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Staten Island film festival picks: 'Code Name: Operation Black<br />
Thunder'<br />
By Kaitl<strong>in</strong> Cangro<br />
June 02, 2010, 5:22PM<br />
Courtesy of Edgar Jimz<br />
Lieutenant William Mark (Bill Geary, left) realizes Sergeant Frank Mart<strong>in</strong>ez (Edgar Jimz)<br />
knows too much <strong>in</strong>side <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>in</strong> "Code Name: Operation Black Thunder," a<br />
selection <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> SINY Film Festival.<br />
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Generations of movie-goers have looked to “Superman” and “Batman” to save <strong>the</strong><br />
day. Just when an entire town is about to give up hope, a man <strong>in</strong> a cape comes fly<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>.<br />
C<strong>in</strong>ematic rogue cops have pulled <strong>the</strong> same duty. Th<strong>in</strong>k Inspector Harry Callahan <strong>in</strong> “Dirty Harry” or Axel<br />
Foley <strong>in</strong> “Beverly Hills Cop.”<br />
Now, comes a police officer-turned-superhero: Sergeant Frank Mart<strong>in</strong>ez. Indie film fans can meet him <strong>in</strong><br />
“Code Name: Operation Black Thunder,” play<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong> SINY Film Festival, June 2-6.<br />
The story, by writer/director Edgar Jimz of Mar<strong>in</strong>ers Harbor, <strong>in</strong>volves four FBI agents whose mission,<br />
Operation Black Thunder, is to stop a terrorist group from deploy<strong>in</strong>g a biological weapon <strong>in</strong> New York City.<br />
These terrorists have <strong>in</strong>siders <strong>in</strong> U.S. <strong>in</strong>telligence agencies. Seven o<strong>the</strong>r NYPD police officers, who are on<br />
suspension for charges of murder and robbery, are assigned to <strong>the</strong> mission because of <strong>the</strong>ir prior military<br />
experience.<br />
Mart<strong>in</strong>ez gets his hands on an Egyptian figure <strong>the</strong> same day that he is assigned to this mission. The figure is<br />
said to come from outerspace. When <strong>the</strong> figure breaks, Mart<strong>in</strong>ez f<strong>in</strong>ds a mask. Upon putt<strong>in</strong>g on this mask,<br />
his bra<strong>in</strong> power is enhanced and he becomes Black Thunder, a violent man who eventually defeats this<br />
terrorist group.<br />
Jimz, a Corrections Department capta<strong>in</strong> assigned to <strong>the</strong> Emergency Services Unit of <strong>the</strong> Manhattan Detention<br />
Complex, chatted with AWE about his film and how he <strong>in</strong>corporated his work as a corrections officer.<br />
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