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Programmed to Kill

1987 · 1h 31m · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · United States of America · Rated M/16 (PT)

She's programmed to kill. He's got every reason to stop her. Neither of them have any choice.

A middle eastern female terrorist is captured by the CIA in Greece, after an attack on a marketplace. Transported back to the USA, the terrorist undergoes an operation where she is transformed into a cybernetic killing machine. Now the CIA have a secret weapon to send back to the Middle East, but how long can they control her?

Directed by
Allan Holzman
Written by
Robert Short
Starring
Robert Ginty, Sandahl Bergman, James Booth, Alex Courtney
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RatingM/16 (PT)

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