Cohen and Tate

Cohen and Tate is a 1989 thriller/action/suspense film starring Roy Scheider and Adam Baldwin, written and directed by Eric Red, the writer of The Hitcher and Near Dark. Two professional assassins are sent to kidnap a 9 year old boy named Travis Knight (Harley Cross), who is under the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after he witnessed a mob killing in Texas. Cohen (Roy Scheider), the older, jaded assassin with a little bit of hum... more

Cohen and Tate is a 1989 thriller/action/suspense film starring Roy Scheider and Adam Baldwin, written and directed by Eric Red, the writer of The Hitcher and Near Dark. Two professional assassins are sent to kidnap a 9 year old boy named Travis Knight (Harley Cross), who is under the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after he witnessed a mob killing in Texas. Cohen (Roy Scheider), the older, jaded assassin with a little bit of humanity still in him. Tate (Adam Baldwin), the younger, hotheaded and psychopathic killer. The two hitmen assassinate the boy's parents and the agent who protected them with the help of another agent who lets them get in the house and then runs away. They capture Travis, and then they try to bring him before their employer, according to the orders. When Travis hears this from Cohen himself, he seizes the rising antagonism between his hijackers and starts entangling and putting one against the other in order to survive. When his captors are... less