Freefall (1994) [N/A]

Featuring:
Eric Roberts, Jeff Fahey, Pamela Gidley

Written by:
Les Weldon
David Zito

Directed by:
John Irvin


Release Date:
January 1, 1994

Original Title:
Freefall

Alternate Titles:
Freefall - Von Killern gejagt
黑色猎杀令

Genres:
Action

Production Companies:
Nu World Services
October Films

Production Countries:
South Africa | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 

Runtime: 96

The first step is a killer

New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they become hot lovers, her first infidelity. She's drugged before he leaves unannounced. In London Grant saves her from armed killers and discloses to be an Interpol agent. Dex has an incompatible story but is killed. It's the start of a cascade of violence and charades.

Wildlife photographer Katy is sent to Africa by her fiance Dex, the CEO of the international company that publishes the magazine she works for, to take photos of a rare bird of prey previously thought to be extinct. There she meets Grant, a colleague who knows his way around the place, and falls for him hard. However, what she doesn't know is that she's the key pawn in a deadly international game of cat and mouse between the Interpol and an international criminal group.

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Rankings and Honors

Freefall (1994) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 4.6/10

Director:
John Irvin

Director of Photography:
Yossi Wein

Original Music Composer:
Lee Holdridge

Screenplay:
Les Weldon
David Zito

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