Prey of the Jaguar (Video 1996)

A cop trains in martial arts to become a superhero to go after the killers of his wife and son.

Director:

David DeCoteau

Writers:

Rory Johnston (story), Rory Johnston,

Stars:

Maxwell Caulfield, Stacy Keach, Linda Blair

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maxwell Caulfield	...	Derek Leigh
Stacy Keach	...	The Commander
Linda Blair	...	Cody Johnson
Trevor Goddard	...	Damien Bandera
Paul Regina	...	Randall Bentley
Paul Bartel	...	Toymaker
Tom Badal	...	Roger Reed
Fiona Hutchison	...	Karen Leigh (as Fiona Hutchinson)
Steven Vincent Leigh	...	Kenichi Tanaka
John Fujioka	...	Master Yee
Vincent Klyn	...	Sonny DePazos
Devon Michael	...	Jeremy Leigh
Benjamin Gates Jr.	...	Will Jackson
Mike McSween	...	Tommy Chilton
Vic Trevino	...	Gino

Storyline

When his wife and son are brutally murdered by a fugitive drug lord that he helped put behind bars, former Special Ops agent Derek Leigh vows to avenge their deaths. After mastering lethal fighting skills at the hands of a martial arts instructor, he assumes the identity of The Jaguar - a vigilante superhero from his son's drawings - and with nothing more to lose, sets out on a fierce, one-man blood hunt to bring the criminals to final justice.

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | vigilante | revenge | murder | neck breaking | 

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Taglines:

Nothing Has Prepared Them for His Kind of Justice

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and brief language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1996 (UK)

Also Known As:

A Perseguição do Jaguar

Company Credits

Production Co:

HIT Entertainment, Jfw Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The text of the (real) Bandera file on the computer screen reads: "DEMIAN, BANDERA E You would think that a huge file like this would tell you something. Not so. I just open up my paint program and let my brain dribble out on the monitor. Bandera doesn't eve(n) exist, you know. He is just a character in a movie! I can't believe that I'm trying to write bio on a man who doesn't even exist. Now I have to write a second collumn. Oh, the tedium... This paragraph won't even have the benefit of my sense of humor. I'm so over having to write this blurb that I can't think of anything to say. This is a real bummer. PRESS ENTER FOR UPDATE"

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Connections

References Sesame Street (1969)

User Reviews

Grisly killings and revenge by one army man named the Jaguar

The picture focuses to Derek(Maxwell Caufield) is a former government Ops agent named SOC living with his family.When the starring's wife(Fiona Hutchinson) and son are cruelly killed , Derek plots revenge only to find the fugitive killer(Trevor Goddard)and hoodlums(Vincent Klyn) are well hidden and he must exact his own form of justice. Later training by a martial arts instructor(John Fujioka), he assumes the identity of The Jaguar, taken from his son's drawings .He's a new hero in town , an avenger who woos to revenge against the murderer who previously put behind bars. He asks another undercover agent as toymaker(Paul Bartel) weapons , delivering him crossbow and explosive arms.

This is a low budget movie with action packed, suspense, grisly violence, noisy shooting and spectacular fighting . The best film is the training on lethal struggle skills at the hands of a martial arts master with certain similarly to ¨Karate Kid¨ style.The motion picture displays a plethora of known faces and famed secondary actors, Stacy Keach(Long riders), Linda Blair(immortal in the Exorcist), Paul Bartel (famous cult director), Vincent Klyn( usual baddie in Albert Pyun films:Cyborg), Trevor Goddard (Jag) and the protagonist, Maxwell Caufield(Dragon storm, Submerged). The motion picture is professionally directed by David DeCocteau, a B series director ,he has gone on to produce(Trancers) and direct more than sixty movies over the past twenty years, such as : Doctor Alien, Puppet master,Skeletons(his best movie) Brotherhood series, among others. This one is entertaining though with very short budget