COVER-UP (Manny Coto, 1990)

[Tom]

I did definitely get Punisher vibes from the intro and that's always been part I really liked. There are a lot of great atmospheric parts in Cover Up, but yeah they just asked too much of the audience with the final twists. I think perhaps that's what spoils the dramatic clocktower finish for me. Because visually, Dolph making his way through those packed streets is eye catching for sure.

I think the main thing that nudges The Shooter above this for me, is Maruschka Detmers. She really elevates it. Assumpta Serna is also really good in the film, making a lot from a small but memorable role.

Both are kind of nearly but not quite. I love Israel as a setting (and we get a sense of it that we don't in Last Patrol for example) and I also love Prague as a setting too. I'm chatting with Sean on I Must Break This Podcast about The Tracker soon and interestingly I felt that had potential but was way wide of the mark of even Cover Up and The Shooter. And also it's way below Hidden Agenda as far as Dolph's conspiracy thriller films (And it's a genre I love too).

[Jox]

I think the main thing that nudges The Shooter above this for me, is Maruschka Detmers. She really elevates it. Assumpta Serna is also really good in the film, making a lot from a small but memorable role.

He certainly was facing actresses with a solid acting background in theater and auteur films (whom I'm still surprised accepted to be in this movie considering their type of work), not former models or wannabees.

Both are kind of nearly but not quite. I love Israel as a setting (and we get a sense of it that we don't in Last Patrol for example) and I also love Prague as a setting too.

Yup, the other strong assets of these two.

I'm chatting with Sean on I Must Break This Podcast about The Tracker soon and interestingly I felt that had potential but was way wide of the mark of even Cover Up and The Shooter.

Yeah, it could have and totally missed the mark, the location choice and orchestral score are probably its two redeeming qualities.



Icon's newly edited trailer

[Jox]

Have you ever thought that the COVER-UP title sequence (and music) was in the same vein as THE PUNISHER's?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C48ppiVh7Au/

[Jox]

The French foldout presskit

[Jox]

Croatian poster

[Jox]

Now available on Amazon Prime Germany
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Cover-Up-Man ... B0D2DYH7BY



Still holding out for a Blu-ray release...

[bomaz]

Fingers crossed for a BR release (I would love to see this one in good conditions... last time was in 2016 on my crappy pan&scan DVD)

[Jox]

We often forget to mention that Vic Armstrong was the stunt coordinator on COVER-UP (obviously before UNISOL and JOSHUA TREE)



Dolph and Vic first met on the set of CONAN THE DESTROYER in Mexico, and they reportedly all trained together along with Grace and Arnold...

[Jox]

Fingers crossed for a BR release (I would love to see this one in good conditions... last time was in 2016 on my crappy pan&scan DVD)

Wish granted! German label OneGate Media will release COVER-UP on Blu-ray May 9!
(This is the same label who puts JILL RIPS next month.)
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0DX6N4X9Q
https://bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-filme/19 ... er_up_1991
https://bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-news/fil ... luray_disc

[JuV]

Wow, really happy to see this finally get a Blu-ray release! Day one purchase for me.

[bomaz]

In my cart (I mean, as soon as it's available with a price and possibly somewhere else than amazon ^^)

[Jox]

Fingers crossed for a BR release (I would love to see this one in good conditions... last time was in 2016 on my crappy pan&scan DVD)

Wish granted! German label OneGate Media will release COVER-UP on Blu-ray May 9!
(This is the same label who puts JILL RIPS next month.)
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0DX6N4X9Q
https://bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-filme/19 ... er_up_1991
https://bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-news/fil ... luray_disc

[Jox]

Training with Brian Fitkin on location in Israel, spring 1990
(photo from a press package sent to international distributors)

[Jox]

Blu-ray announcement reclaiming the film as a forgotten gem
https://www.filmstarts.de/nachrichten/1000134801.html

Back cover



Since the label is releasing some of the less commercial titles in the DL library (this and JILL RIPS), perhaps they'll even get to the remaining ones like STORM CATCHER not to mention AGENT RED (both Franchise / Phoenician films like JR)...

[Jox]

RIP actor / stuntman John Saint Ryan
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/a ... -dead.html