First Shot (2002 film)


First Shot is a 2002 American made-for-television action thriller film. It is the third entry in the Alex McGregor movie series, the first two being First Daughter and First Target. Mariel Hemingway reprises the role she originated in First Daughter, while Jenna Leigh Green takes over the role of Presidential daughter Jess Hayes.

Plot

After an explosion at an army base that kills several soldiers, President Jonathan Hayes attends a memorial service and is shot while speaking. It is revealed that a militia rebel group has resurfaced with a vengeance to assassinate President Jonathan Hayes for the death of their brothers. Agent Alex McGregor, now the Director of the United States Secret Service, tries to prevent the attack on the President's life, but when the President is shot and agent McGregor's husband Grant Coleman, is kidnapped, the stakes are raised, and Alex realizes she has become a target as well.

Cast

Steven Oxman from Variety magazine wrote about the film: "Director Armand Mastroianni and his team’s most significant achievement in “First Shot” is to make sure we don’t associate any of this with reality. In other words, nobody’s concerned about who’s running the country when the president is unconscious — here, they’re all more concerned with thawing the cold war between the president’s daughter and his girlfriend. Believe it or not, there’s something kind of appealing about the film’s ability to bury its head that deep in the sand."
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John Leonard of New York Magazine wrote: "The same old militia is back again, this time kidnapping Mariel's husband, and it also bombs the officer's club at an Army base, and quite a lot of clap is trapped."