After working with the police, Roland, a movie special effects expert, who has been hired by the police to reenactment the assassination of a gangster, the thing that turns upside down his life, as he finds himself involved in terrible.
A clever, lightning-paced thriller about a Tom Savini-style special effects artist who becomes a pawn in the scheme of some rogue government agents. A surprise modest hit in 1986.
Chicago Sun-Times
January 01, 2000
The irony of F/X, which is a very good thriller indeed, is that it avoids the pitfall of so many thrillers; it doesn't degenerate into a mindless display of special effects.
