 In 1991 , Lundgren starred in Manny Coto 's action film Cover Up opposite Louis Gossett Jr .. Lundgren portrays Mike Anderson , a tough American reporter and US Marine veteran who finds his own life in jeopardy after stumbling across a political cover @-@ up over a Middle Eastern terrorist plan to release toxic gas and kill thousands of people . The primary terrorist group in the film is the fictional group Black October , in reference to Black September . The film was shot in Israel and Lundgren stays at the famous King David Hotel . 
