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Blowback is a canadien film of genre Thriller directed by Mark L. Lester released in USA on 10 march 2000 with Mario Van Peebles
Blowback (2000)
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Add to a movie listBlowback is a 2000 film directed by Mark L. Lester. It follows detective Morrell (Van Peebles) as he investigates whether a series of murders, identical to those by Wittman (Remar), executed years ago, are copycat or if they could be Wittman himself. Filming took place in San Diego, California.
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Un psychopathe est exécuté sous les yeux de l'agent qui l'a fait emprisonner, mais quelque temps après, ses méthodes réapparaissent... serait-il ressuscité ?Actors
Mario Van Peebles
(Insp. Don Morrell)
James Remar
(John Matthew Whitman / Schmidt)
David Groh
(Capt. Barnett)
Stephen Caffrey
(Agent Norwood (fake))
Stephen Poletti
(Judge Paul Gant)
Leslie Zemeckis
(Sandra Carlow)
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