F/X (also known as, or subtitled Murder by Illusion) is a 1986 action-thriller film about Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown), an expert in the art of Special Effects (F/X) with a reputation built on many low-budget hack and slash films (Including such titles as I Dismember Momma). The Department of Justice hires him to stage the murder of a gangster about to enter the Witness Protection Program. He agrees, but then things get complicated. Meanwhile, a Ne...
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F/X (also known as, or subtitled Murder by Illusion) is a 1986 action-thriller film about Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown), an expert in the art of Special Effects (F/X) with a reputation built on many low-budget hack and slash films (Including such titles as I Dismember Momma). The Department of Justice hires him to stage the murder of a gangster about to enter the Witness Protection Program. He agrees, but then things get complicated. Meanwhile, a New York City police detective, Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy), is investigating the faked murder and cannot understand why the Department of Justice is even less helpful than usual.
A sequel, F/X2, was released in 1991. A spin-off TV-series entitled F/X: The Series was produced from 1996 to 1998.
Tyler is hired by the Department of Justice to stage the fake murder of a mob informant, Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach). DeFranco is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and the Department of Justice is afraid he'll be killed before the trial...
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