Beeper (2002)

A doctor must follow the instructions on a drug dealer's beeper to rescue his kidnapped son.

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers:

Michael Cordell, Gregory Gieras (screenplay)

Stars:

Harvey Keitel, Joey Lauren Adams, Ed Quinn

Cast

Credited cast:
Harvey Keitel	...	Zolo
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Inspector Julia Hyde
Ed Quinn	...	Dr. Richard Avery
Gulshan Grover	...	Sr. Inspector Vijay Kumar
Stefan Djordjevic	...	Sam Avery
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shamaz Begum	...	Young Prostitute
Sherlyn Chopra	...	Indian Nanny (as Mona Chopra)
Suresh Gera	...	Concierge
B. Gurudas	...	Bookseller
Sue Hainsworth	...	Sylvia
K. Krishna Kumar	...	Phone Man
Meghna Maheshwari	...	Woman in Sari
Dennis Marcis	...	Man at Brothel
Tony Mirrcandani	...	Kidnapper (as Tony Mirchandani)
Kumar Murukurchy	...	Heavy Set Man

Storyline

Richard Avery, whose young son is kidnapped while they travel in India. Embarking on a desperate quest to rescue him, and with a beeper providing his only lead, Avery seeks help from unlikely sources, including a drug lord and a beautiful but dangerous woman named Julia.

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapping | drug dealing | independent film

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Taglines:

Where Every Call Is A Close Call.

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Genres:

Thriller | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Averyn painajainen

Filming Locations:

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shoreline Entertainment, Ushakiron Movies International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the opening sequence a drugs runner comes riding on on a bike. A sound is mixed in from a 2-stroke engine. When the drugs runner comes closer, it is clearly visible he is riding a 4-stroke bike. When he later tries the flee, he jumps on an other bike. That on is a 2 stroke.

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Soundtracks

"Indie Charm"
Written by J. Peter Robinson, Bradford T. Ellis and Nick Vitalelli

User Reviews

A Good Low Budget Action Movie in Exotic Places

Dr. Richard Avery (Ed Quinn) is a recently widowed doctor who decides to get his son Sam with him to a medical seminar in India. He believes that he will have a chance to get closer to the young boy. There, during his presentation, the boy is kidnapped from the audience. Two cops (the Indian cop Kumar and the American cop Julia Hyde (Joey Lauren Adams)) will try to help him. The only means of contacting the kidnapper is through a beeper. Dr. Avery will lose the beeper and will look for help with the drug dealer Zolo (Harvey Keitel). This is a low budget movie. However, this plot in the hands of a better director and cast would lead to a great movie. The screenplay is very interesting and keeps the attention of the viewer until the last scene. There is no 'clichés' in the story and you will be certainly interested to know what will happen next. Unfortunately one of the main characters (the young boy Sam) has a terrible acting. It deserved a best actor child in this important role. Harvey Keitel has a big belly in the present and had much better acting than that in the past. I like Harvey Keitel, but in this movie, him, together with some Indian actors, disappoints the viewers. Another comment: is it common in India to have a foreigner cop in their police force? In this movie, Joey Lauren Adams is an American cop in an Indian police department and I found this situation very unusual. In the end, I liked this movie and I believe that fans of action and exotic places will have a good entertainment. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Sequestro de Sam" ("The Abduction of Sam")