Wired to Kill
Wired to Kill, also known as Booby Trap, is a 1986 film written and directed by Frank Schaeffer and starring Emily Longstreth, Devin Hoelscher, Merritt Butrick[3]
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Directed by | Frank Schaeffer |
Written by | Frank Schaeffer |
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Cinematography | Tom Fraser |
Music by | Russell Ferrante |
Production company | Schaeffer-Buchfuehrer Productions |
Release dates | November, 14 1986[1] |
Running time | 96 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.8 million[2] |
Plot
In the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. However, when a violent gang attacks a family nearly killing the mother and the authorities offer no aid, Steve, the teenage son, his girlfriend Rebecca, and a robot named Winston take matters into their own hands and gets revenge on the gang amid the ruins of Los Angeles.
Cast
- Emily Longstreth as Rebecca
- Devin Hoelscher as Steve
- Merritt Butrick as Reegus (The gang leader)
- Frank Collison as Sly
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Sleet
- Kim Milford as Rooster
- Michael Wollet as Zero
- Garth Gardner as Loady
- Kristina David as The mother [Sandra]
- Don Blakely as The police sergeant
Production
In May 1985, it was announced Frank Schaeffer would make his feature directorial debut with Booby Trap having previously worked as a producer on fundamentalist Christian documentaries such asHow Should We Then Live? and Whatever Happened to the Human Race?.[3] [2] Much of the filming was done around an abandoned steel mill in Fontana, California that served as the gang's hideout and much of the settings deteriorating landscape.[2]
References
- '"Wired to Kill (1986)". tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- Shapiro, Marc (October 1986). "Booby Trap". Cinemafantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- "Wired to Kill (1986)". AFI. Retrieved July 12, 2023.