Live by the Fist  (1993)
Nomination Year: 2000
SYNOPSIS: Our hero goes to jail. He makes enemies. He eventually gets out. Yay.
Kevin Hogan
Smithee Award Nominations
Worst Cover Copy
Don't They Screen for That?
If you read the cover, it says that John Merrill is a pacifist Navy Seal. Um ... no. Doesn't quite work that way. That's not the only detail they get wrong, it's just the most amusing one.
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Worst Acting
Laura Albert, Aid Worker
The female aid worker has a monologue here which is shades of Myra Chason in The Lost Idol.
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Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Cirio H. Santiago Sometimes credited as "Luis Nepomuceno," the Philippino Cirio is a Smithee goldmine, favoring lurid and super-cheesy war/action, martial-arts, and tough-women-in-trouble jungle/prison flicks. 
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
Archie Adamos <Not Yet in Database>  
Laura Albert <Not Yet in Database> An accomplished stuntwoman and stunt driver, she's active to this day (2024). Also happens to be hot. Topless in Glitch!, Strip Club Girl in Road House, Nude Dancer in Angel III: The Final Chapter...see what I mean? 
Ronald Asinas <Not Yet in Database>  
Roland Dantes <Not Yet in Database>  
Romy Diaz <Not Yet in Database>  
Ramon D'Salva <Not Yet in Database>  
Eddie Gaerlan <Not Yet in Database> Sometimes credited as "Eddie M.Gaerlan" or "Ed Gaerland" 
Jim Moss <Not Yet in Database>  
Henry Strzalkowski <Not Yet in Database>  
George Takei <Not Yet in Database> Yes, that George Takei (i.e., "Sulu" from Star Trek). 
Joseph Zucchero <Not Yet in Database> Pops up from time to time in miniscule Smithee parts. Played Dr. Hiss in The Return of the Bionic Boy
Nick Nicholson <Not Yet in Database>  
Vic Diaz <Not Yet in Database> According to his IMDb.com bio, Diaz "reigns supreme as the jolly evil fat man of Filipino exploitation cinema." How can you top that? 
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