Malevolent (2002)

Director:

John Terlesky

Writers:

Dennis Shryack (written by) &
Peter Bellwood (written by)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The setup. The betrayal. Vengeance is coming.

Plot:

Detective Jack Lucas, a harried, self-hating, Los Angeles police detective races against the clock to clear his name when he's framed for a series of killings committed by a crafty serial killer, who targets him as his latest fall guy.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Framed | Serial Killer | Exotic Dancer | Set Up

Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Jack Lucas
Edoardo Ballerini	...	Oliver Chadwicke
Kari Wuhrer	...	Jessica Tarrant
Gwen McGee	...	Carla Gifford
Carmen Argenziano	...	Warren Lucas
Iva Hasperger	...	Sandy
Steven Bauer	...	Greg Pruitt
Rex Ryon	...	Joe Dexter
David Reivers	...	Ray Bressler
Guy Ecker	...	Al Voss
Jack McGee	...	Eddie
Amye Williams	...	Mother
Troy Byer	...	Kelly (as Troy Beyer)
Mike Butters	...	Mike
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Whitney Dylan	...	Julie (uncredited)
James Eckhouse	...	Dorland, Polygraph Technician (uncredited)
Lee Lazarow	...	Beer Delivery Man (uncredited)

Directed by
John Terlesky

Writing credits
Dennis Shryack		(written by) &
Peter Bellwood		(written by)

Produced by
Mark Burg	....	executive producer
Neil Elman	....	co-producer
Stephen Gates	....	executive producer
Lisa M. Hansen	....	producer (as Lisa Hansen)
Paul Hertzberg	....	producer
Oren Koules	....	executive producer
J.P. Pettinato	....	producer
Hans Ritter	....	co-producer (as Hans C. Ritter)
J.B. Roberts	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joseph Williams		(as Joseph Stanley Williams)

Cinematography by
Maximo Munzi

Film Editing by
Daniel Duncan

Casting by
Fern Champion
Mark Paladini

Production Design by
Timothy Roberts

Art Direction by
Gary Constable

Set Decoration by
Jennifer Knepshield

Costume Design by
Bonnie Stauch

Makeup Department
Simone Almekias-Siegl	....	makeup department head
Michelle Werner	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor
Maureen P. Mottley	....	unit production manager
Vicki L. Sawyer	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heather French	....	second assistant director: second unit
Lance W. Lanfear	....	second assistant director
Otto Michael Penzato	....	first assistant director (as Otto Penzato)
Jimmy Sprague	....	second second assistant director
Roy Unger	....	second unit director: title sequence

Art Department
Michael J. Bertolina	....	on-set dresser
Jamie Callahan	....	lead man
Kimberly Cronin	....	second assistant props
Cheyenne Day	....	dresser
Chris Dechert	....	assistant property master
Christopher Duran	....	construction foreman
Greg Guinasso	....	dresser
Lee Lazarow	....	property master
Anya Madsen	....	second assistant props
Philippe Majdalani	....	art department production assistant
Jay Marentay	....	dresser
Thomas Monauni	....	construction coordinator
Tony Sgarro	....	dresser

Sound Department
Brion Condon	....	boom operator
Adam De Coster	....	foley walker (as Adam DeCoster)
Thomas Kilzer	....	adr recordist (as Tom Kilzer)
Samuel Libraty	....	supervising sound editor
Jimmy Lifton	....	sound supervisor
D.J. Lynch	....	dialogue editor
Earl Martin	....	dialogue editor
Steve Morantz	....	additional sound mixer
Steve Weiss	....	sound mixer
Jeffrey R. Whitcher	....	sound effects editor (as Jeff Whitcher)
Larry Mauro	....	background sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Waine	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Brady Hallongren	....	title opticals supervisor
Sean Hewitt	....	optical printer operator
Rita Schrag	....	optical printing supervisor
Jim Stewart	....	optical designer

Stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts (as Tom Dewieir)
Al Goto	....	stunts
Roy E. Harrison	....	stunts (as Roy Harrison)
John Koyama	....	stunts
Frank Lloyd	....	stunts
Simon Rhee	....	stunts
Koichi Sakamoto	....	stunts
Nathan Siebring	....	stunts (as Nate Sebring)

Camera and Electrical Department
John A. Burke	....	first assistant camera
Massimo Cecchini	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Henry Coccetti Jr.	....	gaffer (as Henry Coccetti)
Kevin D'Melo	....	grip (as Kevin D'Mello)
Carlos de Varona	....	second assistant camera (as Carlos Devarona)
George Gregory	....	dolly grip
Samuel Hamilton	....	grip (as Sam Hamilton)
Michael Handley	....	electrician
Brian Hart	....	electrician
Skip Haswell	....	grip (as William Haswell)
Alexandra Kravetz	....	second assistant camera
Grg Magidow	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Greg Magidow)
BJ McDonnell	....	grip
David Meyers	....	electrician
Ralph Muñoz	....	grip
Larry Newberg	....	still photographer
Vince Palomino	....	key grip (as Vincent Palomino)
Mike Reppert	....	best boy electric
Bradley Richard	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Bradley V. Richard)
Kevin Blair Rogers	....	camera loader (as K. Blair Rogers)
David Santana	....	grip
Dustin Ray Schnakenberg	....	grip
Michael Skor	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Brett Smith	....	electrician
Jason Smith	....	grip
Wayne Swab	....	electrician
Matthew-Michael Tarro	....	second assistant camera
Kenneth W. Thornton	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Kenny Thornton)
Alpheus Underhill	....	electrician
Roy Unger	....	director of photography: additional photography
Dana W.	....	grip
Michael Weeks	....	electrician (as Mike Weeks)
Aiken Weiss	....	camera operator: second unit
Steve Witcomb	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Steve Whitcomb)
Warren Yeager	....	camera operator
Nicolas Zapata	....	grip (as Nicolas Zapata)

Casting Department
Scott Rosen	....	casting assistant
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carlie Tracey	....	wardrobe supervisor
Ednita Trivino	....	set costumer (as Ednita Trivino-Madden)

Editorial Department
Mato	....	color timer

Transportation Department
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Steve Larson	....	transportation office manager
Larry Levine	....	transportation captain (as Lucky Larry Levine)

Other crew
Scott Ankeny	....	set production assistant
Scottie Bairstow	....	set production assistant
Randolph Bookman	....	set production assistant
Randall Brown	....	office production assistant
Kristian Burrows	....	craft service
Christopher Byrne	....	location manager
Jason Capone	....	post-production accountant
Sarah Clifford	....	assistant production coordinator (as Sarah J. Clifford)
Pamela Corey	....	assistant to producers
Angela Curtis	....	craft service assistant
Cris De Arce	....	set production assistant
Laurette Dobson	....	script supervisor (as Laurette 'Tita' Dobson)
Sarah J. Donohue	....	production coordinator
Steven S. Glenn	....	assistant location manager
Adam Gordon	....	assistant to producers
Rosa Hernandez	....	post-production accountant
Carey Kienitz	....	assistant accountant
Reed Kowit	....	set production assistant
William M. Povletich	....	production accountant
Sariah Schnakenberg	....	key set production assistant
Gabrielle Weidman	....	office production assistant

Production Companies

• Burg/Koules Productions

Distributors

• Bridge Entertainment Group (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dimension Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Net5 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Sunrise Entertainment (200?) (Germany) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Ultimate Effects

Other Companies

• Cinetel Pictures Inc.  editorial equipment
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Hill Production Services  24 frame playback
• Leonetti Company  production equipment
• Mary Nelson-Duerrstein & Associates  negative cutting
• Oracle Post  re-recorded at
• Stewart Motion Picture Services  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Burg/Koules Productions

Trivia:

Stock footage used: The opening car chase are edited scenes from The Corruptor (1999), while the finale (another big car chase) was originally seen in Marked for Death (1990).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the car chase scene, a passenger (camera man) can be seen in the Dodge riding along with Lou Diamond Phillips.

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Corruptor (1999)

Soundtrack:

For You

Too Many Illogicalities

Although Lou Diamond Phillips is the star the Malevolent one in Malevolent is Edoardo Ballerini, a most diabolical serial killer who not only is good at his work, but pretty good at making cop Lou Diamond Phillips look like the guilty party.

It's a rather far-fetched yarn that Malevolent is spinning. Some of the premises of the story and the motivations of Ballerini are quite illogical as Mr. Spock would put it, even from the evil mind of a serial killer who doesn't think like the rest of us.

Kari Wuhrer who has done a couple of other films with Lou plays a topless dancer and someone that Ballerini is fixated on. She could provide the clues necessary to Lou to stop the freak.

While all this is going on, Phillips is under suspicion due to a shooting incident where his former partner was found to be dirty. His new partner, Gwen McGee isn't quite sure she can trust him and she's cutting him quite a bit of slack to get the job done.

Too many illogicalities keep Malevolent from being a top rate police drama thriller though the cast does its best.