Phase IV (2002 film)

Phase IV
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Directed by	Bryan Goeres
Written by	Zani Leo (Story) Jeff Hare and Bryan Goeres (Screenplay)
Produced by	George Shamieh Carlo Liconti
Starring	Dean Cain Brian Bosworth Mimi Kuzyk Heather Mathieson Richard Donat
Cinematography	John Holosko
Edited by	Andy Horvitch
Music by	Sean Murray
Production companies	American Cinema Independent Equinox Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment FWP Productions Free Dolphin International M.I.B.
Release dates	July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16) (Finland) June 24, 2003 (2003-06-24) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Phase IV is a 2002 Canadian direct-to-video action-thriller film starring Dean Cain and Brian Bosworth. It was directed by Bryan Goeres.

Plot

Journalist Simon Tate is investigating the apparently "unrelated" accidental deaths of several students at a local university. When his friend, Dr. Benjamin Roanic, becomes a prime suspect and is then subsequently murdered, Simon sets out to prove Roanic's innocence and establish a link between the deaths and an AIDS-related drug test program.

Cast

• Dean Cain as Simon Tate
• Brian Bosworth as Detective Steven Birnam
• Mimi Kuzyk as Diana Holt
• Heather Mathieson as Carla Tate
• Richard Donat as Karl Dean

Reception

Robert Pardi from TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, stating: "This anti-establishment action flick is an unsatisfying mix of cautionary sci-fi tale and Hitchcockian thriller." Glenn Erickson writing for the website DVD Talk gave the film two and a half out of five stars and said: "Most of the acting is reasonable. Bosworth's role is dull but Dean Cain is likeable in a numbskull kind of way engineered to be acceptable in as many foreign markets as possible."

External links

• Phase IV at IMDb
• Phase IV at Rotten Tomatoes
• Phase IV at TV Guide