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5.4/10
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A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
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- TriviaDirector J. Lee Thompson fell ill during the making of this film, the picture was finished by second unit director, Robert C. Ortwin Jr..
- GoofsDuring the car chase, Smith's car is on the inside of one of the tankers on the first corner out of the tunnel, but in the next shot it's back in the middle of both tankers.
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Garret Smith: [punching the assassin] Bastard child killer!
- Alternate versionsAlmost 5 minutes were cut in Finland for VHS distribution. Later released on DVD as uncut.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Best of the Worst: Our VHS Collection (2019)
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Gets worse as it goes along
Hard to tell why anyone gives this film more stars than three. It starts rather dramatically and effectively, but then gets more and more aimless until the end, when it finally fizzles out completely. I was going to mention the utterly ludicrous chase of a car by two megatrucks, but somebody has already queried why the car didn't just stop, turn round and drive away. There's a lot of nothing really happening, although quite a lot of people get shot. Bronson doesn't get hit, of course. Some of the ones that die, survive, which is clever of them. I seem to have seen this film two or three times, having completely forgotten what it was about, although intrigued by the dvd case and the cast. Watch it if you like; any advice would be no help.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $3,074,681
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,035,279
- Sep 18, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $3,074,681
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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