{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Supreme Sanction | image = File:Supreme Sanction (1999) Film Poster.jpg | caption = DVD cover | writer = John Terlesky | director = John Terlesky | starring = Michael Madsen<br>Kristy Swanson<br>David Dukes<br>Ron Perlman | music = Joseph Stanley Williams | producer = Lisa M. Hansen<br>Paul Hertzberg {{smaller|(executive producer)}}<br>John Paul Pettinato {{smaller|(co-producer)}}<br>Hans C. Ritter {{smaller|(line producer)}} | editing = Daniel Duncan | cinematography = Zoran Hochstätter | studio = CineTel Films | distributor = CineTel Films {{small|(non-US)}}<br>HBO {{small|(TV)}} | released = {{Film date|1999|04|09}} | runtime = 95 min. | country = United States | language = English }} '''''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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pike|first=Julie|title=Ju's review of 'Supreme Sanction'|url=http://www.perlmanpages.com/bsmovies/supremerevue.htm|website=perlmanpages.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921191043/http://www.perlmanpages.com/bsmovies/supremerevue.htm|archive-date=September 21, 2016|access-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> It uses stock footage from a 1998 film ''Airborne''.
==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
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|tt0156115}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|id=supreme_sanction}}
Category:1999 action thriller films Category:1999 crime thriller films Category:1999 films Category:American action thriller films Category:American crime thriller films Category:American films about revenge Category:CineTel Films films Category:Films about assassinations Category:Films about journalists Category:Girls with guns films Category:1999 English-language films Category:Films directed by John Terlesky Category:1999 American films Category:English-language crime thriller films Category:English-language action thriller films