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Tough and Deadly (1995)

R 02/14/1995 Thriller, Action, Drama 1h 32m
55%
User
Score
5.8/10

Experts with fists and guns and not afraid to use them.

Overview

A private eye helps an amnesiac CIA agent elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.

Otto C. Pozzo

Writer

Steve Cohen

Director

Top Billed Cast

Billy Blanks

Billy Blanks

John Portland

Roddy Piper

Roddy Piper

Elmo Freech

Richard Norton

Richard Norton

Agent Norton

Charles Kahlenberg

Charles Kahlenberg

William Helms

James Karen

James Karen

Winston Briggers

Gary Kasper

Gary Kasper

Cowboy

Sal Landi

Sal Landi

Milan

Phil Morris

Phil Morris

Trekkler

Lisa Stahl

Lisa Stahl

Maureen Peak

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Media

Tough and Deadly(1995) Trailer

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023

Written on September 10, 2022

Tough and Deadly loses many tough points when we consider that Roddy Piper’s character’s name is Elmo Freech (doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as Sam Hell or John Nada, does it), or that his co-star is Billy Blanks, whose last name accurately describes his personality — or lack thereof.

The movie itself doesn't leave a very lasting impression, because anything resembling a logical plot has been eschewed in favor of a string of fight scenes one after another. I mean, there’s both a bar fight and a pool hall fight, and when the heroes aren’t fighting the bad guys, they’re fighting each other.

Moreover, an inordinate number of people fall to their deaths in the course of these fights; they fall off ledges, over railings, and through windows. Remember how Scott Pilgr...

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