DOOMSDAY GUN intrigued me from quite some time because it has a star studded cast (certainly a surprise for a TV movie) and also because it has been uploaded on YouTube by an user that mostly uploads obscure movies, and last July I finally saw it and while it didn't surpassed my expectations I still liked it.
Doctor Gerald Bull (Frank Langella) is fascinated with large looking guns but he is defunded by the US Army and ends producing weapons for China, Israel and South Africa where he eventually ends up arrested for dealing of illegal arms. Bull then develops his new cannon named Baby Babylon, not with few obstacles: his second in command Cowley quits after an ambush by Mossad agent Dov (Clive Owen) that already ambushed Bull. Eventually the cannon is tested and succedds many's expectations tho Colonel Yossi (Alan Arkin) bets that Bull's death will happen sooner or later since Bull has more enemies than friends and in fact, Bull is gunned down in his apartment, leaving the murder unsolved to 1994 (when this was made).
It was a nice retelling about the cannons used in the Gulf War and considering the situation in Palestine and Israel, the subject is very actual. The acting was good by all (Langella, Arkin, Owen, Kevin Spacey, Tony Goldwyn and James Fox) and it kept my interest until the very end.
Not to be missed if you are fans of the stars or if you want to see as many movies possible about the subject.
Doctor Gerald Bull (Frank Langella) is fascinated with large looking guns but he is defunded by the US Army and ends producing weapons for China, Israel and South Africa where he eventually ends up arrested for dealing of illegal arms. Bull then develops his new cannon named Baby Babylon, not with few obstacles: his second in command Cowley quits after an ambush by Mossad agent Dov (Clive Owen) that already ambushed Bull. Eventually the cannon is tested and succedds many's expectations tho Colonel Yossi (Alan Arkin) bets that Bull's death will happen sooner or later since Bull has more enemies than friends and in fact, Bull is gunned down in his apartment, leaving the murder unsolved to 1994 (when this was made).
It was a nice retelling about the cannons used in the Gulf War and considering the situation in Palestine and Israel, the subject is very actual. The acting was good by all (Langella, Arkin, Owen, Kevin Spacey, Tony Goldwyn and James Fox) and it kept my interest until the very end.
Not to be missed if you are fans of the stars or if you want to see as many movies possible about the subject.