Supreme Sanction

Supreme Sanction is a 1999 action crime thriller film directed by John Terlesky and starring Michael Madsen, Kristy Swanson, and David Dukes. The film premiered on HBO on April 9, 1999.^[1] It uses stock footage from a 1998 film Airborne.

Supreme Sanction
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Directed by	John Terlesky
Written by	John Terlesky
Produced by	Lisa M. Hansen Paul Hertzberg (executive producer) John Paul Pettinato (co-producer) Hans C. Ritter (line producer)
Starring	Michael Madsen Kristy Swanson David Dukes Ron Perlman
Cinematography	Zoran Hochstätter
Edited by	Daniel Duncan
Music by	Joseph Stanley Williams
Production company	CineTel Films
Distributed by	CineTel Films (non-US) HBO (TV)
Release date	April 9, 1999 (1999-04-09)
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot summary

A secret government unit, Section Alpha, leads an enemy pilot to attack army helicopters during a patrol, killing a female soldier. A television reporter investigates to uncover the truth but the unit wants him killed too, so it sends a skilled assassin. She deliberately misfires a shot when she sees him with his daughter, making her Alpha's next target, as she recalls the fatal hits on a general who has known all about the attack. After saving his life, she joins him to fight back.

Cast

• Michael Madsen as Dalton
• Kristy Swanson as Jenna
• David Dukes as Jordan McNamara
• Ron Perlman as The Director
• Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. as Lester
• Al Sapienza as Holman
• Donald Adeosun Faison as Marcus
• Holliston "Holli" Coleman as Bailey McNamara
• Teo as Ron, The Security Guard
• Dannon Green as Stebbins
• D.J. Berg as Henderson
• Marshall Manesh as Hawk Face Man