Movie
1986
F/X is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel, written by Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, and Angela Bassett in her film debut. The film follows a special effects expert who is hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to stage the murder of a mobster about to enter the Witness Protection Program, but complications…
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Special effects are, especially today, the most important aspect of film making, at least if mainstream Hollywood is concerned. Ironically, when it comes about films about film making, those that deal with the actual art of film illusion are quite rare. One of those is *F/X*, 1986 action thriller directed by John Mandel (also distributed with subtitle *Murder by Illusion* in certain markets). Protagonist, played by…More
