The Defender (2004)

An NSA agent (Dolph Lundgren) seeks to protect the President (Jerry Springer) from terrorists when he attends a meeting in Rumania.

Genre – Action

Director(s) – Dolph Lundgren

Writer(s) – Douglas W. Miller

Cast – Dolph Lundgren , Jerry Springer and Shakara Ledard

Blue Rider’s Role – Arranged bridge financing

Distributor(s) – Bauer Martinez Studios, Visual Entertainment, Edito Films and Fravidis (France), Force Video (Australia), Inter Film (Japan), Prooptiki (Greece), Pyramid Home Video (Russia), Transeuropa Video Entertainment (Argentina), e-m-e The DVD Company (Germany)

Release Date – 2004

Synopsis – The President of the United States (Jerry Springer) and his allies are trying to push through Congress a plan for world peace, but it’s meeting with a lot of opposition and drastic measures will be required to make it work.

Unbeknownst to the general public, the President has planned for the National Security Advisor to make a secret trip to Rumania where he’ll meet a man who is in deep with the terrorists. A Gulf War veteran named Lance Rockford (Dolph Lundgren) and some secret agents will accompanying him on the trip.

The Americans arrive and are attacked by a group of militants. Lance fights to get himself and the National Security Advisor out alive and hope the President can get them safely back to the US.

Links:
Internet Movie Database entry for The Defender
Three trailers for The Defender (Quicktime, Flash and in Japanese)
Official Site