A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 25, 1993
Original Title:
Firepower
Alternate Titles:
Fire Force - Die Gladiatoren
Fire Power
Fireforce - Die Gladiatoren
O Inferno em L.A.
Paizontas me tin fotia
Pekelná zóna
Ringul mortii
Tulivoimaa
Genres:
Action | Crime | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
PM Entertainment Group
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone."
Art Direction:
David Halver
Associate Producer:
Scott McAboy
Casting:
Adriana Michel
Costume Design:
Diana Petras
Director:
Richard Pepin
Director of Photography:
Ken Blakey
Editor:
Frank Sacco
Fight Choreographer:
Art Camacho
First Assistant Director:
Gilbert Alexander Wadsworth III
Hairstylist:
Judy Yonemoto
Line Producer:
Jerry P. Jacobs
Makeup Artist:
Judy Yonemoto
Original Music Composer:
John Gonzalez
Post Production Supervisor:
Paul G. Volk
Producer:
Richard Pepin
Joseph Merhi
Production Design:
George Martin
Second Assistant Director:
Phillip Day
Second Second Assistant Director:
Alexander H. Gayner
Second Unit Director:
Scott McAboy
Jerry P. Jacobs
Sound Effects Editor:
Arthur Farkas
Sound Mixer:
Mike Hall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mark Allen
Special Effects:
Richard Cole
Don Power
Ron Petruccione
Rick Helgason
Larry Roberts
Stunt Coordinator:
Cole S. McKay
Stunts:
Dennis Madalone
Ron Petruccione
Jerry Spicer
Patrick J. Statham
Gregg Brazzel
Gerald Okamura
Don Pike
Michael J. Sarna
George Winters
Tony Brubaker
Yannick Derrien
Kurt Bryant
Eric Perrodin
Michael Lee Baron
Jean Yves Goudreau
Rob King
Paul Dallas
Kevin LaRosa
Gary Pike
Kurt D. Lott
Lelagi Togisala
Sean P. Donahue
Brad Fletcher
Warren A. Stevens
Randall Shiro Ideishi
Russell Solberg
Visual Effects:
Frank H. Isaacs
Writer:
Michael January
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