Black Dawn (1997)

Director
John De Bello

Main cast
Lorenzo Lamas; Lobo Sebastian; Antonio Ramos; Tony Colitti; Elvia Hernandez

Genres
Action

Description
Jake Killian, ex-cop, searches for a mysteriously abducted US-banker, with the help of the single living witness, a stripper called Extasy.


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