later in 1998, dolph appeared alongside bruce payne and claire stansfield in "sweepers" as christian erickson, a leading demolition expert and head of an elite team of specialists, trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in angola. in the event his son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the area. the film was a joint american and south african production. the video guide to 2002 said, "that noise you hear isn't the numerous on-screen explosions but action star lundgren's career hitting rock bottom." he also featured in the tv pilot "blackjack" (directed by john woo) as a former us marshal who has a phobia of the color white, who becomes the bodyguard and detective of a young supermodel (kam heskin) who is the target of a psychotic assassin (phillip mackenzie). shot on location in toronto, the film was originally meant to be the pilot episode of a series focusing around his character, jack devlin but it was not accepted as a series as it was poorly received. one review said "the narrative is laughably stupid" and the dvd and video guide to 2005 said, "dull, lightweight, made-for-tv action fully to a satisfying climax".