Summaries

Roddy Piper plays an undercover cop whose operation fails, leading to his capture by a drug lord. Given a night to escape while being hunted, the stakes rise as his fiance is taken hostage.

Roddy Piper portrays a police Lt. working undercover in the so-called Jungleground. His sting operation goes bad and as a result he is caught. Young Odin, his captor and would be drug lord decide to play a game with Roddy. Roddy is given until morning to make it out of the Jungleground alive. Odin and his men however are hunting Roddy; and Odin also has a little insurance, he's kidnapped Roddy's soon to be fiance.—Jason Alef

Details

Keywords
  • undercover
  • detective
  • police detective
  • police officer
  • undercover cop
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Sci-Fi
Release date Jul 6, 1995
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Canada
Language English
Filming locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies Performance Pictures Inc. Norstar Entertainment

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper stars in this urban thriller as Lt. Jake Cornel, a police detective assigned to clean up a dangerous part of town ruled by drug dealers and gangs called Jungleground. When a sting operation goes bad, Cornel is captured by members of a gang led by Odin (J.R. Bourne), who offers him a challenge: if Cornel can escape Jungleground and get back home before dawn, he'll be free to go. If not, Odin's men will kill his girlfriend.

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