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Tracy Keenan Wynn (writer)
Release Date:
27 November 1988 (USA) more
Plot:
Florida 1985: A series of brutal robberies and murders keeps the F.B.I busy. Although all crimes seem to be comitted by the same group... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Great All Around TV Movie-One of the Top 10 of All Time more (14 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ronny Cox | ... | Agent Benjamin 'Ben' Grogan |
 | Bruce Greenwood | ... | Agent Jerry Dove |
 | Michael Gross | ... | William "Bill" Russell Matix |
| Doug Sheehan | ... | Agent Gordon McNeill |
| David Soul | ... | Michael "Mike" Lee Platt |
| Ronald G. Joseph | ... | Ed Mireles |
| Teri Copley | ... | Vickie |
 | Richard Jenkins | ||
| Peter McRobbie | ... | John Hanlon |
| Anne Lange | ||
 | Katie Layman | (as Kathleen Layman) | |
 | Deborah May | ||
| Becky Ann Baker | ||
| Randal Patrick | ||
| Ashton Wise |
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92 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:18 | UK:15
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Continuity: During the shootout between the FBI and Matix and Platt, Mike Platt is crouching in front of the brown sedan (in a far shot), but in the very next shot, Platt gets up off the ground and then crouches in front of the car again. more
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Referenced in The Making of 'Tremors' (1998) (V) more
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Probably David Soul's best work ever... Michael Grosse is topnotch also... This film was developed shortly after the true-life tale of these two robbers ended in a mass of gunfire and death. The best thing about this film is that it remains faithful to that true-life tale. Everything, down to the meticulously choreographed final shootout, is done accurately (I have also seen the FBI training film based on this event and the final sequence here follows that training film to a "Tee").
The truth of the matter is, when you have true-to-life villains as ruthless as Soul and Grosse's characters, there is no need to embellish. This film is understated and cool. The FBI-side of the story is told through Ronnie Cox and Ben Sheehan analytically, without theatrics and flash. You still get the sense that the FBI wanted these killers off the streets ASAP and there is great tension as the violence continues while the FBI gets closer and closer.
If you get a chance, don't miss seeing this fine film!