in 1998, he appeared in jean-marc piché's action/supernatural horror film "the minion" alongside françoise robertson lundgren portrays lukas sadorov, a middle eastern templar and member of an order who are charged with guarding the gateway to hell that, if opened, will unleash all evil. the only thing that can open it is a key which is sought by the minion, a demonic spirit that transfers itself into the nearby host body when his previous one is killed off. awakening in new york city, the minion tracks down karen goodleaf as lukas arrives to america to protect her and the key. michael haag in his book "templars: history and myth: from solomon's temple to the freemasons" (2009) said, "the budget for this film was $12 million. a pity they did not spend a cent on research (citing that one reference was 600 years out) ... lundgren is a butt-kicking templar monk with a spiked leather glove whose sacred duty it is to do what the templars have always done and stop a key that has kept the anti-christ imprisoned for thousands of years from falling into the right hands.". the dvd and video guide of 2005 described the film as being "possibly one of the worst films ever".