COHEN AND TATE
(Independent) 1989, 82 Minutes
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ROY SCHEIDER, ADAM BALDWIN and HARLEY CROSS
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ERIC RED
CHARACTER:
TATE
CHARACTERS STORY:
TATE IS AN ASSASSIN HIRED TO KIDNAP A YOUNG BOY AND DELIVER HIM TO THE MAFIA. HE IS A HOT HEADED PSYCHOPATH WITH AN AGGRESSIVE NATURE. AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL ABDUCTION, HE AND COHEN - THE OTHER ASSASSIN - ARE TURNED AGAINST EACH OTHER BY THE BBOY.
THE FILM:
COHEN, HE KILLS PEOPLE FOR MONEY. TATE, HE KILLS PEOPLE FOR PLEASURE. TOGETHER THEY'RE TEAMED UP TO DELIVER TRAVIS KNIGHT TO THE MAFIA. THEIR MISSION SHOULD BE SIMPLE, BUT THINGS GO WRONG FOR THE PSYCHO AND THE PROFESSIONAL, AND SOON TRAVIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOODY BATTLE FROM WHICH THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE SURVIVOR.
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LEAFANS REVIEW:
WITH TERRIBLE DIALOG AND UNBELIEVABLE PLOT TURNS, THIS FILM IS A POOR CROP AT BEST. HOWEVER, IT'S TWO REDEEMING QUALITIES ARE THESE, 1) ADAM BALDWIN STARS 2) THE STORY IS A VERY NOVEL IDEA AND WITH A BETTER WRITER AND/OR PRODUCER IT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN A CLASSIC. I HAVE SEEN ADAM PERFORM BETTER THAN THIS, BUT ONE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH WHAT ONE IS GIVEN, AND THE POOR DIALOG LETS HIM, AS WELL AS THE VIEWERS, DOWN. OH AND IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT FOR ADAM TO WORK WITH ROY SCHEIDER IS A TREAT TO WATCH.
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