The Owl

TV Movie
1991
1h 24m

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After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.

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4.1/10

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Wow

This film is real bad, its a real bad film i tells ya. It even stoops to the rapping bad guy level, in fact barring sesame street i cant remember rap being used so effectively. Anyway, Bill Cosby is the rapping bad guy who is trying to kill the owl, other wise known as Alex L'Hiboux. The French name doesnt really explain why the actor playing the role keeps slipping into an English accent. Their are very few things to recommend this film. One of them is Uscar nominated Branscombe Richmond who is at his impeccable best as chief Walks with a Limp, the guy who taught the owl everything he knows. A star turn by Billy "Sly" Williams as gullett also stand's out.

fukko123
Mar 20, 2002
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The original 48 minute version which aired on CBS in 1991 is credited to director Tom Holland. A longer edit which includes deleted scenes (opening with Holland himself as a mugger/rapist who is foiled by The Owl) and lengthy montage sequences was created for the international market and is credited to director Alan Smithee, a pseudonym frequently used when directors are unhappy with a finished film.