F/X

Name: F/X
Director: Robert Mandel
Released: 1986-08-07

1986 film by Robert Mandel

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Also known as F/X: Murder by Illusion

Released: August 7, 1986
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1.Stated in Lexicon of international films
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, 1986
Director: Robert Mandel
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0089118/Retrieved 2016-07-10
2.stopklatka.pl/film/f-xRetrieved 2016-07-10
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2054.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-10
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Producer: Dodi Fayed
Cast: Bryan Brown
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/f-xRetrieved 2016-07-10
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2054.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-10
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, Brian Dennehy
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/f-xRetrieved 2016-07-10
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2054.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-10
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, Diane Venora
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/f-xRetrieved 2016-07-10
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2054.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-10
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, Jerry Orbach
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Runtime: 104 min
Genre: crime film
, action film
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, thriller film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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F/X is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel, written by Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, and Angela Bassett in her film debut. The film follows a special effects expert who is hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to stage the murder of a mobster about to enter the Witness Protection Program, but complications arise when he is targeted for murder himself; meanwhile, an NYPD detective becomes suspicious of the circumstances of the case.

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Director of photography: Miroslav Ondříček
Filming location: Geneva
New Jersey
Switzerland
Film editor: Terry Rawlings
Title: F/X
FSK film rating: FSK 16
NMHH film rating: Category IV rating certificate id: NFT/23326/2015
Color: color
Followed by: F/X2
Executive producer: Giovanni Di Clemente
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16
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Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 88%(October 11, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 26 critic review
71/100(January 23, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 8 critic review
6.9/10(October 5, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“F/X”Retrieved 2021-10-05
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/61894Retrieved 2024-05-22
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