''Bulletface'' is a 2010 American
action thriller film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...
directed by
Albert Pyun
Albert Pyun (May 19, 1953 – November 26, 2022) was an American film director who made low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films.
The Independent Film Channel said that Pyun "has carved out a unique niche as a director of low-budge ...
. The screenplay was written by Randall Fontana, who had previously collaborated with Pyun on ''
Hong Kong '97''.
Synopsis
Dara Maren is a DEA agent who gets dragged into the seedy underworld of California/Mexico border smuggling in an attempt to protect her younger brother. During a drug deal gone bad, she ends up shooting and killing an undercover ATF agent and is arrested. She's convicted and incarcerated inside a penal colony just outside Tijuana, where the prison officials harvest organs from the inmates. During her incarceration, Dara's brother is murdered by a drug lord who's also using human spinal fluid drained from his victims to create a new DNA-altering drug that turns those who become addicted to it into something not human. As hundreds of dead bodies start turning up along the Mexico border, and with law enforcement and government officials falling victim to its addictive properties as well, an old friend from the FBI manages to bribe the officials in Tijuana to let Dara back out onto the streets in order to bring down the drug lord and avenge her brother's murder.
Cast
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Victoria Maurette
Victoria Maurette, also known by her pseudonym Vicko (born July 30, 1982), is an Argentine actress, musician, singer, songwriter and composer. She is probably best known for her performance as Victoria "Vico" Paz in the Cris Morena Group series '' ...
as Dara Marren
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Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson; December 2, 1956) is a Cuban-born American actor. Bauer began his career on PBS, portraying Joe Peña, the son of Cuban immigrants on ''¿Qué Pasa, USA?'' (1977–1980) and is perhaps most ...
as Ned Walker
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Morgan Weisser
Morgan Weisser (born May 12, 1971) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role in the television series '' Space: Above and Beyond'' (1995–1996).
Filmography Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External li ...
as Josh Wexler
* Jenny Dare Paulin as Shannon Dall
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Eddie Velez
Edwin Velez (born June 4, 1958) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is best known for playing Frankie Santana in the final season of the American action and adventure television series ''The A-Team''.
Early life and education
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as Eric Muller
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Scott Paulin
Robert Scott Paulin (born February 13, 1950) is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best known for playing Deke Slayton in the film '' The Right Stuff'' (1983). He has also acted in films including '' Cat People'' (1982), ''Teen Wolf'' ...
as Brendon Wexler
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Francia Almendárez as Maria
* Michael Esparza as Bruno Maren
* Jeremy Parrish as Marco Muller / Robert Muller
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Assaf Cohen
Assaf Cohen (born October 31, 1972) is an American actor.
Early life
Cohen was born in Mountain View, California and raised in Palo Alto, California, where his family settled after living for a number of years in Israel. He is of Yemenite, Russi ...
as Amir
Awards
2006 Northwest Independent Film Festival:
• Best Experimental Film
2012 Pollygrind Underground Film Festival
- Best Crime Film
- Bad Girl Award
- Victoria Maurette
- Best Sound Design
- Tony Riparetti
References
External links
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{{Albert Pyun
2010 films
American independent films
2010s English-language films
2010 action thriller films
Films directed by Albert Pyun
American action thriller films
2010 independent films
2010s American films