F/X Movie Review 1986

Rollie Tyler (Brown) is a New York-based special effects expert who is contracted by government agent Lipton (DeYoung) to fake an assassination in order to protect mob informer DeFranco (Orbach). After completing the assignment, Rollie learns that he's become involved in a real crime and is forced to reach into his bag of F/X tricks to survive, aided by tough cop Leo McCarthy (Dennehy), who's trying to figure out just what's going on. Twists and turns abound in this fast-paced story that was the sleeper hit of the year. Followed by a sequel.

Distribution

Facets Multimedia, Inc., 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, Phone: (773)281-9075, Toll-free: 800-331-6197, Fax: (773)929-5437, Email: sales@facets.org, URL: http://www.facets.org

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Scams, Stings & Cons, Frame-Ups, Patriotism & Paranoia, New York, New York, Assassination, Showbiz Thrillers, FBI

Screenplay

Robert T. Megginson, Gregory Fleeman

Cast

Bryan Brown, Cliff DeYoung, Diane Venora, Brian Dennehy, Jerry Orbach, Mason Adams, Joe Grifasi, Martha Gehman, Angela Bassett

Cinematography

Miroslav Ondricek

Director

Robert Mandel

Music

Bill Conti

Other

Terry Rawlings

Producer

Orion Pictures