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John Sacret Young (written by)
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Release Date:
26 September 1999 (USA) more
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A white woman relentlessly seeks justice against two racist policemen who accidentally killed her black ex-husband and had their department cover it up. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dana Delany ... Sally Rawlings

Keith Carradine ... Officer Dan Wexler

Justin Theroux ... Officer David Bontempo
Vondie Curtis-Hall ... Vincent Morgan

Brian Dennehy ... Lt. Denby
Richard Blackburn ... Sam Conrad

Jonathan Whittaker ... D.A.

Sabrina Grdevich ... Sheryl

Julie Khaner ... Fox Hills
Diego Fuentes ... Sylvio
Karen Glave ... Tyus
James Downing ... Waranaco

Matthew Bennett ... Roy Dancer
Shannon Barnett ... Red Headed Girl
Carole Mackereth ... Virginia
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Rated R for strong sexuality, language and some violence.
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105 min | Germany:98 min
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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Ugh, junk, 8 November 2000
Author: yojimbo999 from Earth

Man, I've seen some bad movies with attemps at pretensions, but this one takes the cake. The premise is this: white wife attempts to avenge her black husband who was shot by a white cop after they're caugh getting jiggly with it in their car, parked under a bridge, in the dead of night. What's worst, when it looks like the cop is racist and obviously begins harassing them for no other reason than it's a white woman with a black man, the couple starts getting indignant and openly refuses the cop's most basic commands.

Look, I'm a minority, and I've been in more than one traffic stops, and I DO EVERYTHING the cops tell me, because I know they'll throw my ass in jail just for messing with them. But our power couple here (she's an exec and he's a professor) thinks they're special -- actually, the screenplay treats them as special (I don't know, maybe because they're a mixed couple? Who knows.) and flat out starts messing with an obviously racist cop. The husband gets shot. The wife goes out for vengeance. Whatever.

Good premise, but terrible execution. Screenplay is full of soap box speeches and moments. Go see SLAM or JUNGLE FEVER if you want actual portrayals of white-black relationships. This one is just beyond comprehension.

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