FX - Murder By Illusion [DVD]

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Rollie retreats to his girlfriend Ellen's apartment, but she is killed the next morning by a sniper, whom Rollie kills in a fight. Faking the Dead: The professed intent of Rollie's first job is to do this for DeFranco being put into witness protection. Hired by the Justice Department to fake the death of Mafia boss-turned-informant Nicholas DeFranco, Rollie pulls the job off without a hitch.

Always a Bigger Fish: The plot of the sequel kicks in when a third party kills both the ex-husband of Rollie's girlfriend and the killer he was going to catch at the same time during a sting operation. I recorded this on Sky Sony channel in 2017 and it is just a great movie, I have to fast forward the adverts however which is annoying so I will be purchasing this classy film on Dvd as I have also bought the sequel which is surprisingly just as good as the first movie.Stuff Blowing Up: The opening prologue of the sequel starts off with a cop car failing to blow up on cue, only for the effects team to do so just after the director chews them out.

With Brown’s uncharismatic hero backed up by the king of hammy 80s concepts Brian Dennehy’s lumbering, interesting cop-on-the-case, and enough plot twists and reversals to keep you going, this is probably more satisfying as a video item than it ever was in the theatres. The world of movie make-believe meets the gritty New York crime scene in this taut and clever suspense movie. Rollie more effectively uses this against his would-be assailant by jerry-rigging some hair spray and canned beans at a supermarket. Special effects expert Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is widely acknowledged as the best in the business. Bringing the near impossible to life took skill and imagination, now with CGI anything is possible, so some of the reality has been lost.The Department of Justice hires him to stage the murder of a gangster about to enter the Witness Protection Program. DeFranco shoots out several windows in Mason's study and Rollie falls through one of the windows, appearing to be dead. Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams, Jerry Orbach, Martha Gehman, and Joe Grifasi). A film technician is hired by the US government to stage the fake assassination of a mobster turned informant. DeFranco wears Rollie's rig to an Italian restaurant and the public "assassination" goes flawlessly.