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Tripwire (1990)

Tripwire poster
Directed by
James Lemmo
Genre
action film, drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A secret agent hunts a terrorist whose son died during a train hijacking gone wrong. The agent is driven by a personal grudge against the man he holds responsible.

tensegrittyrevenge-driven80s actionearnestlow-budgetstraightforwardviolent

What happens

Tripwire is a 1989 American film directed by James Lemmo. It is an action/adventure film about a terrorist and government secret agent personal vendetta that began when a train hijacking goes badly awry and the terrorist's son is accidentally killed. The original music score was composed by Richard Stone. Although Tripwire enjoyed a theatrical release in Europe in 1989, the film was released directly to video and laserdisc on March 21, 1990 in the U.S. by RCA/Columbia and in Canada by Cineplex Odeon. The movie has not been released on DVD and as of December 26, 2009, Sony has not announced any plans to release the movie on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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