Cohen and Tate

Cohen and Tate also known as Cohen amp Tate is a 1989 American thriller film written and directed by Eric Red and starring Roy Scheider, Adam Baldwin and Harley Cross. It was Reds feature film debut. The film is considered as a cinematic version of O. Henrys short story The Ransom of Red Chief.

The two hitmen assassinate the boys parents and the agent who protected them with the help of another agent who lets them get in the house and then runs away. They capture Travis and drive him away to see their boss, in Houston. When Travis learns this from Cohen, he takes advantage of a rising antagonism between his hijackers to further entangle and pit one against the other in order to survive.When his captors are distracted Travis escapes and is soon picked up by a trooper, who is later shot in the head by Cohen while hes driving. Once again they capture Travis and then they hear on the radio that the boys father survived the attack and is only injured, and the police are after their trail. Tate wants to get rid of Travis but Cohen does not. They suddenly find a roadblock ahead and manage to escape by threatening to kill Travis and blowing up the police patrols. ........

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