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Joseph Merhi is a Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer Syrien born on 23 october 1953
Joseph Toufik Merhi (born October 23, 1953) in Syria, is an indie film director and producer.
In 1986 Mehri founded the production company City Lights with producer Ronald L. Gilchrist for his first movie Hollywood In Trouble. Around 1989 after splitting from producer Ronald Gilchrist’s City Lights Mehri started PM Entertainment along with fellow director Richard Pepin (the PM Entertainment name comes from surnames Pepin-Mehri). Soon George Shamieh joined as the third partner. The company was sold to The Harvey Entertainment Group in 2000 and closed soon after. In 2003 the movie library was sold to Echo Bridge Home Entertainment. PM Entertainment's library consisted of over 150 films and 2 TV series.
Before entering the movie industry, Merhi was the owner of several pizzerias located in the Las Vegas, Nevada area.
So far, he has directed a total of 32 movies, and produced more than 100.
He is well known for his action scenes involving car chases and big explosions.
His last directed movie was Executive Target (1997). After that, he decided to leave the director chair and slowly moved on as a producer/executive producer of straight-to-DVD movies, until he returned to direct Oranges (2008) ten years after his last effort.
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Joseph Toufik Merhi (born October 23, 1953) in Syria, is an indie film director and producer.
In 1986 Mehri founded the production company City Lights with producer Ronald L. Gilchrist for his first movie Hollywood In Trouble. Around 1989 after splitting from producer Ronald Gilchrist’s City Lights Mehri started PM Entertainment along with fellow director Richard Pepin (the PM Entertainment name comes from surnames Pepin-Mehri). Soon George Shamieh joined as the third partner. The company was sold to The Harvey Entertainment Group in 2000 and closed soon after. In 2003 the movie library was sold to Echo Bridge Home Entertainment. PM Entertainment's library consisted of over 150 films and 2 TV series.
Before entering the movie industry, Merhi was the owner of several pizzerias located in the Las Vegas, Nevada area.
So far, he has directed a total of 32 movies, and produced more than 100.
He is well known for his action scenes involving car chases and big explosions.
His last directed movie was Executive Target (1997). After that, he decided to leave the director chair and slowly moved on as a producer/executive producer of straight-to-DVD movies, until he returned to direct Oranges (2008) ten years after his last effort.
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Game of Life (2007)
Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Sizemore, Tom Arnold, Heather Locklear, Jill Hennessy, Richard T. Jones, Orson Bean
Rating50%
The film plot follows a children's soccer team which is the common link for a multi-layered story giving a candid look into the intersecting lives of five families living in Los Angeles. Oranges examines the complexities of racial and class divisions, and reveals that despite the fragile volatility of human relationships, family is what holds us together and unites us all.
Black Dawn (2005)
, 1h36Directed by Joseph Merhi, Alexander Gruszynski, A.S.C.
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Steven Seagal, John Pyper-Ferguson, Tamara Davies, Julian Stone, Andrew Stevens, Erik Betts
Rating38%
Jon Cold (Steven Seagal) is a former-CIA agent now working for himself and offering his services to the highest bidder.
Executive Target (1997)
, 1h30Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Michael Madsen, Roy Scheider, Angie Everhart, Keith David, Robert Miano, Dayton Callie
Rating46%
Nick et Nadia James sont enlevés par des gangsters dans une base militaire secrète dirigée par Lamar qui veulent contraindre Nick à servir de chauffeur de casse, mais il va devoir aussi kidnapper le président des États-Unis...
Direct Hit (1994)
, 1h29Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors William Forsythe, Jo Champa, Richard Norton, John Aprea, George Segal, Juliet Landau
Rating43%
After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch (Forsythe) discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take the woman out, Hatch instead takes it upon himself to protect her and expose the web of corruption at work.
Zero Tolerance (1994)
, 1h28Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Robert Patrick, Titus Welliver, Jeff Doucette, Miles O'Keeffe, Jed Allan, Billy Hufsey
Rating53%
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow feds Jimmy (William Steis) and Gene (Michael Gregory) as they transport Mafia boss Raymond Manta (Titus Welliver) out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas (Robert Patrick) becomes an unwitting pawn of the White Hand mafia cartel.
Magic Kid (1993)
Directed by Joseph Merhi
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Stephen Furst, Sandra Kerns, Billy Hufsey, Joseph Campanella, Christopher Mitchum, Lauren Tewes
Rating44%
The film is about Kevin Ryan, an 11-year-old karate-champion from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who spends his summer with his uncle, Bob Ryan and his girlfriend Anita in California. His older sister Megan is coming with him. Bob owns a management bureau for clowns-acts. He has money problems and owes $10,000 to a mafioso named Tony. Because of all his problems he starts and ends his day with a bottle of Jack Daniels, even in his morning-coffee. Tony wants his money back and sends his nephew and two collectors to Bob. Bob is still in bed when the Mafia arrive, but Kevin sees the three thugs entering the house to take $15,000 off Uncle Bob. Tony is very pissed about it, so Bob takes his niece and nephew out of the house. Kevin offers to help his uncle against the bad guys. Megan gets in trouble when she goes to a club to meet her hero Tommy Hart. The bad guys recognize her and want to kidnap her, but Bob and Kevin, who were looking for Megan, arrive just in time. Kevin takes out the thugs, but then comes 'The Animal', a big, very large though guy. And then comes Don 'the Dragon' Wilson to save the day.
Final Impact (1992)
Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Lorenzo Lamas, Jeff Langton, Kathleen Kinmont
Rating46%
Nick Taylor (Lorenzo Lamas) is the kickboxing champion of the world but his reign is cut short by Jake Gerard (Jeff Langton). Gerard is similar to a Clubber Lang type character. Taylor gives up and he's completely destroyed by Gerard's brutal victory over him. He retires and remains that way until he comes across a promising newcomer, Danny Davis (Michael Worth). Taylor trains Davis to avenge his title and Davis defeats every fighter in his path. In the end Jake Gerard and Nick Taylor square off in a battle royal on top of a roof lit by neon signs.
C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa (1992)
, 1h33Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Alex Cord, Michael Bailey Smith, Jim Ishida
Rating43%
Mark Graver (Lamas) is a man of action. Graver gets the assignment of a lifetime when he goes up against a gang of terrorists led by Victor Mahler. These terrorists shoot up churches and kill cops. They want a microchip with nuclear weapons information. To get them, Mahler must get a hold of “The Microchip!”
Emperor of the Bronx (1988)
, 1h50Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors William Smith
Rating52%
The Glass Jungle (1988)
, 1h34Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Diana Frank
Rating41%
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Driven to Kill (2009)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Steven Seagal, Laura Mennell, Mike Dopud, Crystal Lowe, Igor Vitaliévitch Jijikine, Dmitry Chepovetsky
Rating51%
Ruslan Drachev (Steven Seagal) is a former Russian diplomat and a current writer of hard boiled pulp fiction novels living in St. Petersburg when he gets a call from his ex-wife Catherine (Inna Korobkina) that his daughter Lanie (Laura Mennell) is getting married.
Game of Life (2007)
Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Sizemore, Tom Arnold, Heather Locklear, Jill Hennessy, Richard T. Jones, Orson Bean
Roles Writer
Rating50%
The film plot follows a children's soccer team which is the common link for a multi-layered story giving a candid look into the intersecting lives of five families living in Los Angeles. Oranges examines the complexities of racial and class divisions, and reveals that despite the fragile volatility of human relationships, family is what holds us together and unites us all.
Intent to Kill (1993)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Traci Lords, Yaphet Kotto, Angelo Tiffe, Scott Patterson
Roles Story
Rating46%
Jeune et fraîche, Vickie ressemble à une innocente étudiante ; elle est en vérité l'un des flics les plus coriaces de Los Angeles. Pas le genre à baisser les yeux ou à fuir. Vickie fait toujours face, surtout aux seigneurs du crime. Et lorsque Salvador, un puissant et cruel trafiquant de drogue de la côte Ouest, entreprend d'agrandir son empire, il tombe sur Vickie justement, plus déterminée que jamais à en découdre...
Emperor of the Bronx (1988)
, 1h50Directed by Joseph Merhi
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors William Smith
Roles Writer
Rating52%