Raven

Raven (1997)

For years the government paid him to kill. Now he is self-employed!

Katz is the leader of the elite mercenary team Raven, on a deadly mission to obtain a powerful Soviet satellite decoder. But when the operation is sabotaged by U.S. officials, he sets out on a personal mission to eliminate the enemies and render his own brand of outlaw justice.

Date of release
1997-10-17
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Russell Solberg

Casting

Interesting facts

Raven is a 1996 American direct-to-video action film starring Burt Reynolds.

Production

The film was originally called Raven Team. Reynolds said he changed every one of his lines in the script. "The really talented ones understand it's a collaborative effort and if you say something funny they say, 'I wrote that.'" He added, "This movie is very much a copy of that Travolta movie, Broken Arrow... I play the Travolta part. It's a part I can play. It's my part, my persona.

In addition to attending the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre, co-star Battaglia was a personal acquaintance and protégé of Reynolds, due to a friendship the veteran actor had struck with his father Carmello Battaglia during their days as college football teammates. Battaglia had already appeared next to Reynolds on several occasions, including a two-episode role on Evening Shade.

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