HD · HDR
A Father's Revenge
Overlook Pick

A Father's Revenge

70
User Score5 ratings
TMDB 7.016+19881h 33mGerman
Thriller

Synopsis

German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.

Director
John HerzfeldFrom TMDB credits
Studio
Rosco Film GmbH2 production companies
Release
January 24, 1988Released
Box Office
Budget $120

Top Cast

8 of 10
Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy
Paul Hobart
Ron Silver
Ron Silver
Max Greenwald
Anthony Valentine
Anthony Valentine
Vickers
Christoph M. Ohrt
Christoph M. Ohrt
Wolfgang Donner
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy
Barbara Hobart
Helen Patton
Karen Hobart
Angus MacInnes
Angus MacInnes
Patterson
Claudia Matschulla
Claudia Matschulla
Ingrid Kleist

Trailers & Photos

Reviews

From TMDB users
kevin2019
Jan 25, 2024

"A Father's Revenge" is very reminiscent of the 1976 all-star television production "Victory at Entebbe" and not just because both films have obviously been stymied by the restrictions of a desperately limited budget. They both handle the subject matter in a highly responsible manner instead of following the more well worn and crowd pleasing route of making an all out action movie. What they have managed to produce instead is an involving and convincing film by not doing this that can sometimes take you by surprise with its depiction of extreme human behaviour. It is also a relief that when Paul Hobart (Brian Dennehy) volunteers to accompany the mercenaries he has hired on the rescue mission this basketball coach from Indiana isn't suddenly transformed into a gun toting one man army, but the integrity of the character is maintained at all times (and so is the realism) until the very end.

More Like This

Browse all