GUNMEN (1994)

MORGAN'S RATING

Cole Parker, DEA agent, is on a South American mission of justice and revenge. He's out to find his father's killer and confiscate a $400 million drug fortune stolen from drug baron Peter Loomis. To help in his search, Cole busts an eccentric smuggler out of jail. He then hires the services of a tough-as-nails female gunrunner, and a wacko pilot. Loomis sends a team lead by O'Malley, a ruthless killer, to stop Cole and retrieve the stolen money. But O'Malley wants the fortune for himself. In a cat-and-mouse game of intrigue, double-cross and murder, O'Malley tracks Cole and his unlikely team through the Amazon jungle and only one will leave the jungle alive!

Christopher Lambert (Dani Servigo), Mario Van Peebles (Cole Parker), Denis Leary (Armor O'Malley), Patrick Stewart (Loomis), Kadeem Hardison (Izzy), Sally Kirkland (Bennett), Richard C. Sarafian (Chief Chavez), Robert Harper (Rance), Brenda Bakke (Maria), James Chalke (Java), Humberto Elizondo (Guzman), Andaluz Russell (Guzman's Wife), Tamara Shanath (Guzman's Daughter), Deran Sarafian (Bishop), Christopher Michael (Rhodes), George Parra (Rebel Leader), Ana Luisa Pardo (Orgasmic Hooker), Miguel Angel Fuentes (Manolo), Charles Stewart (Knife Grinder), Rena Riffel (Loomis' Bride), Jesus A. Hernandez (Old Prisoner), Maria 'Silver' Alexander (Madame), Lazaro Paterson (Scat Man), Big Daddy Kane, Kid Frost, Rakim, Eric B., Doctor Dre, Ed Lover, Christopher Williams (themselves), Robert Reynolds, Wendy Reynolds (Couple in bar, uncredited).

IT'S JUSTICE AT POINT BLANK!

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: February 4th, 1994 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $1.9 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $3.3 million (USA)

DIRECTOR: Deran Sarafian (Death Warrant). WRITER: Stephen Sommers. PRODUCERS: Laurence Mark, John Davis and John Flock. CO-PRODUCERS: James Gorman and John Baldecchi. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lance Hool and Conrad Hool. ORIGINAL MUSIC: John Debney. DISTRIBUTOR: Dimension Films.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Highly entertaining! Demented!" -- Liz Braun, Toronto Sun

"I actually like Gunmen a lot more this time than I did when I first saw it." -- Nathan Shumate, Cold Fusion Video Reviews

QUOTES

[Loomis orders his men to bury his newlywed wife alive] Loomis: You don't think I'm overreacting, do you? Armor O'Malley: What did she do? Loomis: Nothing. Commitment frightens me.

"Should be a whole lot of fun, but it really isn't -- Patrick Stewart using profanity is the highlight." -- Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

"This is small-minded entertainment for the small screen." -- David Mills, Washington Post

Dani Servigo: You shot me! I can't believe you shot me in the leg! That's very dangerous!