''Killer Image'' is a 1992

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Canadian

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directed by

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. It stars

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and

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. 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.

Plot

When Max Oliver (

) 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 (

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) 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 (

) who has Max dead in his sights.

Cast

as Luther Kane *

as Max Oliver *

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as Shelley *

as Senator John Kane * Paul Austin as Ric Oliver *

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as Lori

Production

The film was shot in the September and October 1990 in locations in and around

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. 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

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government. The film was released in

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and the

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in 1992, being distributed by Malofilm, but did not receive a

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release until the early 1993 thru

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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

’s sharp stylish exploitation movie, is a triumph of first-rate technique over less than first-rate content. Chuck O’Leary on Rotten Tomatoes called it an implausible B thriller made watchable by Michael Ironside's portrayal of another clenched-jawed psycho.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Killer Image (1992 Film) 1992 films 1992 thriller films Canadian thriller films English-language Canadian films Films directed by David Winning Films set in Canada Canadian independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films English-language thriller films