Killer Image

Killer Image is a 1992 independent Canadian suspense film directed by David Winning. It stars Michael Ironside and John Pyper-Ferguson. The story centers on two brothers, one a powerful senator, one a ruthless killer. A photographer captures images of the politician in a compromising position and is murdered. Now his brother has discovered the film and wants vengeance.

Killer Image
DVD cover
Directed byDavid Winning
Written byDavid Winning
Stan Edmonds
Produced byDavid Winning
Bruce Harvey
Rudy Barichello
StarringMichael Ironside
John Pyper-Ferguson
M. Emmet Walsh
Krista Errickson
CinematographyDean Bennett
Edited byDavid Winning
Ron Sanders
Alan Collins
Anne Ditchburn
Music byStephen Foster
Distributed byGroundstar Entertainment
Malofilm
Seville Pictures (video release)
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
BudgetC$750,000 (estimated)

Plot synopsis

When Max Oliver (John Pyper-Ferguson) learns his photographer brother has been killed, he suspects it was no random murder. And when he finds his brothers' last photos of a powerful senator (M. Emmet Walsh) and a prostitute, Max gets a clear picture of a deadly political cover-up. Seeking to expose his brother's killer, Max enters a murderous game of cat and mouse, stalked by a cold-blooded assassin (Michael Ironside) who has Max dead in his sights.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the September and October 1990 in locations in and around Calgary, Alberta. Production took 20 days. Malofilm, a distributor from Montreal, and Pierre David, in Los Angeles, were partially funding the project, along with seed-money from the Alberta government.[1][2] The film was released in Canada and the United States in 1992, being distributed by Malofilm, but did not receive a home video release until the early 1993 thru Paramount Home Video and received its US premiere as a finalist at the 1992 Houston Film Festival.

Reception

The Calgary Herald published a review in March 1992 that said David Winning’s sharp stylish exploitation movie, is a triumph of first-rate technique over less than first-rate content.[3] Chuck O’Leary on Rotten Tomatoes called it an implausible B thriller made watchable by Michael Ironside's portrayal of another clenched-jawed psycho.[4]

References
  1. Haeseker, Fred (1992-03-25). "Action Thriller Major Step Forward for City Director". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  2. Hobson, Louis B. (1990-10-04). "Being Bad is Good for Actor Ironside". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  3. Haeseker, Fred (1992-03-25). "Bad Boy Mike steals Killer Image". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  4. O’Leary, Chuck. "Killer Image". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
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