Arsenal

Arsenal is a crime thriller set in Philadelphia, where two brothers have taken very different paths. JP has built a respectable life as the owner of a small construction company, while his brother Mikey has drifted into petty crime. When Mikey is abducted by a ruthless gangster named Eddie King, a hefty ransom is demanded. Word quickly spreads that Mikey may have arranged his own disappearance to extract money from his brother, but JP refuses to abandon him and turns to Sal, an old friend and detective, for help. As JP pushes to free his brother, he is drawn into a conflict with King's criminal operation.

Steven C. Miller directed the film from a screenplay by Jason Mosberg, with George Furla and Randall Emmett producing. It followed Miller's Marauders and Extraction and arrived the same year as First Kill. Nicolas Cage plays Eddie King, John Cusack appears as Sal, Adrian Grenier is JP, and Johnathon Schaech plays Mikey. The production had a budget of about 10 million dollars.

On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 4.3 out of 10 from 156 votes, while the critics' rating stands notably lower, at 3.3 out of 10 from 30 reviews. The gap suggests audiences were somewhat more tolerant of the film than professional reviewers.