Blackjack (1998 film)

Blackjack
Official film poster
Directed by	John Woo
Produced by	John Ryan
Written by	Peter Lance
Starring	Dolph Lundgren Kate Vernon Phillip MacKenzie Kam Heskin Fred Williamson
Music by	Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon
Cinematography	Bill Wong
Edited by	Ron Wisman
Production company	WCG Entertainment Productions
Distributed by	USA Network
Release dates	United States: 12 May 1998
Running time	108 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million - 8 million[1]

Blackjack, also known as John Woo’s Blackjack is a 1998 TV action film or more specifically a backdoor pilot (of a proposed TV series shot like a film so that it can be used as a one off if it doesn't get picked up) directed by John Woo. Dolph Lundgren stars as a former US Marshal turned detective and bodyguard who has a phobia of the colour white, that needs to stop an assassin.

Cast

• Dolph Lundgren – Jack Devlin
• Kate Vernon – Dr. Rachel Stein
• Phillip MacKenzie – Rory Gaines
• Kam Heskin – Cinder James
• Fred Williamson – Tim Hastings
• Andrew Jackson – Don Tragle
• Padraigin Murphy – Casey
• Tony De Santis – Detective Trini
• Albert Schultz – Derek Smythe
• Janet Bailey – Connie Hastings
• Saul Rubinek – Thomas

Production

The film was originally meant to be the pilot episode of a series focusing around Dolph Lundgren's character Jack Devlin but it was not accepted as a series.

References

1. DOLPH :: Blackjack (TV)

External links

• Blackjack at the Internet Movie Database