Hangfire (1991)

A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.

Director:

Peter Maris

Writer:

Brian D. Jeffries

Stars:

Brad Davis, Kim Delaney, Ken Foree

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brad Davis	...	Sheriff Ike Slayton
Kim Delaney	...	Maria Montoya Slayton
Ken Foree	...	Billy
Lee de Broux	...	Kuttner
Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Colonel Johnson
James Tolkan	...	Patch
George Kennedy	...	Warden E. Barles
Yaphet Kotto	...	Police Lieutenant
Blake Conway	...	Captain
Lyle Alzado	...	Albert
Lou Ferrigno	...	Smitty
Peter Lupus	...	Sgt. Conlan
Collin Bernsen	...	RTO
Grant Cramer	...	Snake
Nancy Schuster	...	Nancy

Storyline

When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders determined to kill or capture all the convicts, even if it means killing all the hostages in the crossfire.

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Plot Keywords:

hostage | vietnam veteran | prison break | tension | interracial friendship | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

First Blood Commando

Filming Locations:

Sable Ranch - 25933 Sand Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kuttner: I'll blow her brains to Kingdom Come!

User Reviews

Hang fire? Yes, the rope burnt and the criminals who made this film escaped.

"HANGFIRE" is a truly awful film. Only some nice crashes and a valiant performance by Jan Michael Vincent save this film from Grade Z kitsch. The direction is shoddy, the dialogue is a collection of cliches and much of the acting is amateurish. At times I found myself thinking this was a high school film class production. I also found myself muting the sound and making up more original dialogue to entertain myself. The only reason I watched the video to the end was to see if the quality improves. It doesn't. The only thing I have to recommend this film is the performance of Jan Michael Vincent. His character is a regular army stereotype: brushcut, dark sunglasses, pipe smoking, "will not negotiate" carbon cut out. Vincent actually rises above the formula as a rose in the stinkweed patch.