The Bad Pack
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| Directed by | Brent Huff |
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| Cinematography | Richard A. Jones |
| Edited by | Frank Muto |
| Music by | Bob Christianson |
Production company | Sandwedge Films |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate Home Entertainment Showcase Entertainment Ascot Films Audio Visual Entertainment (Greece) Avalanche Home Entertainment Broadway (Japan) |
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Running time | 81 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
The Bad Pack is a 1997 independent action film written and directed by Brent Huff, and starring Robert Davi, Roddy Piper, Ralf Möller, Larry B. Scott, Shawn Huff, and Patrick Dollaghan.[2] The film also stars Brent Huff, Marshall R. Teague, Daniel Zacapa, Bert Rosario, Michael Cole, Robert Swenson and Sven-Ole Thorsen.[3][4] The Bad Pack was Swenson's last film appearance, as he died of heart failure prior to the film's release.[5]
Plot
[edit]A town of Mexican immigrants (on the Texas border) hire a team of mercenaries to protect them against an underground militia group, who try to claim the town as their own.
Cast
[edit]- Robert Davi as McQue
- Roddy Piper as Dash Simms
- Ralf Möller as Kurt Mayer (credited as Ralf Moeller)
- Larry B. Scott as Jeremy Britt
- Shawn Huff as Remi Sykes
- Patrick Dollaghan as Latrell Hoffman
- Brent Huff as Callin
- Marshall R. Teague as Lamont Sperry
- Daniel Zacapa as Hector Chavez
- Bert Rosario as Jose Chavez
- Michael Cole as Fredrickson
- Sven-Ole Thorsen as Sven
- Vernon Wells as Biker
- Cristan Crocker-Reilly as Carmen
- Clifton Collins, Jr. as Townsman 1
- Joe Unger as Fight Promoter
- Robert Swenson as Missouri Mule (final film role)
Reception
[edit]The film was poorly received. It "unavoidably lacks complexity in its treatment of contexts, still it is singular in registering the intensive activity of the militia movement in the 1990s United States", noted a comment on its political dimension.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Osmond, Peter. THE BAD PACK (1997) Dir. Brent Huff (DTV Action), www.cine-apocalypse.com. Retrieved April 04, 2015.
- ^ "The Bad Pack". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ The Bad Pack (1997), The New York Times. Retrieved April 04, 2015.
- ^ Osmond, Peter. THE BAD PACK (1997) Dir. Brent Huff (DTV Action), www.cine-apocalypse.com. Retrieved April 04, 2015.
- ^ "GARY WILL: Deceased Pro Wrestlers -- A Tribute to Mat Stars of the Past -- Dead Wrestlers". 2015-05-23. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ No Single Trajectory: Transnational and Transmedia Explorations of the American West. BRILL. 2024-07-15. ISBN 978-90-04-70444-2.
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