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Hangfire (1991)
Director: Peter Maris
Cast: Brad Davis, Ken Foree, Kim Delaney, Lee de Broux
4.0Runtime91 min
RatingR
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When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders determined to kill or capture all the convicts, even if it means killing all the hostages in the crossfire.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Hangfire (1991) has received a mixed critical reception, with an IMDb rating of 4.0/10 indicating a lukewarm audience response. The action thriller, directed by Peter Maris, does not appear to have received any significant awards recognition.
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Fans of action-packed thrillers with a unique blend of genres will find a lot to enjoy in Peter Maris' 1991 film Hangfire, which features intense performances from Brad Davis, Ken Foree, and Kim Delaney as a group of escaped convicts take a hostage and face off against a determined National Guardsman.
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Hangfire is the sixth novel of the military science fiction StarFist Saga by American writers David Sherman and Dan Cragg. This installment of Starfist contains three significant and independent plots, one involving members of third platoon, Company L, another involving Brigadier Sturgeon, the FIST commander, and finally one where the "Skink" alien race conducts operations of their own.
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