Summary
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Details
Release Date: February 7, 1986
Runtime: 109 minutes
Genres: Action, Thriller
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10 (471 votes)
F/X Collection

F/X
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.

F/X2
F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
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Cast

Bryan Brown
Roland 'Rollie' Tyler

Brian Dennehy
Lt. Leo McCarthy

Diane Venora
Ellen

Cliff DeYoung
Lipton

Mason Adams
Col. Mason

Jerry Orbach
Nicholas DeFranco

Joe Grifasi
Mickey

Martha Gehman
Andy

Trey Wilson
Lt. Murdoch

Roscoe Orman
Captain Wallenger

Tom Noonan
Varrick

Paul D'Amato
Gallagher

Jossie DeGuzman
Marisa Velez

Jean De Baer
Whitemore

John Doumanian
The director

Ray Iannicelli
Charlie

Angela Bassett
TV reporter

Jim Lovelett
McCoy





