The Base (film)
Encyclopedia
The Base is a 1999 action
/thriller film written by Jeff Albert and Hesh Rephun, produced by Dana Dubosky and Mark L. Lester
, directed by Mark L. Lester and stars Mark Dacascos
, Tim Abell
and Paula Trickey
.
Tagline: One Man. The Strength of an Army.
sends their top Army Intelligence officer -- Major John Murphy (Mark Dacascos
) -- to assume a bent undercover identity in order to gain the trust of corrupt soldiers at Fort Tillman.
Assigned to guard the USA's anti-drug interests in the area, disgruntled Sgt. Mike Gammon (Tim Abell
) instead attempts to take over the drug business along the Mexican border, and Gammon is working for General Albert Becker (Frederick Coffin
).
Feeling under appreciated by his government, Gammon begins killing drug couriers, appropriates their goods, and sets his crew to work distributing the drugs in Los Angeles
.
As Murphy penetrates Gammon's inner circle, the body count begins to rise.
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
/thriller film written by Jeff Albert and Hesh Rephun, produced by Dana Dubosky and Mark L. Lester
Mark L. Lester
Mark L. Lester is an American writer, producer, and director, primarily of action films.After his debut in 1970 with the film Just Can't Reach, he went on to make his mark with such memorable drive-in fare as Truck Stop Women and Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw...
, directed by Mark L. Lester and stars Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
, Tim Abell
Tim Abell
Timothy Shawn "Tim" Abell is an American film and television actor.-Early Life:The youngest of three children, Tim came from the Maryland and Virginia area, where summers were spent fishing on the Chesapeake for striped bass, blue fish, blue crabs and oysters in his father's fifty-year-old 47-foot...
and Paula Trickey
Paula Trickey
Paula Trickey , is an American actress who has starred in many TV movies. She has also appeared in television series. Trickey's most well-known role was on the USA Network series Pacific Blue as Officer/Sgt. Cory McNamara from 1996-2000...
.
Tagline: One Man. The Strength of an Army.
Plot
When an army operations officer is gunned down on the Fort Tillman Army Base near the US-Mexican border, the PentagonThe Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
sends their top Army Intelligence officer -- Major John Murphy (Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
) -- to assume a bent undercover identity in order to gain the trust of corrupt soldiers at Fort Tillman.
Assigned to guard the USA's anti-drug interests in the area, disgruntled Sgt. Mike Gammon (Tim Abell
Tim Abell
Timothy Shawn "Tim" Abell is an American film and television actor.-Early Life:The youngest of three children, Tim came from the Maryland and Virginia area, where summers were spent fishing on the Chesapeake for striped bass, blue fish, blue crabs and oysters in his father's fifty-year-old 47-foot...
) instead attempts to take over the drug business along the Mexican border, and Gammon is working for General Albert Becker (Frederick Coffin
Frederick Coffin
Frederick D. Coffin was an American film actor.-Early life:Coffin was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943 to actress Winifred Deforest Coffin, and was one of five children. He was educated at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, where he was both a student and athlete. He began to study...
).
Feeling under appreciated by his government, Gammon begins killing drug couriers, appropriates their goods, and sets his crew to work distributing the drugs in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
As Murphy penetrates Gammon's inner circle, the body count begins to rise.
Cast
- Mark Dacascos: Maj. John Murphy / Cpl. John Dalton
- Tim Abell: Sgt. Mike Gammon
- Paula Trickey: Lt. Kelly Andrews
- Noah Blake: Cpl. Castellano
- Dwayne Macopson: Cpl. Knox
- Christian Bocher: Cpl. Henderson
- Madison Mason: Gen. Leo Oxenberg
- Frederick Coffin: Gen. Albert Becker
- Marco Rodríguez: Rosato
- Joe Renteria: Ray
- Louis Anthony Perez: Santos
- Josh Cruze: Pablo (as Josh Cruz)
- Alex Carl: Lt. Stephen Doyle
- Tom Schultz: Commando 1
- Brian Hite: Commando 2
- Joey Gardener: Commando 3
- Thomas Rosales Jr.: Driver
- Ramiro González: Rosato Drug Runner
- Chuck Borden: Receptionist
- Scott Leva: Front Gate MP #1