A Better Way to Die (2000)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Scott Wiper

Writer:

Scott Wiper (written by)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

A Chicago cop quits the force and finds himself threatened by the Mafia.

Cast

Scott Wiper	...	Boomer
Jack Conley	...	Fletcher
Carmen Argenziano	...	Carlos
Richard Haje	...	The Mute
Matt Gallini	...	Laslov
Rolando Molina	...	Chach
Kirk McKinney	...	Spaz
Jefferson Moore	...	Harrison James
Wayne Duvall	...	Rifkin
Mirjana Jokovic	...	Salvi
Conner Greene	...	Salvi's Son
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	William Dexter
Benjamin John Parrillo	...	Cooper
London King	...	Cheryl
Jon Farris	...	Fagan

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence throughout, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

Argentina:96 min | Australia:97 min | USA:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Newmarket Capital Group

not as good movie as I've expected it to be

I was surprised when I saw a familiar name - Mirjana Jokovic on the tape cover of the American movie in my local video store. (I must say that she's one of the best serbian actresses). First, I suppose that it must be some good drama or comedy, but it was an action movie and it wasn't special in any way. There was a lot of blood, killings, fights, explosions in it and, of course, a fabulous blond played by Natasha Henstridge. (What kind of movie would it be if there wasn't at least one beautiful blond in it?!) Mirjana played another girl in the movie, called Jelisaveta, and she had a few lines in Serbian language. It wasn't a big role (but I guess the money was good, 'couse I can't think of any other reason for her to participate in movie like this one). You can say that the story is a littlebit uncommon (there's some mix up about who's Harry), but it's adding up to a well-known story of one INDESTRUCTIBLE man against everyone: the Mafia, police, FBI. And, of course, he must have some cool phrase, like "I'll be back" or "Noone's nervous" to follow him along the movie, and this movie is full of it. And there's no need to mention illogical and ridiculous actions and plots. The end of the movie seems to be further and further away as we're coming to it, and even the writer seems to be out of idea so we can see our hero saving himself from the burning building two times in the same way. So, while I'm thinking once again about this movie I'm coming to the conclusion that it's much more worse than "not so good movie as I've expected it to be", but maybe I have expected too much.