The Perfect Weapon (2016 film)

The film was the first released by Firebrand and was financed by the Fyzz Facility and Boundless Pictures. Filming finished in November 2015.^[2]

The director said he "really liked the backbone of" the film "the totalitarian state and hitmen in a scif-fi world" but he "really didn’t like the script." He agreed to do the film if he could rewrite the script and claims he rewrote every scene. "Added the old Japanese aspect and wanted it to be a homage to the things I liked as a kid, a homage to the 80-90s action era but at the same time create a complex story with some emotional scenes and character arcs."^[3]

He says he "realized a serious film called The Perfect Weapon with Steven Seagal would never work or be taken seriously so it doesn’t take itself too seriously" and says he added the elements of rebellion towards the state and the complex love triangle with the female lead."^[3]

Paar cast the film full of homages to the '80s and '90s such as Vernon Wells and Richard Tyson. He says his main influence was Blade Runner.^[3]

Dolph Lundgren was going to play the lead role but that fell through and he was replaced by Johnny Messner.^[3]

• The Perfect Weapon at IMDb
• The Perfect Weapon at Rotten Tomatoes
• Review of film at Monster Hunter