When the latter is murdered, Tyler investigates with the help of his old police partner and soon they are trapped in a dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit. However, his girlfriends ex-husband talks him out of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a police-sting operation.
Effects 2 the deadly art of illusion movie#
Watching Siskel and Ebert's response to this "true disaster" was just as entertaining as the movie and much much shorter. The first F/X (1986) was an okay thriller that didn’t make canny enough use of the hero’s special-effects expertise. Follow-on from the 1986 film FX - Murder by Illusion in which Tyler is now semi-retired.After laughing hard at the grocery store scene of the movie I couldn't resist watching the review on their web site. Btw, the quoted title for this review is from Siskel and Ebert's review of this movie. I'm not trying to be mean spirited here, and don't mean to offend people that might like this film, but this movie is truly dumb and unintentionally hilarious. So what defenses does he use when armed killers are chasing him? Toys!! This plays out like a rejected episode of MacGyver where hair spray, baked beans, and a life size robotic clown are all manipulated to decieve and ultimately defeat the hapless bad guys. Formerly a creator of movie special effects, the main character is now an inventor of toys. Synopsis: Brown has left the film world to work on special effects for himself. Original title: F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion. I kept laughing at the ridiculous MacGyver-esque schemes the main character devised to outwit dangerous professional killers. F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (AKA FX2) is a film directed by Richard Franklin with Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Joanna Gleason, Rachel Ticotin. "I just watched this movie on cable today and couldn't look away because I was so entertained but not in the sense that the film makers intended.
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