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| FX - Murder By Illusion [1986] | ![FX - Murder By Illusion [1986]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412NHQZWQ0L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Robert Mandel
Actors: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 20480
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 104 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050070002959
ASIN: B00004U41E
Release Date: September 18, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: February 7, 1986
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An amusing, not-too-violent suspense thriller August 14, 2007
This is such a well-crafted suspense thriller that it's almost as much a pleasure to watch the third or fourth time as it is the first. Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special effects man much in demand in Hollywood. He not only is a gifted professional in the trade, he's probably the main reason for the success of such exploitation films he's worked on as I Dismember Mama, Planet of the Female Mummies, Song of the Succubus and Rock-A-Die-Baby. Examples from these movies litter his apartment. He's recruited by Agent Lipton of the Justice Department's Witness Protection Program to stage the fake but public murder of a mafia boss, Nick DeFranco (Jerry Orbach), who will spill his guts to the Feds. All goes well until, after the event, Lipton (Cliff De Young), tries to shoot him down. br /br /Rollie finds himself a player in a murderous con game. He escapes, goes on the run, but sees his girl friend murdered. He doesn't know whether the DeFranco shooting was truly fake or if Lipton substituted real bullets in the gun. In the background, pulling strings, is Lipton's boss, Edward Mason (Mason Williams). While Rollie decides he has to find out what's going on if he's not to become another victim, a tough New York cop (Brian Dennehy) shows up determined to find the truth about DeFranco wherever it takes him. br /br /The action is fast and clever. The story is satisfyingly convoluted. And there are many lessons to be learned...how to make a life mask, how to set off a pattern of fake bullet explosions on your chest, how to hide your pulse so you'll look dead, how to put out a cigarette on your wrist. One of the things that makes this movie so satisfying are the actors. Bryan Brown turns in a fine job as Rollie, confident of his skills, laid back, resourceful, but really scared when people try to kill him. Mason Adams, a skilled actor with a distinctive, rough voice, and Jerry Orbach as the confident and slimy Mafia boss, both add a great deal of interest to the movie whenever they're on the screen. The movie has a funny, good-natured and violent opening scene as well as a clever and satisfying bank shot of an ending. br /br /There even is wisdom for us. As Rollie's movie actress girl friend says to him at the start of the film, "Nobody cares about making movies about people anymore. All they care about is special effects." And this in a film over twenty years old. br /br /There are no extras to speak of. The DVD picture looks just fine.
 Loved this movie,clever fun and enjoyable May 23, 2007
I have watched this about 4 times now and the ending really makes me laugh everytime with the superglue and the gun. Great soundtrack and great characters and extremely clever involving making it look as though a mafia grass has been murdered so they can put him in protective custody but then you wonder whether he really is dead.br /br /Great film shame about the abysmal sequel.
Classic! September 7, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well unlike the previous reviewer of this title, i sit down to watch a film and if i enjoy it then thats all im hoping for.brI dont really need to analyze and nit-pick at a film before i can find it good. Ive watched this alot of times and i still love it and it takes pride of place next to FX2 in my dvd collection!
 Entertaining but ultimately unsatisfying. November 19, 2000
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
In a world of realistic movie special effects that had been the watchword of the industry for the best part of the previous 15 years, it is amazing that it took so long for the business to produce a film which tells the story of the use of those special effects in the real world. Unfortunately, it appears from this picture that so much thinking went into the germination of the initial idea and the construction of the plot outline that both the screenwriters and the producers had exhausted their supplies of creative juices before the story was fully developed into a coherent whole. What we therefore get is an entertaining but ultimately unsatisfying picture buoyed only by the performances of Brown and the ever-reliable Dennehy and by the special effects which are its raison d'etre.pNote : Watch out for the future screen Tina Turner, Angela Bassett, in a bit part as a TV reporter.
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