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4.1/10   154 votes
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Director:
Stephen Cornwell
Writers (WGA):
Nick Gregory (written by) &
Stephen Cornwell (written by)
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Release Date:
16 December 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Justice has a name.
Plot:
In the hills not far from Los Angeles, a new, fresh, secure housing area has been built by former U.S... more | add synopsis
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Please spare me more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jimmy Smits ... Jack Coleman

James LeGros ... Cougar

Kristy Swanson ... Lilly Nelson
Vonte Sweet ... Weathers the Pizza Boy
Scott Plank ... Randall Nelson

Channon Roe ... Skin
Michael Cavalieri ... Botero

Rodney Rowland ... Butchie

Tai Thai ... Ho

Camilla Belle ... Boot Coleman

Hunter Bodine ... V.J.

Tricia Vessey ... Mama Doc

Kevin Breznahan ... Vinnie

Billy Burke ... Monk
Randall Slavin ... Willie D
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
After Shock (USA) (working title)
Block Party (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language, and for some sexuality and drug use.
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Action Films more

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References "The Lone Ranger" (1949) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Please spare me, 6 August 2005
1/10
Author: crkzook from United States

An absolute pain in the *** to watch, it must have been a terror to act in - that is if the actors had any sense of what could be even loosely considered quality. This movie certainly doesn't qualify. Even my friends who watch trash for the fun of it turned it off after a few minutes. You kept wanting the bad guys to die in the first half of the movie and show you something interesting in the second half.

The premise was, probably - it is hard to tell if it has one, the bad guys formed this gang, led by the guy who had been traumatized by the cops, so he hates them. The rest of the gang, including the toss away female had no reason why they were there, either in the gang or on this odd adventure to break into these expensive homes.

As I learned in scriptwriting class, the first thing to keep in mind is motivation. If you don't have a decent motivation for your characters, the story will be a poor one. It doesn't help your telling the story if you just make up some motivation to simply have one. Like they did for this movie.

I saw it on late night TV and actually cheered when the commercials came on. I hope I never have to watch it again.

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