One Tough Bastard

One Tough Bastard
Directed by	Kurt Wimmer
Produced by	William Webb
Written by	Steven Selling; Kurt Anderson
Starring	Brian Bosworth; Bruce Payne; M.C. Hammer
Music by	Anthony Marinelli[1]
Cinematography	Jürgen Baum; John Huneck
Edited by	Michael Thibault
Production; companies	Live Entertainment; Westwind Productions
Distributed by	HBO Films
Release date	December 10, 1995 (premiere); February 16, 1996 (USA)
Running time	100 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

One Tough Bastard, also known as One Man's Justice, is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Kurt Wimmer in his feature film debut, and starring Brian Bosworth, Bruce Payne and M.C. Hammer.[2] It premiered in the United States on HBO.[3]

Plot

Karl Savak, a "rogue FBI agent",[4] is attempting to steal and sell military weapons. When stealing weaponry, one of Savak's henchmen, Marcus, kills Darlene and Marianne North, the wife and daughter of Army Staff Sgt. John North. North himself is shot and lapses into a coma for eight weeks. When he regains consciousness he discovers that Savak has put Marcus onto a witness protection program. As a result, North decides to enact his own justice and seeks revenge on Savak and his henchmen. At the end, it's revealed that Savak was the one behind the murders of North's family and he avenges them when he throws him off a roof and onto a piano, killing him.

Cast

Brian Bosworth as John North
Bruce Payne as Special Agent Karl Savak
Jeff Kober as Marcus
DeJuan Guy as Mikey Adams
M.C. Hammer as Dexter Kane
Neal McDonough as Agent Ward
M.C. Gainey as Hank
Angelle Brooks as India Adams
Robert Kotecki as Agent Klark
Leo Lam as Agent Tam
Deborah Worthing as Darlene North
Rachel Duncan as Marianne North
Robert LaSardo as Tattoist
Bruno Marcotulli as Col. Allen Cornstead
Clifton Collins Jr. as Jarhead

Reception

The Bosworth vehicle has received mixed reviews. One critic stated that Payne's character, Savak, is one of the most 'entertaining movie villains in low budget action flick history' and that 'so awesome is Karl Savak that some lunatic has created a Facebook page in his honor'.[5] Another reviewer stated that 'Bruce Payne, with his Whitesnake hair and nose ring is slimeball perfection as the villain'.[6]

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References

"One Man's Justice". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
"Not Available - Filmbug". www.filmbug.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
"Television". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
"One Man's Justice: Review". TV Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
Armstead, Christopher. "One Man's Justice". Film Critics United. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
Lovell, Mitch. "Legends of the Silver Screen: Brian Bosworth". The Video Vacuum. Retrieved 13 September 2013.

External links

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[NYT_Cast_-_Crew-1] "One Man's Justice". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

[2] "Not Available - Filmbug". www.filmbug.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

[3] "Television". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

[4] "One Man's Justice: Review". TV Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

[5] Armstead, Christopher. "One Man's Justice". Film Critics United. Retrieved 13 September 2013.

[6] Lovell, Mitch. "Legends of the Silver Screen: Brian Bosworth". The Video Vacuum. Retrieved 13 September 2013.