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Hangfire

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After executing a daring prison break, a pack of vicious criminals drag their hostage, the wife (Kim Delaney) of Sheriff Ike Slayton (Brad Davis), across the United States border into Mexico. There, they hastily lay siege to a small town, drawing the attention of the National Guard. Determined to get his wife back safely, Sheriff Slayton mounts his own rescue plan because he distrusts the gruff Col. Johnson (Jan-Michael Vincent), who seems more concerned with retribution than with recovery.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Routine, watchable and efficient prison escape film. Rated: B- Apr 10, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I read nothing but bad reviews about Hangfire on another site.In my opinion, I think it was a pretty good movie.It had a couple laugh out loud parts where they messed up & you knew it but they didn't want you to know it.The storyline was alright & kept my interest till the very end.If you got some time to spare, Hangfire is a movie that's worth taking a look at Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member ★ (out of four) Lousy action thriller with few redeeming qualities. Amateurish direction and stiff performnces are probably the best things I can say about it. Much of it is downright offensive. During a prison evcuation, a group of inmates break lose, taking hostages. They head towards Mexico, but decide to take over a small New Mexico town instead. The town becomes a battleground with the sheriff (Brad Davis) trying to maintain control. It's too bad to see Davis in this film. He was so good in "Midnight Express" from 1978 and also appeared in the Oscar winning "Chariots of Fire". What a waste. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Zeppo1/Hanfire.jpg[/IMG] Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I've never seen or heard of this movie but Ken Foree is in it so I give it five stars. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member this is a bad bad bad movie. the dialogue is all a cliche and the acting is stupid. i made up the script to make it better. it doesnt get better. the maing uy is just like army people in the movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After executing a daring prison break, a pack of vicious criminals drag their hostage, the wife (Kim Delaney) of Sheriff Ike Slayton (Brad Davis), across the United States border into Mexico. There, they hastily lay siege to a small town, drawing the attention of the National Guard. Determined to get his wife back safely, Sheriff Slayton mounts his own rescue plan because he distrusts the gruff Col. Johnson (Jan-Michael Vincent), who seems more concerned with retribution than with recovery.
Director
Peter Maris
Producer
Brad Krevoy, Steven Stabler
Screenwriter
Brian D. Jeffries
Production Co
Motion Picture Corporation of America
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Surround