Sunstorm (2001)
Nomination Year: 2009
SYNOPSIS: This movie stars Bo Derek (as the villain) and Stacy Keach (as
the guy who gets killed ten minutes into the movie). In 1972, Richard Nixon
ordered the government to print $2 billion (or $3 billion; the
writers keep forgetting which) in cash to hide around the country
for use in the event of nuclear war. Eventually, it occurred to
someone that this plan was moronic and three generals, including
Stacy Keach, were ordered to destroy the money. Of course, they stole
it instead, and have been living in luxurious retirement ever since.
Unfortunately, they can't just spend the cash because it's unsigned --
Nixon didn't know who the Secretary of the Treasury would be when
the money was actually needed, so he just left that part blank (because,
obviously, money signed by a former Secretary of the Treasury would
be no good). Fortunately, the generals have signature plates for the
money (because... oh, who the hell knows). One of the generals dies
and his son teams with Bo Derek to kill the other two and steal the
money and the signature plates from their "rightful" owners, our
heroes. 90 minutes and a lot of machine-gunned fruit later, the
villains are dead and the money has been blown up, along with my
suspension of disbelief.
Greg Pearson
Mike Marvin
Stacy Keach
Geoffrey Lewis
