Fatal Deviation

Fatal Deviation (1998)

A classic good versus evil action flick, mixed with kicks, guns, motorcycles and a hot babe!

A young kenpo karate martial artist returns home after ten years in reform school on a quest to find out who murdered his father. He is befriended by an old monk and a local Irish beauty. His search takes him to the prestigious Bealtaine Martial Arts Tournament. Together with his past, the good guy is drawn into conflict with the local drug baron and his son, and the conflict makes the young man face his father's death in a way he could never have imagined.

Date of release
1998-01-01
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Action
Director
Simon Linscheid, Shay Casserley

Casting

Interesting facts

Fatal Deviation is a 1998 Irish low-budget cult film produced and set in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. It serves the distinction of being Ireland's first full-length martial arts film. The film stars, and was conceived by, real-life martial arts enthusiast James Bennett.

Production

James Bennett had been tipped off that Hong Kong film producers were interested in working with him, but wanted to see some of his work before offering him a project. Fatal Deviation was essentially his audition tape. Filming began in September 1997 with no budget in place and Bennett simply asked his friends to become involved with making the film.

Filmed entirely on location in and around Trim, these included SuperValu supermarket and The Boyne Community School.

The car crash towards the end of the film was not intended, but was included for dramatic effect. The crash is shown in a post credits sequence, along with other bloopers taken during the filming. Production started using a Sony Hi8 camera under the direction of Simon Linscheid (who was destroyed during filming) and all scenes were reshot when Shay Casserley took over as Director and Camera operator shooting the film on SVHS.

Michael Regan was a long serving solicitor in Trim and helped to fund the production in return for appearing in the film. Professional footballer Graham Geraghty made his acting debut in the film, playing one of the contestants during the martial arts tournament.

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