Main Cast: Brandon Lee, Ernest Borgnine, Debi Monahan, Werner Pochath, Graham Clarke
Release Year: 1990
Country: WG/US
Run Time: 83 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this action adventure tale, Professor Braun (Ernest Borgnine), an expert in weapons technology, is kidnapped by Soviet terrorists who intend to force him to make a high-tech laser cannon for them. Intelligence agents Michael Gold (Brandon Lee) and Alissa (Debi A. Monahan) are sent in by the CIA to rescue him and recover a cache of stolen diamonds before it's too late for Braun and the world at large. Laser Mission marked Brandon Lee's first starring role in a U.S. feature film, three years before his tragic death while shooting The Crow. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
The plot concerns a mercenary named Michael Gold (Lee) who is sent to convince Dr. Braun (Borgnine), a Laser specialist, to defect to the United States before the KGB acquire him and use both his talent and a stolen diamond to create a nuclear weapon. Dr. Braun is captured by the KGB and Gold is sent on a mission to rescue both him and the diamond. He has to enlist the help of Dr. Braun's daughter Alissa (Debi Monahan), who he eventually falls for. The pair confront Col. Kalishnakov (Graham Clarke), who they subdue by hitting him with a truck in the climax of this story.
Despite the name of the movie, there aren't that many scenes in the movie depicting lasers. At least two scenes feature lasers, as Michael Gold sets off a laser guided motion detector. Laser Mission has been released by its publisher into the Public Domain.[Citation Needed]
