Now he's forced to use his knowledge of effects to both save himself and help capture those responsible for framing him. Naturally, the faked assassination doesn't go the way Rollie expected it to, and he soon finds himself on the wrong side of the law, running from both the bad guys and the police – who think he may actually be responsible for the 'murder'.
Part of what makes 'F/X' so engaging is that – much like Rollie's special effects work – nothing is what it appears to be. At first, Rollie is reluctant to do the job, but after his contacts at the DOJ suggest going to a rival effects man to do the work, Rollie's ego gets the better of him and he agrees to pull off the stunt. His bits of wizardry on set are so impressive, that he's approached by the Department of Justice for a very special job: they want him to fake the assassination of a prominent mob informant (played by Jerry Orbach), hoping that by faking his death they can keep the mafia from really killing him before he testifies at trial. The movie stars Bryan Brown as special effects wizard Rollie Tyler, who is considered the best F/X man in Hollywood. At its heart, 'F/X' isn't a whole lot different from dozens of other action/crime dramas that film audiences were assaulted with during the decade of the 80s, but it's the angle the creators have taken here that has given the film a bit of cult status that has endured over the years.
The premise of 1986's 'F/X' is such a neat idea, it's actually surprising that no one came up with it before or that anyone else has been able to make a movie half as good since.
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