Product Details

• Actors: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792845781
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,018 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "F/X" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"F/X" is Hollywood-speak for "special effects," those often-bloody tricks that fool us into believing a gun has been fired or a head has been blown off. Bryan Brown plays a freelance effects wizard who arrives for each job fully equipped in a customized truck, making it easy for him to roll from one gig into the next. Accepting a hefty chunk of change for one such job, Brown stages the death of a gangster for the Witness Protection Program. At least, that is what he is led to believe. Illusion, it turns out, is everything. Not knowing whom to trust or what to think, Brown soon finds himself playing a vicious game of cat and mouse with the bad guys. What gives this an added thrill is that Brown is not sure exactly who is the villain in his own personal mystery movie. It could be the gangster (Jerry Orbach), the government agents, or the police officer (Brian Dennehy) with whom he joins forces. Evenly paced and surprisingly cunning, this is will leave you guessing until the last squib has been fired. Brown and Dennehy were reunited less successfully in the 1991 sequel, F/X2. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Product Description

In this riveting, high-energy suspense thriller, special effects wizard Rollie Tyler (Brian Brown) is enlisted by the Justice Department to stage what will be the most elaborate assignment of his lifetime--if it doesn't kill him first!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, but a really poor transfer from MGM, June 15, 2000

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PatrickO "Patrick" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: F/X (DVD)

Kind of surprising that such a popular and entertaining film, with a good cast, clever story and fun effects, is givin such a poor transfer. It seems to be from the old laser disc. The picture is flat and murky and to me looks much like the VHS copy I had already owend. Again, a really fun entertaining film, but don't expect normal DVD quality on this one.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Low Budget Fun!, May 19, 2004

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Batboy189 "Batboy189" (FPO, AP United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: F/X (DVD)

Me and my brother were flipping through the TV channels, and nothing was on, I mean nothing. Anyway we got to the Movie Channel (STAR Movies) and saw what looked like the opening credits, and then big blue words came across the screen reading "F/X." So we watched it, saw if it was any good. Let me say we were pretty surprised! It was pretty obvious that it was shot on a low budget. That made me like it all the more! Becuase you usually get a famous rich director and writers to put together a good action/suspense movie. But those movies, sience the director has alot of money he just figures he'll blow the hell out of everything. It gets pretty annoying. But that is what I love about this movie. Sense they didn't have a lot of money they kept the movie good was the writing and directing. Dispite the name (F/X) it is not what the movie reliys on. It relies on a smart plot and even smarter plot twists. You never know who the villian is. Plus the well mantled suspense is a plus. I cant say the biggest part of the plot, but I can sya what it starts with. This aussie dude who makes special FX for movies (hense the name) is assigned to stage an assination on a gang member (but not really kill him, just make it look like he got killed with his special effect tricks. But after that it just takes so many turns, it makes it into a fantastic whodunit. I reccomend this for anyone who enjoys a well written and directed whodunit that will keep you thinking and guesing till the last bullet is shot.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Even the Ausy accent didn't drive me off it!, June 10, 2000

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Chris Harrison (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: F/X (DVD)

What a movie! I really enjoyed the fun gizmos and cunning tricks... It starts off with Roly (the lead character) being approached by a government agent to stage a fake murder of a mobster informant. One problem, they don't want any witnesses, suddenly Roly is running for his life.

It was refreshing to see the lead character unable to use a gun well, and to get out of scrapes mostly through cunning or sheer panic. The shock twists and misfortunes for the character make this a fun couple of hours. Had me on the edge of my seat and ended with me hunting for the sequel.