Trauma Profiteering in Jordan Peele's 'Nope'
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F/X2 (1991)
F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
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F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Action, Thriller
Written By:Bill Condon
In Theaters:5/10/1991
Box Office:$21,082,165
Runtime:108 minutes
Studio:Orion Pictures, Dodi Fayed - Jack Wiener
Cast
Richard Franklin
Director
Bryan Brown
Roland 'Rollie' Tyler
Brian Dennehy
Leo McCarthy
Rachel Ticotin
Kim Brandon
Joanna Gleason
Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
Philip Bosco
Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD
Kevin J. O'Connor
Matt Neely
Tom Mason
Mike Brandon, NYPD
Caroline Yeager
Desk Sergeant
Dwayne McLean
Mall Guard
Damir Andrei
Defense Attorney
Dominic Zamprogna
Chris Brandon
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