''Seven'' is a 1979 American
action film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include lif ...
directed by
Andy Sidaris and starring
William Smith as Drew Sevano, a freelance agent hired by the government to eliminate a cartel of seven mobsters attempting to take over Hawaii. To help him accomplish this, Drew recruits a team of seven individual operatives with their own special talents.
Cast
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William Smith as Drew
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Barbara Leigh
Barbara Leigh (born Barbara Ann Kish, November 16, 1946) is a former American actress and fashion model. Her breakthrough role came in 1972 with the film ''Junior Bonner'', which she starred alongside her then-boyfriend Steve McQueen. She later ...
as Alexa
*Guich Koock as The Cowboy
*Christipher Joy as T. K.
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Art Metrano
Arthur Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021) was an American actor. He was noted for his role as Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser in '' Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'' and '' Police Academy 3: Back in Training''.
Career
Metrano's ...
as Kinsella
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Ed Parker as Himself
*Richard LePore as The Professor
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Reggie Nalder as The Hermit
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Seth Sakai as Keoki McDowell
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Kwan Hi Lim
Kwan Hi Lim (Hangul:임관희; July 11, 1922 – December 22, 2008) was a Korean-American character actor, best known for his role as Lt. Tanaka in the television series ''Magnum, P.I.'' The reboot of the same TV series was played by Sung Kan ...
as Mr. Chen
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Tino Tuiolosega as Mr. Lee
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Lenny Montana as The Kahuna
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Martin Kove as Skip
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Susan Kiger
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as Jennie
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Peter Knecht
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as Kimo Maderos
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Terry Kiser
Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939) is an American actor. Besides portraying the deceased title character of the comedy ''Weekend at Bernie's'' and its sequel, '' Weekend at Bernie's II'', he has more than 140 acting credits to his name, with a ca ...
as Senator
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Nicholas Georgiade as Niko
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Tadashi Yamashita as Swordsman
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Andy Sidaris as White Hat Man
Production
''Seven'' was filmed at
Oahu
Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O� ...
and
Kauai in Hawaii.
Robert Baird, who is credited along with William Driskill as screenwriter, is a pseudonym for writer and photographer William Edgar.
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The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly large ...
'' budgeted the film at $2 million and noted that the film had "just completed" in their February 7, 1979 article.
Release
''Seven'' was released in the United States on September 21, 1979, where it premiered in Los Angeles.
The film distributed by
American International.
Reception
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Variety'' stated that ''Seven'' is "filled with stock Hawaiian footage, and not very good stuff at that. Pic lags continually, which won't pacify the action audience." The review also noted that "product plugs are also heavy-handed, and enumerated again with a final credit." The ''
Monthly Film Bulletin
''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with ''Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a ...
'' stated that the film was "rendered thoroughly mechanical by the laborious business of pairing off its seven hit men with their seven underworld targets. The film's trite efforts to make an impression with its bizarre methods of execution-by hang-glider, lasergun and inflatable sex doll-do little to offset the interminable exposition."
Notes
References
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External links
''Seven''at
TCMDB
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1979 films
1979 action films
Films directed by Andy Sidaris
American action films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
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