Perfect Target

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Perfect Target
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Directed by Sheldon Lettich
Written byPeter Brosnan
Michael Lanahan
George Saunders
Produced byChris Bialek
Sheri Elowsky
Christian Halsey Solomon
George Hernandez
Jose Ludlow
Mark Maine
Rebecca Morrison
Alexander Tabrizi
Starring Daniel Bernhardt
Jim Pirri
Dara Tomanovich
CinematographyChuy Chávez
Edited byDonn Aron
Music by David Michael Frank
Production
companies
Alexander Tabrizi Productions
Quadra Entertainment
Distributed byAscot Video
Imperial Entertainment
Quadra Entertainment
Release date
  • September 17, 1999 (1999-09-17)(USA)
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguageEnglish

Perfect Target is a 1997 Mexican-American action/thriller film directed by Sheldon Lettich and starring Daniel Bernhardt.

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Plot

A former soldier finds mercenary work as security for the president of a foreign country and becomes the fall guy for an assassination plot. He escapes and joins the rebels to clear his name and expose the true person behind the president's assassination.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Jalisco, Nayarit, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. [1]

Release

The film was released direct-to-video in Germany on April 28, 1997. It was not released in the US, until September 11, 1999. [2]

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References

  1. "Perfect Target (Video 1997) - IMDb". IMDb .
  2. "Perfect Target (Video 1997) - IMDb". IMDb .