F/X2

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F/X2
1991 film poster for F/X2
Directed by	Richard Franklin
Produced by	Bryan Brown Dodi Fayed Jack Wiener
Written by	Bill Condon
Starring	Bryan Brown Brian Dennehy Rachel Ticotin Joanna Gleason Philip Bosco
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Victor Kemper
Editing by	Andrew London
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date(s)	May 10, 1991
Running time	108 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Preceded by	F/X
Followed by	F/X: The Series
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F/X2 (also known as F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion) is a 1991 film directed by Richard Franklin and starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy. It is a sequel to the 1986 film F/X.

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Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is asked by his girlfriend's ex-husband, a cop, to use use his special-effects expertise to help catch a serial killer. However, when things go wrong and the cop is killed, he begins to suspect a setup and corruption within the police department. He calls on the help of his friend Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) to investigate the death and they discover the trail leads to an old case involving stolen gold medallions that have been missing for decades. At the same time, an unknown assassin is trying to kill Rollie and his family in an attempt to destroy all evidence of the murder.