Interceptor is a 2022 American-Australian action drama film directed by Matthew Reilly from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Stuart Beattie. The film stars Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey.[2][3] It is about terrorists who want to launch a nuclear attack on the United States with stolen missiles. When the terrorists attack a remote offshore missile interceptor platform that could stop their missiles, an officer (Pataky) defends the facility with courage and resourcefulness.
PLOT
The US has two interceptor launch sites aimed at intercepting any nuclear warhead launches; the first, Fort Greely in Alaska, is attacked by unknown assailants presumably affiliated with a terrorist faction, while 16 nuclear warheads are simultaneously seized from Russian territory. The second site is a remote platform in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Captain J. J. Collins is recently reassigned to the latter of the two interceptor missile launch sites. Following the conclusion of a high profile case where she reported sexual misconduct by one of her superiors, she experienced hazing, bullying and threats from her peers in the military as revenge, hence her new deployment to this remote station.
Under the command of Lt. Colonel Marshall, and working alongside Baker and Shah in the station’s command center, Collins finds herself as part of the last line of defense after the hostile takeover of Fort Greely. The station is infiltrated by a small group of operatives led by ex-military intelligence soldier Kessel, who promptly kill Marshall and the other occupants of the base, leaving only Collins, Shah, and an unconscious Baker, who was grazed by a stray bullet, as the survivors, holed up in the command center. The infiltrators attempt to negotiate entry into the command center, by which they can disarm the interceptor system and leave the continental US open to nuclear attack from the sixteen stolen warheads. They are rebuffed however, and attempt to forcibly enter instead with blowtorches. An operative launches a surprise attack after entering via a floor hatch, but is defeated and killed by Collins and Shah. Baker regains consciousness and reveals himself to be an inside man for the infiltrators and motivated by a big pay day, holding both Collins and Shah at gunpoint while allowing Kessel and the remaining operatives to enter and assume control.
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CAST
Elsa Pataky as Captain J.J. Collins
Luke Bracey as Alexander Kessel
Aaron Glenane as Beaver Baker
Mayen Mehta as Corporal Rahul Shah
Rhys Muldoon as Lieutenant Colonel Clark Marshall
Belinda Jombwe as Ensign Washington
Marcus Johnson as General Dyson
Colin Friels as Frank Collins
Zoe Carides as President Wallace
In addition, Mark Dessaix appears as the dismissive game theory strategist advising the President, while one of the film’s executive producers, Chris Hemsworth, has an unaccredited cameo as the laid-back salesman at a big box consumer electronics store.
Initial release: 26 May 2022
