Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe is a TV-movie prequel to Burn Notice The film takes place in 2005, when Lieutenant Commander Sam Axe is sent to advise a local military platoon. It's there he discovers deep layers of deception and ultimately realizes he may be allied with the wrong side. Shot on location in Bogota, Colombia, the two-hour movie was directed by Jeffrey Donovan and co-stars RonReaco Lee ("The Good Guys," "Madea Goes to Jail"), Kiele Sanchez ("Lost," "The Glades"), John Diehl ("Miami Vice," "Stargate") and Chandra West ("John From Cincinnati," "The Gates").