Hired to Kill (1990)

A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary and their job is to free an... See full summary »

Directors:

Nico Mastorakis, Peter Rader

Writers:

Fred C. Perry, Kirk Ellis,

Stars:

Brian Thompson, Oliver Reed, George Kennedy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian Thompson	...	Frank Ryan
Oliver Reed	...	Michael Bartos
George Kennedy	...	Thomas
José Ferrer	...	Rallis
Michelle Moffett	...	Ana
Barbara Niven	...	Sheila (as Barbara Lee Alexander)
Jordana Capra	...	Joanna
Kendall Conrad	...	Daphne
Kim Lonsdale	...	Sivi
Jude Mussetter	...	Dahlia
Penelope Reed	...	Katrina
David Sawyer	...	Louis
Antzela Gerekou	...	Tara (as Angela Gerekou)
Fanny Xidis	...	Prison Guard
Alea Bair	...	Photo Model

Storyline

A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary and their job is to free an imprisoned rebel leader.

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Plot Keywords:

fashion shoot | model | gay kiss | political revolution | women agents | 

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Taglines:

No man on earth could get him out of prison alive. Seven women did.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 1990 (Japan)

Also Known As:

A bérgyilkos

Filming Locations:

Corfu, Greece

Company Credits

Production Co:

Omega Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A helicopter crashed while performing an aerial stunt, killing a stuntman, Clint C. Carpenter.

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Connections

Edited into The Naked Truth (1993)

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Soundtracks

"Do it for the Money"
Performed by Thomas Marolda

User Reviews

It's like the plot of a movie on The Simpson's Television

I love this director. First, he gave us Island of Death, an utterly outrageous and hilarious piece of video nasty trash. Then, after thinking that was the only film he'd ever made, I found myself watching Nightmare at Noon, a Crazies style film with plenty of action and hoots. Now, I've sat through Hired to Kill, and although it's not as good as those two films, it still has plenty of daftness to keep my attention.

Brian Thompson is one of those secret service types hired to infiltrate a despotic country and overthrow dictator Oliver Reed, but not just that, he's got to do it posing as a gay fashion designer with an entourage of special forces beauties posing as models. So it's kind of like the dirty dozen remade by Vogue magazine, including the obligatory training scene, and the obligatory fashion model shoot. No wonder Oliver Reed looks perplexed (and a little bit toasted in a couple of scenes).

This is all pretty fun stuff, but there's a lack of action for the first hour or so. Still, there's the standout scene where Oliver Reed checks whether or not Thompson is actually gay or not which had me in stitches. I'm not even sure Reed was expecting to be kissed by Thompson because his surprise seems pretty genuine. Great stuff.