Perfect Target | |
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Directed by | Sheldon Lettich |
Written by | Peter Brosnan Michael Lanahan George Saunders |
Produced by | Chris Bialek Sheri Elowsky Christian Halsey Solomon George Hernandez Jose Ludlow Mark Maine Rebecca Morrison Alexander Tabrizi |
Starring | Daniel Bernhardt Jim Pirri Dara Tomanovich |
Cinematography | Chuy Chávez |
Edited by | Donn Aron |
Music by | David Michael Frank |
Production companies | Alexander Tabrizi Productions Quadra Entertainment |
Distributed by | Ascot Video Imperial Entertainment Quadra Entertainment |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Countries | Mexico United States |
Language | English |
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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.
Filming took place in Jalisco, Nayarit, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. [1]
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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