Serb
• Norbert Blecha as Foreman
• Vicky Huang
  Vicky Huang
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   as Kana
• Hiro Kanagawa
  Hiro Kanagawa
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   as Mr. Imahara

Production and critical reception

Originally titled The Extremists by Duguay for its plot concerning both "extreme" sports and terrorists, the title was changed to avoid the obvious negative connotations in a terror-obsessed post-9/11 society. The film performed very poorly worldwide, especially in North America where the American characters were seen as inauthentic caricatures.