Mind Breaker (film)

Mind Breaker is a 1993 American science-fiction thriller film directed by Jack Baumann. The screenplay, by Tim Kingston, is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Will Gotfredsen. The film stars alongside, , ,  and Stewart Kirkland. Bronson plays a retired police officer, Johnathan Gill, who discovers he has psychic powers and uses them for vigilante justice.

Development
bought the film rights to Mind Breaker in 1984. From the get-go, was set to star as Jonathan Gill. Regular Bronson collaborator was set to direct, with a script adapted by Will Gotfredsen himself. The film was set to begin production in around mid-1986, and was scheduled to be one of the first productions made at Atlantic's studio in Louisville, but ended up in.

Atlantic Entertainment was bought out by in 1989, and soon after, producer  bought the film rights to Mind Breaker. He rejected Gotfredsen's screenplay and commissioned a new screenplay from writer Tim Kingston. Akkad then reportedly rejected Kingston's script as "too sardonic", and commissioned a new script from Christopher Berger and Malcolm J. Katz. Akkad reportedly rejected the new script for being "too violent"; however Baumann claims he was the one who rejected the Berger/Katz script, as he felt it wasn't "up to par" with the original novel. Akkad commissioned another script from, but rejected it as well, and decided to go with Kingston's script in the end. Baumann later questioned the quality of the copy of Ōshima's script that Akkad read, as it was initially written in Japanese and then translated to English. Kingston re-wrote his script to appease Akkad, and, after a deal with, production was finally on track to begin.

Baumann initially rejected Akkad's offer to direct the film, but accepted the position after meeting with Kingston and Gotfredsen. Before Baumann accepted the deal, J. Dennis Newman and were both considered to direct.

Filming
Principal photography began in October 1992 and took place mainly in and,. was used as the filming location for one scene. The amusement park in  was also used as a filming location. Additional filming was done at in, including much of the interior shots.