Back to Even (1998)

Director:

Rod Hewitt

Writers:

Kevin Gebhard (story), Kevin Gebhard (screenplay),

Stars:

Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Paré, Herb Mitchell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Mitch
Michael Paré	...	Boyle
Herb Mitchell	...	Des
Angela Jones	...	Kim
Bo Brundin	...	Bernie
Heidi Thomas	...	Arden
Daniel Quinn	...	Russell
Robert Miano	...	Volanta
Richard Zavaglia	...	Narducci
Craig Wasson	...	Sasso
Vito D'Ambrosio	...	Gazda
Pierrino Mascarino	...	Krachek (as Perrino Mascarino)
Diane Robin	...	Connie
Frank Rivera	...	Alcazar
Andrea Kim Walker	...	Lydia

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

factory owner | blood on clothes | shooting | beating | abused woman | 

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Taglines:

No one escapes the collection agency

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence and a scene of sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Debt

Filming Locations:

423 W 8th St, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Unpaid debts...

Lorenzo Lamas and Michael Pare join forces in a clichéd plot revolving a well intended factory worker who gets into debt with a bookie and of course the only way to pay back such a debt is by helping the bookie with a counterfeit operation involving plates. Lorenzo Lamas is fairly unrecognizable as a glasses wearing nerd who is forced into the crime world by Michael Pare's bookie mobster. Indeed Pare is very good, so much so that he steals every scene he's in and manages to upstage everyone else. Lamas is decent, but his overall look is hard to take and indeed the lack of action or martial arts disappoints somewhat as one expects such a team up to deliver such. Still, The Debt is an interesting failure. It's sort of a period piece melodrama/film noir and it's fairly well acted, but the problem lies in the fact that the ending lacks true satisfaction, the plot is ultimately confusing when one thinks about it and of course it's melodramatic as all hell. Indeed this film feels like a rip off of a John Woo heroic bloodshed movie without the bloodshed or heroic prowess. Still the movie has a watchable edge and it works because it's often engrossing to see Lamas and Pare try hard to experiment with non-action roles.

* * out of 4-(Fair)