A distinct lack of star power and an intricate, character-based plot help explain this film's somewhat obscure status among 1980s action movies, but F/X has more heart and soul and smartness than most of its counterparts. The script was written by newcomers Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and it's their ingenuity combined with director Robert Mandel's refusal to resort to simple genre conventions that lay the basis for the film's delightfully paced, zigzagging narrative. Australian everyman Bryan Brown and the inherently unglamorous Bryan Dennehy play the two lead roles with a working class determination. They give the film an aura of unpretentiousness and relatability, even when it moves a little too much into MacGyver / Home Alone territory during the finale.
Review of F/X
