Blind Target

Blind Target

2000 · 90 min · ★ 3.4 · Thriller, Drama

A popular American novelist, who has written her first non-fiction work about the political infidelities and corruption within the tiny South American country of San Hermoso, returns to that very country as part of a publicity junket prepared by her publishing company. Traveling with her best friend and confidant, she is abducted by a mysterious cartel that proves to be the secret police arm of the government. In order to win her freedom and to save her friend's life, she is forced to commit a murder that would be beneficial to San Hermoso's dictator. Will she be willing to trade a life for a life and pull the trigger to murder her unknown target in cold blood? Will the C.I.A. be able to reach her in time? Will she even survive?

Directed by Lina Romay · Written by J. Douglas Wentworth

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Rachel Sheppard Maria Beltran
Lina Romay Tora
Linnea Quigley Serena Erwin
Tatiana Cohen Beatriz Arenas
Oliver Dennis Greg Wise
Roger Pavlovich Leonardo Radek
Steve Barrymore Howard Vernon
Paul Lapidus Martinez
Mavi Tienda Melissa Byrd
Robert King Duarte
Peter Evanko Luis
Exequiel Caldas Tora's Thug

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