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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.
Good for
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
- Adults
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 45GoodWatch 49
IMDb4.5
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most action movies, −17 min on the typical 108
typical 10891Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1987
September 4, 1987
39 years ago
Genres
ActionCrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more14 people
- Leon Isaac KennedyToo Sweet
- Anthony GearySerenghetti
- Steve AntinRoscoe
- Rick ZumwaltJoshua
- Raymond KesslerMidnight Thud Jessup (as The Haiti Kid)
- Danny TrejoSee Veer
- JBJim BaileyCleopatra
- RMRic ManciniWarden
- Ty RandolphSugar
- Raye HollittFemale Boxer
- BWBert WilliamsTim Shoah
Jack RaderFred
George PayneJess
Drew Bundini BrownSugg
Directing · 1
- Jamaa Fanaka Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 2
- Leon Isaac Kennedy Producer
- Donald Paul Pemrick Casting
Camera · 1
- Marty Ollstein Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Alain Jakubowicz Editor
Sound · 2
- Garry Schyman Original Music Composer
- Paula Erickson Music Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- Patric J. Abaravich Chief Lighting Technician
Other crew · 8
- John Sherrod Stunt Coordinator
- Dan Bradley Stunts
- Eric Lee Stunts
- Lane Leavitt Stunts
- Richard Epper Stunts
- Joe Gilbride Stunts
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