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F/X(Movie, 1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Genres: Action, Thriller
F/XRating: 3.2/5 (with 178178 votes)
F/X (also known as or subtitled Murder by Illusion) 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. The film was released to positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, earning $20.6 million on a $10 million budget. A sequel, F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion, was released in 1991. A s... ()
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Movie poster of F/X

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Available languages: German, English
Duration: 1h 48min
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Duration: 1h 49min
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About F/X

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/07/1986 (World premiere: 02/07/1986)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"F/X - Assassinato sem Morte"
"FX 1"
"FX - Tödliche Tricks"
"FX effetto mortale"
"FX: Efectos Especiales"
"FX: Murder By Illusion"
"F/X - Murder by Illusion"
"FX"
"FX Murder by Illusion"
"Murder by Illusion"
"FX - Murder by Illusion"

2 movies in the F/X Collection

1986 F/X
1991 F/X2

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:8810, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/16/2024