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Black Fire (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 1, 1986

Original Title:
Black Fire

Alternate Titles:
Blackfire

Genres:
Action | Crime | War

Production Companies:
Silver Star Film Corporation

Production Countries:
Philippines

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 

Runtime: 85

Sgt. Frank Johnson is a man without a past. Now they want to take away his future. Death and destruction is his only way out.

Overview from TheMovieDB

After suffering a concussion from a grenade blast in Vietnam, Sgt. Frank Johnson has been getting flashes of his childhood in which strangely he is a ninja. Because of this, he is given a codename: "Black Fire" by the US Army. He is sent to San Sebastian together with his buddy Sgt. Jim Anderson to work as U.S. military advisers. One night, Sgt. Johnson discovers Capt. Salcedo of the local corrupt army is trying to transport arms.

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Production

Art Direction:
Perry Carney

Assistant Director:
Sean Sommers

Assistant Editor:
Francis Voight
Isaac Christian

Director:
Teddy Chiu

Director of Photography:
Vic Anao

Editor:
Edgar Vincent

Executive Producer:
K.Y. Lim

Makeup Artist:
Rina Cabot

Production Coordinator:
Robert Cushing
Trevor Boone

Production Design:
Vic Davis

Property Master:
Quad Vincent

Screenplay:
Jim Gaines
Teddy Chiu

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Arthur Moore

Sound Effects:
Tom Miles

Sound Mixer:
Max Fleming

Special Effects:
Gary Nelson

Story:
Jim Gaines

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