Tag: The Assassination Game

TAG: The Assassination Game
TAG: The Assassination Game
	Film poster
Directed by	Nick Castle
Written by	Nick Castle
Produced by	Dan Rosenthal; Peter Rosten
Starring	Robert Carradine; Linda Hamilton; Kristine DeBell; Perry Lang; John Mengatti; Michael Winslow; Frazer Smith; Xander Berkeley; Bruce Abbott
Cinematography	Willy Kurant
Edited by	Tom Walls
Music by	Craig Safan
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date	April 23, 1982;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3 million

TAG: The Assassination Game, also known as Everybody Gets It in the End,^[2] is a 1982 American action comedy film written and directed by Nick Castle and starring Robert Carradine and Linda Hamilton in her first feature film starring role.^[3] It is based on the game Assassin.

Plot

At an American college, a group of students play a game with suction cup dart toy guns similar to The 10th Victim where a pair of students are assigned to "kill" the other one first by shooting him with a dart. One student, Loren Gersh (Bruce Abbott) lives purely to play the game. His expertise in "killing" all of his opponents and not being "killed" himself, making him a renowned master.

When one of his cringing victims accidentally drops his dart gun, it goes off and hits Gersh, "killing" him. Faced with the embarrassment of losing his reputation by a geek getting lucky, Gersh has a mental breakdown. He kills his opponent with a real gun, setting him on the goal to use actual weapons and real killing from then on. His opponents in the game are unaware of Gersh's new rules.

As his hold on sanity continues to deteriorate, Gersh's demeanor and wardrobe slowly transforms from an average student to a James Bond-type assassin.

Cast

Robert Carradine as Alex Marsh
Linda Hamilton as Susan Swayze
Kristine DeBell as Nancy McCauley
Perry Lang as Frank English
John Mengatti as Randy Simonetti
Michael Winslow as Gowdy
Frazer Smith as Nick Carpenter
Xander Berkeley as Connally
Bruce Abbott as Loren Gersh
Ivan Bonar as Patterson
Scott Dunlop as Wallace
Jim Greenleaf as Swanson
Charlene Nelson as Charlene
Forest Whitaker as Gowdy's Bodyguard

Production notes

One of Gersh's planned victims is Susan Swayze, played by Linda Hamilton. The two performers met on the set of the film and subsequently married.^[4]

References

^ "AFI|Catalog".
^ "FORGOTTEN FILM: T.A.G.: THE ASSASSINATION GAME (1982)". Talking Moviezzz. 2007-05-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^ "CNN LARRY KING LIVE Interview With Linda Hamilton Aired October 14, 2005 - 21:00 ET". CNN.com - Transcripts. Retrieved 28 June 2014. KING: That was from a 1982 film, her first film, acting with her first husband, Bruce Abbott. That was titled 'Tag: The Assassination Game.'
^ "Linda Hamilton: Bruce Abbott". Lycos Retriever. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

[1] "AFI|Catalog".

[2] "FORGOTTEN FILM: T.A.G.: THE ASSASSINATION GAME (1982)". Talking Moviezzz. 2007-05-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

[3] "CNN LARRY KING LIVE Interview With Linda Hamilton Aired October 14, 2005 - 21:00 ET". CNN.com - Transcripts. Retrieved 28 June 2014. KING: That was from a 1982 film, her first film, acting with her first husband, Bruce Abbott. That was titled 'Tag: The Assassination Game.'

[4] "Linda Hamilton: Bruce Abbott". Lycos Retriever. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

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