Directed by:
Richard FranklinScreenplay:
Bill CondonCinematography:
Victor J. KemperComposer:
Lalo SchifrinCast:
Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason, Philip Bosco, Kevin J. O'Connor, Dominic Zamprogna, Gene Mack, Gerry Quigley, Tom Mason (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Five years afterhis first deadly adventure, Rollie Tyler has left the special effects business and now designs sophisticated electronic toys for a living. But when his girlfriend's ex-husband, a police detective, persuades him to devise an illusion to capture a serial killer, Rollie is once again lured into the lethal world of make-believe. And soon, he finds himself trapped in a murderous maze of deceit and treachery in which he must depend on his ingenious tricksand his friendship with detective Leo McCarthy to expose a terrifying underworld conspiracy... but only if he can stay alive! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bryan Brown
Australia
Best movies:
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
Money Movers (1979)
'Breaker' Morant (1980)
Brian Dennehy
USA
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Ratatouille (2007)
First Blood (1982)
Rachel Ticotin
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
Total Recall (1990)
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Joanna Gleason
Canada
Best movies:
Into the Woods (1991) (theatrical recording)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Philip Bosco
USA
Best movies:
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Trading Places (1983)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Kevin J. O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
Gods and Monsters (1998)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Moderns (1988)
Dominic Zamprogna
Canada
Best movies:
F/X2 (1991)
Engaged to Kill (2006) (TV movie)
It Waits (2005)
Gene Mack
Best movies:
Police Academy (1984)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Physical Evidence (1989)
Gerry Quigley
Canada
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Khaled (2001)
Tom Mason
USA
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV movie)
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
James Stacy
USA
Best movies:
Sayonara (1957)
Matters of the Heart (1990) (TV movie)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Matt Birman
Canada
Best movies:
Quest for Fire (1981)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
The Big Hit (1998)
Philip Akin
Jamaica
Best movies:
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Liar, Liar (1993) (TV movie)
The Judge (2001) (TV movie)
Michael Rhoades
Best movies:
Interstate 60 (2002)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
Flash of Genius (2008)
John Walsh
Best movies:
Reality Bites (1994)
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Body Parts (1991)
Phillip Jarrett
Best movies:
The Hurricane (1999)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Exit Wounds (2001)
Jack Orend
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Denial (1998)
Tony De Santis
Canada
Best movies:
Red (2010)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Gotti (1996) (TV movie)
Walker Boone
Best movies:
Guilt by Association (2002) (TV movie)
Youngblood (1986)
F/X2 (1991)
Tony Katsaras
Best movies:
F/X2 (1991)
Hollywood Cop (1988)