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Enemy Territory (1987)

Enemy Territory poster
Directed by
Peter Manoogian
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An insurance salesman gets stuck overnight in a New York City housing project that a violent street gang controls. He must find a way to survive and escape the building without being killed.

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What happens

Enemy Territory is a 1987 American action film directed by Peter Manoogian from a screenplay by Stuart M. Kaminsky and Bobby Liddell. The film stars Gary Frank, Ray Parker Jr., and Jan-Michael Vincent. The film is about an insurance salesman who inadvertently gets trapped in a New York City public housing apartment building that is controlled and terrorized by a local street gang. The film was released by Empire Pictures on May 22, 1987. The film was produced by Cynthia DePaula and Tim Kincaid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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