Rachel Weisz, still early in her career at the time of the film's release, appears briefly in the role of a Junior Executive.

These factors resulted in the film being banned in several countries, including Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Malaysia, Iraq, and Australia.

A cybernetically-enhanced supersoldier, codenamed "Hard Man", malfunctions and massacres the patrons of a diner before being detained by security operatives led by John Carpenter.

Public outcry ensues following the incident, the majority of complaints directed at the company's new chief executive Hayden Cale.

Chairman of the Board Scott Ridley, fearful of the potential termination of Chaank's contracts due to the bad publicity, tries to cover up the incident and numerous issues with Project: Hard Man itself.

Cale demands full public disclosure, having purposely leaked top-secret documents to the press in defiance of Ridley's attempts to suppress knowledge about his shadier activities.

Despite Carpenter's acknowledgement of the project's fatal flaws, the board ignores Cale's requests, no one seeming to care about her interests except for Dante himself.

Meanwhile, three eco-warriors (Raimi, Weyland, and Yutani) infiltrate the Chaank headquarters to destroy its digitally-stored assets and send the company into bankruptcy.

Raimi manages to partially incapacitate the Warbeast, but the explosion knocks him unconscious, and the machine takes Cale back to Dante.

[3] While Norrington struggled to find backing for his projects he continued in his field of effects work and met producer Vic Bateman during production of Split Second.