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Ted Prior stars as an acting teacher (!) who finds himself framed from the assassination of a Governor (!!) after he is mistaken for a hitman because he was wearing a leather jacket (!!!). His only sources of help while on the run are his D. A. assistant girlfriend (Charlene Tilton) and a Department of Justice official (Robert Davi), who may or may not be who he says he is. This was the 21st film from director David Prior and he shows how far he has come from his shot-on-video debut Sledgehammer (1983). At this point his Action International Pictures (AIP), which he co-founded with David Winters, was going full steam in delivering product for video (although this did have a limited theatrical release in May 1992; the L. A. Times even gave it a good review). In addition to the actors mentioned above we have Charles Napier, Bo Hopkins, William Zipp, and Tony Curtis all making it to Alabama for this shoot. Unfortunately, Prior's script is overly convoluted and you'll have the real villain figured out early on. On the plus side, there is an amazing chase between a car and a school bus from Bob Ivey and his team. It was actually clips of that in the trailer that got me to watch this.