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Jacobsen Hart (writer)
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Release Date:
14 October 1997 (USA) more
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For years the government paid him to kill. Now he is self-employed!
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A notorious criminal is hunted down by the elite Raven Special Forces team when things go wrong on a mission to capture stolen military hardware. full summary | add synopsis
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In Humphrey Bogart's style,Burt Reynolds interprets a cinic anti-hero. more (9 total)

Cast

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Burt Reynolds ... Jerome 'Raven' Katz

Matt Battaglia ... Martin Grant,a.k.a. 'Duce'

Krista Allen ... Cali Goodwin
David Ackroyd ... Bill Gilley
Richard Gant ... Russ Carlson
Angela Harry ... Eva
Walter Olkewicz ... Bernie DeFrewd

Madison Mason ... Governor Sklar

Kim Chase ... Sharon
Christopher Mayer ... Hub (as Chip Mayer)
Charles Wahlheim ... Ablin
Michael Saad ... Adeeb (as Mike Saad)
Charles Walker ... Al Ryan
Peter Savard ... Sen. Berg
Mike White ... Mike
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Rated R for strong violence, and for sexuality and some language.
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Netherlands:93 min
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In Humphrey Bogart's style,Burt Reynolds interprets a cinic anti-hero., 5 November 1998

In Humphrey Bogart's style,Burt Reynolds interprets a cinic and malevolent anti-hero.His screen presence helps to elevate the film's landing-place,differing it from the genre's vulgarity.The movie's plot is sufficient simple,and the characters are built in a mediocre way.However,director Russel Solberg bets on the action scenes,and he perfected them .The Burt Reynolds' team disastrous mission,at the beginning of the movie,is filled with supercharged shootings and explosions.The film achieves its principal aim,that is to make people have fun,and Burt Reynolds interprets his character in a delicious form.The public ends up wishing that he will escape with the gizmo and have all the money,even knowing that he doesn't worth nothing.Matt Battaglia also strives to offer a hero with credibility,who finds himself tied into the dilemma of running away from the past or facing his deadly rival from the old times.The final shooting,the helicopter crash and the terrorist attempt to the federal building are worthy of prominence.Stu Segall,a producer with tradition on television series,didn't disappoint,and conducted with efficiency a good action movie that,if suffers for its simple and weak plot,gets right in having chosen Burt Reynolds for the leading role and in not saving efforts by doing the action scenes.

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