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A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered several men and stolen the plane. Then try to murder his wife and take his daughter prisoner. Threatening to kill his daughter if he doesn't help, he appears trapped. However, his best friend who is the plane's computer specialist has a few tricks up his sleeve.

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Dolph LundgrenMajor Jack Holloway
Mystro ClarkCaptain 'Sparks' Johnson
Jon PennellCaptain Lucas
Robert MianoGeneral William Jacobs
Yvonne ZimaNicole Holloway
Kylie BaxJessica Holloway
Jody JonesSergeant McGarry
Robert Glen KeithSergeant Stanley
Anthony HickoxAgent Load
Kimberley DaviesAgent Lock

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