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{{Infobox Film |
| name = Tripwire (film 1990)
| image = Tripwire90.jpg
| caption = United States theatrical poster
| director = [[James Lemmo]]
| producer = [[Paul Hertzberg]]<br/>[[Lisa M. Hansen]]<br/>[[Jefferson Richard (II)]]
| starring = [[Terence Knox]]<br/>[[Meg Foster]]<br/>[[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]]<br/>[[Yaphet Kotto]]<br/>[[Isabella Hofmann]]
| music = [[Richard Stone (composer)|Richard Stone]]
| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released = 1990
| runtime = 91 min.
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
}}

'''''Tripwire''''' is a 1990 [[United States|American]] film directed by [[James Lemmo]]. It is an action/adventure movie about a terrorist and government secret agent personal vendetta that began when a train hijacking goes badly awry and the terrorist son is accidentally killed. The film was distributed by [[New Line Cinema]]. The original music score was composed by [[Richard Stone (composer)|Richard Stone]].

==Plot==
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo (David Warner) hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the terrorists scheme for world domination is Jack DeForest (Terence Knox). During the battle between good and evil the hero DeForest accidentally kills the son of the Szabo. Seeking revenge Szabo locates DeForest’s family, murders his wife and kidnaps their teenage son thereby turning their fight it into a personal vendetta.

So, DeForest must fight not only to save the world, but for his only remaining family.

==Cast==
*[[Terence Knox]] - Jack DeForest
*[[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] - Josef Szabo
*[[Meg Foster]] - Julia
*[[Yaphet Kotto]] - Lee Pitt
*[[Isabella Hofmann]] – Annie
*[[Charlotte Lewis]] - Trudy
*[[Sy Richardson]] - Turbo
*[[Andras Jones]] - Rick DeForest
*[[Marco Rodriguez]] - El Tigre
*[[Viggo Mortensen]] - Hans
*[[Tommy Chong]] - Merle Shine
*[[Richard Stay]] - Jeff Szabo
*[[Lou Bonacki]] – Reese
*[[Dean Tokuno]] – Mizoguchi
*[[Jon Richard Platten]] - Major Riley

==External links==
*[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800129780/info Yahoo Movies] at Yahoo Movies
*[http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie/192831/tripwire Reelzchannel] at Reelz
*{{imdb title|id=0100817|title=Tripwire}}

[[Category:1990 films]]
[[Category:1990s action films]]
[[Category:1990s drama films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:B movies]]

Revision as of 20:29, 8 January 2009