PM Entertainment

PM Entertainment
PM Entertainment Group Inc.

Company type	Corporation
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1989
Defunct	2002
Fate	Closed
Successor	Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Key people	Joseph Merhi, Richard Pepin (founders), George Shamieh
Owner	Independent (1989–2000) The Harvey Entertainment Group (2000-2002) Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2002-present)
Parent	Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2002-present)

PM Entertainment Group Inc. was an American independent film production company which produced a distinctive line of low-to-medium budget films mostly targeted for home-video market.

In 1986, Joseph Toufik Merhi, an indie film director and producer, 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, Merhi started PM Entertainment along with fellow director Richard Pepin (PM Entertainment from surnames Pepin-Merhi). 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 Film Library Acquisition Corporation (FLAC), now renamed Echo Bridge Home Entertainment. PM Entertainment's library consisted of over 150 films and 2 TV series. The most noticeable recurring actors were Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Jack Scalia, Jeff Wincott and Traci Lords.

Partial Filmography

• L.A. Heat (1989)
• Angels of the City (1989)
• East L.A. Warriors (1989)
• L.A. Vice (1989)
• Midnight Warrior (1989)
• Shotgun (1989)
• Deadly Breed (1989)
• Living to Die (1990)
• Night of the Wilding (1990)
• American Born (1990)
• Coldfire (1990)
• Chance (1990)
• Sinners (1990)
• Repo Jake (1990)
• The Art of Dying (1991)
• Bikini Summer (1991)
• The Killers Edge (1991)
• The Killing Zone (1991)
• Quiet Fire (1991)
• Ring of Fire (1991)
• A Time to Die (1991)
• The Last Riders (1992)
• Bikini Summer II (1992)
• CIA Code Name: Alexa (1993)
• Deadly Bet (1992)
• Final Impact (1992)
• Maximum Force (1992)
• Street Crimes (1992)

• Intent to Kill (1992)
• Out for Blood (1992)
• Alien Intruder (1993)
• Amore! (1993)
• Firepower (1993)
• Fist of Honor (1993)
• Magic Kid (1993)
• No Escape No Return (1993)
• Private Wars (1993)
• Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel (1993)
• To Be the Best (1993)
• CIA II: Target Alexa (1993)
• Forced to Kill (1994)
• Ice (1994)
• A Dangerous Place (1994)
• Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter (1994)
• CyberTracker (1994)
• Deadly Target (1994)
• Direct Hit (1994)
• Guardian Angel (1994)
• Ring of Fire 3: Lion Strike (1994)
• Magic Kid II (1994)
• T-Force (1994)
• Rage (1995)

External links

• 2007 Audio Interview with Richard W. Munchkin about Joseph Merhi and PM Entertainment
• An oral history of PM Entertainment, a low-budget high-octane American dream
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