Tag: The Assassination Game (1982)

College assassination game turns deadly as someone starts playing for real.

Director:

Nick Castle

Writer:

Nick Castle

Stars:

Robert Carradine, Linda Hamilton, Kristine DeBell

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Carradine	...	Alex Marsh
Linda Hamilton	...	Susan Swayze
Kristine DeBell	...	Nancy McCauley
Perry Lang	...	Frank English
John Mengatti	...	Randy Simonetti
Michael Winslow	...	Gowdy
Frazer Smith	...	Nick Carpenter
Bruce Abbott	...	Loren Gersh
Xander Berkeley	...	Connally
Ivan Bonar	...	Patterson
Scott Dunlop	...	Wallace
Jim Greenleaf	...	Swanson
Charlene Nelson	...	Charlene
Steven Peterman	...	Schooster
Jack Baker	...	Gowdy's Aide (as John Anthony Bailey)

Storyline

Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may be more serious than most contenders realize...

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Plot Keywords:

college | punctuation in title | gotcha | fetish | cigarette smoking | 

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Taglines:

Everybody Gets It In The End!

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Everybody Gets It in the End

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Antria Group (TAG)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Forest Whitaker's movie debut.

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Goofs

In the second scene Susan ducks as Schooster and Charlie shoot at her thus they shoot and kill one another. Yet on Carpenter's progress chart "S. Swayse" (note the misspelling with an S in place of the Z) is credited with J. Schooster's kill.

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Quotes

Nick Carpenter: You're going to have to be quicker than that if you want to play T.A.G.

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Soundtracks

"Rebel To The Rescue"
Performed by Rubber City Rebels

User Reviews

A small gem with good acting and no jazzy special effects

The first thing I notice when I watch "TAG" is that the film seems to have been made on TV tape....it has that feel. Sound and lighting are basic, and it's clear from the outset that this movie was made on a shoestring budget.

It is the acting that brings this film through. Linda Hamilton studied Lauren Bacall very closely, and makes a credible run at a "To Have and Have Not" moment, and Robert Carradine hams it up as a budding ace reporter. Bruce Abbott is darkly psychotic as the bad guy. Hard to believe that Linda married this guy!

Worth a look at least once, if you can find it.