The Expert (1995 film)

The Expert
	Videocassette release poster
Directed by	Rick Avery; William Lustig
Produced by	Nicholas Barbaro; Andrew W. Garroni
Written by	Richard Adams; Gordon Hessler
Starring	Jeff Speakman; James Brolin; Jim Varney
Music by	Ashley Irwin
Cinematography	Levie Isaacks
Edited by	Bob Murawski
Distributed by	New City Releasing; (original); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(via Orion Pictures); (current)
Release date	April 6, 1995;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Expert is a 1994 action thriller film about an ex-special forces trainer who decides to exact revenge on the murderer of his sister Jenny Lomax after his death sentence is commuted. The film was directed by Rick Avery and William Lustig (who was uncredited) and stars Jeff Speakman, Jim Varney and James Brolin.

Plot

John Lomax is an ex-Special Forces trainer whose sister is attacked and murdered by serial killer Martin Kagan. Kagan represents himself at trial, calling in testimony from Dr. Alice Barnes that the murders were committed by Martin Mirman, one of Martin Kagan's other personalities. He is nevertheless sentenced to electrocution. John Lomax breaks into the prison where Kagan is being held to seek his own justice at the same time that Kagan is conducting a prison break of his own.

Cast

Jeff Speakman as John Lomax
Michelle Nagy as Jenny Lomax
Alex Datcher as Dr. Alice Barnes
Jim Varney as Snake
James Brolin as Warden Munsy
Elizabeth Gracen as Liz Pierce
Red West as Judge
Wolfgang Bodison as Don Mason
Ted Raimi as Jerry's friend (uncredited)
Michael Shaner as Martin Kagan
Trent Walker as Bobby Lee Hazen

Production

Larry Cohen did some uncredited work on the script. He later recalled:

I only did a little work on The Expert. My daughter, Jill Gatsby, wrote that movie. I just got the job for her, that’s all. I really had nothing to do with the film, so I couldn’t comment on it. I saw The Expert, but I don’t remember much. I thought it was passable. The movie was supposed to be a remake of Brute Force but it wasn’t very good. Once again, somebody fucked around with the script.[1]

References

Doyle, Michael, Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters Bear Manor Media, 2015 p 360

External links

The Expert at IMDb
The Expert at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] Doyle, Michael, Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters Bear Manor Media, 2015 p 360