Project Kill

Project: Kill
Project: Kill
	DVD cover
Directed by	William Girdler
Written by	David Sheldon; Galen Thompson
Produced by	Frank Johnson; David Sheldon; Fred C. Soriano Jr.; Herman Weist
Starring	Leslie Nielsen; Gary Lockwood; Nancy Kwan; Vic Silayan; Vic Díaz
Cinematography	Frank E. Johnson
Edited by	Terence Anderson; Chuck McClelland
Music by	Robert O. Ragland; Sid Wayne
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	October 1976;
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Project: Kill is a 1976 American action film directed by William Girdler and starring Leslie Nielsen^[1] before he began doing comedies. It is distributed by Troma Entertainment and Digiview Productions and was filmed in the Philippines in 1975.

Plot

Nielsen plays John Trevor, who for six years has been training and leading a team of highly trained special forces men (Code Name: Project: Kill) whose performance is enhanced by drugs. Over time Trevor realises that his men, who work independently, are being used as assassins rather than to protect government installations and individuals.

Trevor relates his worries to his second-in-command Frank Lassiter (Gary Lockwood), then decides to escape from his secret government base to the Philippines where two of his former comrades in arms reside. However, withdrawal from the mind-control drugs turn Trevor violent and dangerous, and now Lassiter must find him before he can do any real damage. Filipino criminal boss Alok Lee (Vic Díaz) learns of Trevor's arrival and has been paid to capture him and sell him to a foreign power so they may discover and duplicate the drugs and training given to Trevor's force.

Cast

Leslie Nielsen as John Trevor
Gary Lockwood as Frank Lassiter
Nancy Kwan as Lee Su
Vic Silayan as Chief Insp. Cruz
Vic Diaz as Alok Lee
Galen Thompson as Carl Wagner
Maurice Downs as Hook
Pamela Parsons as Lynn Walker
Carlos Salazar as Insp. Ortiz
Franco Zarrate as Lung Set

Soundtrack

The movie features one live song entitled: The Lonely World. The song was written by Sid Wayne.

Home media

The movie was released on DVD in 2004.

Translations

Finland: Tehtävä: Tapa (video title)
Finland: Tehtävänä: Tappaa
U.S.: The Guardian (pre-release title)
U.S.: Total Control (video title)

References

^ "Project Kill". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.

External links

Project: Kill at IMDb
Project: Kill is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Project: Kill at Rotten Tomatoes
Project Kill on William Girdler.com http://www.williamgirdler.com/projectkill6.html

[afi-1] "Project Kill". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.

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