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Hangfire

1991, Movie, R, 89 mins

Hangfire: Review

Opening with a dictionary definition of the titular word, "serious" docudrama-like place and date/time notations and a wholly extraneous prison shower murder, HANGFIRE soon sinks into the morass of genre cliches making up Brian D. Jeffries's screenplay. This lame and implausible action film begins with a tanker truck accident that releases a cloud of toxic gas heading straight for nearby New Mexico State Penitentiary. The warden (George Kennedy) orders the prison evacuated,... read more leave a comment