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Sweepers is a american film of genre Thriller released in USA on 23 march 1999 with Dolph Lundgren
Sweepers (1999)
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Add to a movie listSweepers is a 1998 American and South African action film directed by Keoni Waxman. It stars Dolph Lundgren as Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. In the events his son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the area.
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Christian Erikson est l'un des démineurs les plus doués au monde. Il sauve des milliers de vies jusqu'au jour où son fils de onze ans est victime d'une mine antipersonnel. Accablé, anéanti, il ne souhaite plus exercer son métier. L'arrivée d'une experte en explosifs va lui rendre sa motivation : celle-ci enquête sur un complot visant à importer de toutes nouvelles armes aux États-Unis. Ensemble, ils vont tenter de mettre fin au complot.Actors
Dolph Lundgren
(Christian Erickson)
Bruce Payne
(Dr. Cecil Hopper)
Claire Stansfield
(Michelle Flynn)
Nick Boraine
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