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Dangerous Game (1987 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Dangerous Game' is a 1987 Australian slasher film directed by Stephen Hopkins.
Plot
Jack Hayward (Marcus Graham) is a computer hacker who breaks into a department store one night with his friends for thrills. They are soon locked in by former cop, turned security guard, Patrick Murphy (Steven Grives) who had recently been suspended from his job because of Jack and his friends. This cat-and-mouse game becomes a fight for survival when Tony (John Polson), one of Jack's friends, is murdered by Murphy, and his friends are next.
Cast
* Miles Buchanan as David
* Marcus Graham as Jack
* Steven Grives as Patrick Murphy
* Kathryn Walker as Kathryn
* Sandie Lillingston as Ziggy
* John Polson as Tony
Production
The set built by Igor Nay was one of the largest ever built for an Australian film.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p244
Reception
According to Stephen Hopkins, the film sold well at Cannes because "at that time it was quite cool to be Australian."
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