Absolon (2003)

Absolon (2003)

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(Foreign Titles)

Tagline(s):	They Control Us All
	Fight for the cure... Or face extermination!
	In a World Ravaged By Disease, He Is the Cure
	In A World Held Hostage By A Deadly Plague, One Man Risks Everything To Deliver A Cure

Nomination Year: 2017

SYNOPSIS: In a world ravaged by disease, he's the only cure... and the last hope for human-kind. One corporation controls Absolon, the medicine that keeps everyone alive during a deadly plague. Our hero is a cop who investigates the death of a scientist who was researching the virus...only to find someone REALLY doesn't want him to solve the case.

Greg Pearson

Smithee Award Nominations

Most Ludicrous Premise
Poor Distribution The rebels want to make the cure public and distribute it as widely as possible. So here's their brilliant plan.

Worst Science
I Don't Think That's How DNA Works Only the original host can produce the anti-viral anti-bodies because, uh, plot.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
David De Bartolome

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Christopher Lambert	Detective Norman Scot	A perennial Smithee favorite, was Connor McLeod of Highlander fame...and in many a Bad Movie besides.
Lou Diamond Phillips	Agent Walters	Triangular-faced actor of mixed descent, played Ritchie Valens in La Bamba, Cisco in The Big Hit, and Chavez y Chavez in Young Guns.
Kelly Brook	Dr. Claire Whittaker	Victoria Hardwick on "Smallville" and Prudence on "One Big Happy."
Ron Perlman	Murchison	From getting a BJ from Rae-Dawn Chong in Quest for Fire to portraying Vincent on TV's "Beauty and the Beast", to the titular Hellboy, he has many, many other B-movie sightings.
Roberta Angelica	Detective Ruth Bryant	Tends to play strippers and prostitutes.
Stewart Arnott	Dr. John Stewart	Played Bernard in The Shape of Water; small but steady parts on TV shows.


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