F/X - Murder by Illusion DVD 1986 Trükkös Halál / Directed by Robert Mandel / Starring: Bryan Brown, Biran Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff Deyoung

UPC 5999546335712

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

Audio: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: Hungarian

Runtime: 104 minutes

English Summary:

F/X (also known as or subtitled Murder by Illusion) is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel, written by Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora and Cliff De Young. Angela Bassett makes her film debut. The film follows an expert (Brown) in the art of special effects (F/X) with a reputation built by his work on many low-budget hack-and-slash films such as I Dismember Mama. The Department of Justice hires him to stage the murder of a gangster about to enter the Witness Protection Program. He agrees, but then things get complicated. Meanwhile, a New York City police detective (Dennehy) is investigating the faked murder and cannot understand why the Justice Department is even less helpful than usual. 

Movie special effects expert Roland "Rollie" Tyler is hired by the Justice Department to stage the murder of mob informant Nicholas DeFranco. DeFranco is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and go into witness protection, but the Justice Department is afraid he will be killed before the trial. Tyler rigs a gun with blanks and fixes DeFranco up with radio transmitters and fake blood packs to simulate bullet hits. The Justice Department supervisor on the case, Edward Mason, asks Tyler to be the "assassin" wearing a disguise. He is paid $30,000 and assured by Mason that he is "100% protected".

During the preparation, Lipton, the Justice agent in charge, handles Rollie's gun. DeFranco wears Tyler's rig to an Italian restaurant and the public "assassination" goes flawlessly. When Tyler is picked up by Lipton, the agent tries to shoot him. In the struggle for Lipton's gun, the driver is killed and the car crashes, allowing Tyler to escape. He contacts Mason, who is shocked by Lipton's actions and instructs him to wait for other agents to take him to a safe location. Another man thought to be Tyler is killed by the agents, proving that Mason is trying to kill him too. Rollie is worried that Lipton may have switched the blanks in the assassination gun with real bullets, meaning that Rollie really did kill DeFranco.

Hungarian Summary:

Rollie Tyler, a filmes szakma egyik legnevesebb trükkmestere, mindent tud, amit a speciális effektekről tudni lehet. A különböző halálnemeknek több ezer változatát tudja műhelyében előállítani, számtalan módot tud arra, hogyan tűnhet a képtelen valószerűnek. Úgy alakul azonban, hogy szakmai tudására nem csak a mozik világában, de a való életben is szükség van, ugyanis Tyler-t egy fontos feladattal bízza meg az FBI. Az ő szakmai tudásával szeretnének egy hírhedt bűnöző nyomára bukkanni. Ám az eleinte könnyűnek látszó feladat idővel egyre bonyolultabbá válik.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Bryan Brown as Roland "Rollie" Tyler
• Brian Dennehy as Lt. Leo McCarthy
• Diane Venora as Ellen
• Cliff De Young as Martin Lipton
• Mason Adams as Col. Edward Mason
• Jerry Orbach as Nicholas DeFranco
• Joe Grifasi as Mickey
• Trey Wilson as Lt. Murdoch
• Tom Noonan as Varrick
• Josie de Guzman as Marisa Velez
• M'el Dowd as Miss Joyce Lehman
• Roscoe Orman as Capt. Wallenger
• Martha Gehman as Andy
• Angela Bassett as TV Reporter