One Tough Bastard (1996)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Kurt Wimmer

Writer (WGA):

Steven Selling (written by)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot:

When a man's wife and family are murdered, he plots revenge only to find out that the killer is under Federal protection and he must exact his own form of justice.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | FBI | Murder | Heroine | Shoe

Cast

Brian Bosworth	...	John North
Bruce Payne	...	Karl Savak
Jeff Kober	...	Marcus
DeJuan Guy	...	Mikey
M.C. Hammer	...	Dexter Kane (as Hammer)
Neal McDonough	...	Agent Ward
Robert Kotecki	...	Agent Klark
Deborah Worthing	...	Darlene
Rachel Duncan	...	Marianne
Cyrus Farmer	...	Chocolate
M.C. Gainey	...	Hank
Robert LaSardo	...	Tattoist (as Robert La Sardo)
Leo Lee	...	Agent Tam
Christopher M. Brown	...	Jake (as Christopher Brown)
Romel Bowens	...	Mustapha (as R.B. Bowens)

Also Known As:

One Man's Justice (USA) (TV title) (USA) (DVD title)
North's War

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence, strong language and some drug content.

Runtime:

100 min | Argentina:136 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 (cut) (video premiere) | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (re-release) | Argentina:13 | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Live Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When the car gets flaming at the service station, all the windows are blown out, but intact in the next shot.

Quotes:

Karl Savak: Don't you know it's illegal to drive while dead?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hot Fuzz (2007)

One man's haircut and nose ring

A run of the mill revenge flick. It is basically a movie version of the hit game "Max Payne" but the story is told in a bleak and rather dull manner.

The hero goes around beating people up and teaching a kid that that is actually a bad thing to do. Pretty funny if you think about, but it manages to be half-way entertaining. Kurt Wimmer, in his pre-Equilibrium days, displays some directing talent, but this is nothing when compared to Equilibrium.

The undisputed highlight of the film is a great performance by Bruce Payne as a corrupt FBI agent. Complete with a 80's metal hairstyle and a nose ring, he makes one hell of a funny, though very improbable villain. His constant sarcasm and wit save this movie from being totally generic and uninspired. 5/10

Rated R: violence and profanity