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Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey

Karen Allen is Mara, the wife who wants more...Dean Paul Martin is Jake, the lover she wants more of...Jeff Fahey is Donny, the husband the war almost destroyed...and Keith Carradine is Reed, the stra...( read more  read more... )nger who answers everyone's darkest prayers. This excellent cast only heightens the chilling pleasures of this superbly crafted suspense thriller. Mara and Donny are the ideal couple, young, rich and attractive. Only the horrible nightmares of Vietnam that haunt Donny flaw their perfect life. The fury of artillery, the screams of the wounded, and the ominous putt-putt of choppers rage within him and suddenly, there is blood everywhere...Betrayal, deceit and murder are the fuel of plot twists that ignite the tension to a shattering climax. Is that only a backfire, or is someone firing back?

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R, 90 MIN

Directed by: Gilbert Cates

Release Date: January 1, 1987

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  • beautifultiger
    November 13, 2007
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    Karen Allen is Mara, the wife who wants more...Dean Paul Martin is Jake, the lover she wants more of...Jeff Fahey is Donny, the husband the war almost destroyed...and Keith Carradine is Reed, the stra...( read more )nger who answers everyone's darkest prayers. This excellent cas...( read more)t only heightens the chilling pleasures of this superbly crafted suspense thriller. Mara and Donny are the ideal couple, young, rich and attractive. Only the horrible nightmares of Vietnam that haunt Donny flaw their perfect life. The fury of artillery, the screams of the wounded, and the ominous putt-putt of choppers rage within him and suddenly, there is blood everywhere...Betrayal, deceit and murder are the fuel of plot twists that ignite the tension to a shattering climax. Is that only a backfire, or is someone firing back?

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