Wired to Kill
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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 |
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Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.8 million[2] |
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]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 Sandra, The mother
- Don Blakely as Police Sergeant
Production
[edit]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 as How 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
[edit]- ^ '"Wired to Kill (1986)". tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ a b c Shapiro, Marc (October 1986). "Booby Trap". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "Wired to Kill (1986)". AFI. Retrieved July 12, 2023.