The Minion

"When the Millenium ends... Armageddon begins!"

Sep 26 1998 R 1h 35m
Action, Fantasy, Horror

New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight hundred year old Celtic skeleton and a mysterious key. Archeologist Karen Goodleaf is called in to determine the meaning of the discovery. News of the discovery reaches a Middle East monastery where the warrior monks knowns as the Knights Templar - an ancient sect entrusted with protecting holy relics - choose their best pupil, Lukas to face the diabolical threat. As Lukas races to New York, an evil Minion seizes Karen and uses her body like a parasite and host!

Plot

New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight-hundred-year-old Celtic skeleton and a mysterious key. Archeologist Karen Goodleaf is called in to determine the meaning of the discovery. News of the discovery reaches a Middle East monastery where the warrior monks known as the Knights Templer - an ancient sect entrusted with protecting holy relics - choose their best pupil, Lukas (Dolph Lundgren) to face the diabolical threat. As Lukas races to New York, an evil Minion seizes Karen and uses its body like a parasite and host. Lukas arrives just in time to rescue Karen and dispatch the Minion. The Minion takes hold of another host - revealing that it is immortal. As it cuts a path of destruction through the city, decimating a parking garage and leaving a trail of death, Karen realizes that the Minion can't be killed - but only delayed from finding a new host.

Written by

Matt Roe, Avi Nesher

Directed by

Jean-Marc Piché

Production Countries

Canada, United States of America

Production Companies

Taurus 7 Film Corporation, Mahagonny Pictures, Conquistador Entertainment, Minion Productions Inc.

Languages

Latin, Español, English

Awards

N/A

Scores
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Average Rating
3.9 out of 10
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