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Hit List (1989)

Actors: Ken Lerner (actor), Jefferson Richard (producer), Harold Sylvester (actor), Jan-Michael Vincent (actor), Lisa M. Hansen (actress), Paul Hertzberg (producer), Charles Napier (actor), Robert A. Ferretti (actor), John F. Goff (actor), Leo Rossi (actor), Frank Pesce (actor), Lance Henriksen (actor), Rip Torn (actor), John F. Goff (writer), Lisa M. Hansen (producer),

Plot: Gangster boss Vincent Luca shall appear in court to account for his crimes - but he has a man at the police who tells him names and locations of the witnesses, so he can kill them all - but one: In the last hit, the professional killer gets into the wrong house. When the owner Mark Collins comes home, he finds his pregnant wife unconscious in the kitchen, his friend dead in the living room and his son kidnapped. The police officer wants Luca to believe he has the real witness' son and sends Collins into prison. But he manages to escape and takes things into his own hands.

Keywords: chase, father-son-relationship, hitman, impalement, kidnapping, los-angeles-california, mafia, martial-arts, murder, neo-noir
Genres: Action, Thriller,
Taglines: They attacked the wrong woman... They kidnapped the wrong child... And they made the wrong man their target. He was the Mob's next target. But he would never be there victim. Pray You're Not On It. The F.B.I. Had Him. The Mob Wants Him. Being Popular Can Be Deadly.

Quotes:

Jack Collins: [about Caleek] That's the guy that killed Brian? That's the guy that's got my son?::Frank DeSalvo: Hey, Collins, that guy is so twisted when he dies you'll have to screw him in the ground. He's killed so many people he owns his own cemetery.::Jack Collins: Let's take him!

[repeated line]::Jack Collins: Where's my kid?

Frank DeSalvo: Hey! Whoa! Buster Badass! You are playin' in the major leagues here. You do things my way, or you do it alone.::Jack Collins: [Grabs gun] This may be your world but it's my kid! Got it?::Frank DeSalvo: You are a real dunce-ski.::Jack Collins: Yeah, well, fuck you.

Chris Caleek: His father? [to Kenny] You're not Frank DeSalvo's kid?::Jack Collins: No, he's *my* son.::Chris Caleek: Well, go 'head and shoot! I'll break his fuckin' neck anyway!

Abe Fasio: Caleek! I knew Vic wouldn't leave me in here! Hey! What do you call an 89 pound Ethiopian?::Chris Caleek: I heard that one. [kills him]