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Audio Format: DD 5.1 Surround, DD 2.0 Stereo Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic) Languages: English, Spanish Subtitles: English Region Code: 1 Year Made: 2003 Running Time: 84
After her fiance' forgot a few documents at home, Claire Winslow (Kristin Dattilo) goes to Switzerland in order to deliver them to him. When she arrives, however, she discovers that he is not there, and that he went to El Coronado, a central american country on the verge of a revolution. She goes there, and teams up Arnet McClure (Clayton Rohner), a TV reporter who is secretly assisting the rebels with arms from the US government, who wants to bring down the rule of President Ramos (John Rhys-Davies).
 The only remarkable thing about "Coronado", a film starring Americans but made by Germans, is that it manages some impressive special effects for what must have been a modest budget. While calling "Coronado" a "movie" is a bit of a stretch (it's really one big 80-minute SFX reel), it's better to point out that this is the type of film that can now be made with the right people and the right computer effects programs. Of course having spent so much time tailoring a movie around special effects, Fah and company wants to be forgiven for having forgotten to write a coherent and believable story to go along with it.
"Coronado" stars Kristin Dattilo as Claire, a Beverly Hills rich girl who stalks her fiance around the globe, ending up in Coronado, a patch of green mountains and indecipherable Latinos in Central America. The country is ruled by dictator John Rhys-Davies, who shows up for about 10 minutes, collects a nice paycheck, then returns to his real job in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Being that Rhys-Davis' Ramos is one of those Saddam Hussein types (by way of Mister Bean with dashes of Baghdad Bob) a rebellion led by a Castro-wannabe is currently sweeping the country.
Into this mush of incoherent storytelling stumbles Claire, who discovers that her lawyer fiance Will (Michael Lowry) is actually a CIA agent (I think, because this whole CIA stuff is a bit muddling) sent to help the rebels overthrow the tyrant. While searching for Will, Claire quickly falls for dashing investigative journalist Arnet (Clayton Rohner), who himself quickly forgets about all that bothersome journalistic integrity stuff. Before you can say, "What's in that safe, Geraldo?" Arnet is running guns for the rebels and killing the dictator's soldiers in shoot-outs. After a couple of days in the jungle, Claire is ready to dump Will for Arnet.
Special Features:
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
- Deleted & Extended Scenes
- Digital Effects: Before & After
- Director & Producer Commentary
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