TAKEN BY FORCE

Many scenes from "Taken by Force"- were shot at Virginia Ranch

 

When a San Francisco detective goes hunting for the cruel Asian crime figure who killed his partner, he finds himself thrown into the center of a violent plot to steal a terrorist dream weapon. Ty Nelson (Jeff Osterhage, The Sacketts, Dragnet) is a detective haunted by the violent death of his partner at the hands of Choy Muk (martial arts legend James Lew, Traffic, Best of the Best) the leader of the Triad Dragons - a violent,  fanatical Asian gang operating in San Francisco.

Nelson finds a mysterious clue when he ends a heart-pounding chase through Chinatown alleys with the capture of a deadly, though beautiful Lieutenant of Choy's (Miranda Kwok, Jane Doe, Rider or Die). But his captain (James Russo, Open Range, Donnie Brasco, The Ninth Gate) has had enough of Nelson's sing-minded obsession with Choy, and puts the haggard detective to leave. Nelson refuses to give up. Following a hunch, he finds himself in the center of a furious firefight as Choy and his gang try to hi-jack a diplomatic convoy carrying a priceless art treasure that has just landed at Edwards Air Force Base, bound for Los Angeles' Getty Museum. Nelson joins the running gun battle on the side of the LAPD special tactics unit (led by Ed Lauter, Seabisquit, The longest Yard), assigned to baby-sit the shipment.

 

It isn't art that Choy is after, but a new device stolen in China that has been smuggled with the shipment - a device that would bring millions on the terrorist black market - and he will stop at nothing to capture it. Helmed by veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Ron Althoff, Taken by Force is a fast paced roller coaster ride of non-stop action, breath-taking stunts and fight sequences that run the gamut from urban fighting and martial arts to military-style engagements.