Hangfire (1991)A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive. Director:Peter MarisWriter:Brian D. Jeffries |
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Hangfire (1991)A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive. Director:Peter MarisWriter:Brian D. Jeffries |
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| Brad Davis | ... |
Sheriff Ike Slayton
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| Kim Delaney | ... |
Maria Montoya Slayton
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| Ken Foree | ... |
Billy
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| Lee de Broux | ... |
Kuttner
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| Jan-Michael Vincent | ... |
Colonel Johnson
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| James Tolkan | ... |
Patch
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| George Kennedy | ... |
Warden E. Barles
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| Yaphet Kotto | ... |
Police Lieutenant
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Blake Conway | ... |
Captain
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Lyle Alzado | ... |
Albert
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| Lou Ferrigno | ... |
Smitty
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| Peter Lupus | ... |
Sgt. Conlan
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Collin Bernsen | ... |
RTO
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| Grant Cramer | ... |
Snake
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Nancy Schuster | ... |
Nancy
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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. Written by matt-282
"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.