Bare Witness (Video 2002)

Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest... See full summary »

Director:

Kelley Cauthen

Writers:

Anthony L. Greene, Evan Spiliotopoulos

Stars:

Angie Everhart, Catalina Martone, Daniel Baldwin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angie Everhart	...	Carly Marsh
Catalina Martone	...	Julie Spencer (as Catalina Larranaga)
Daniel Baldwin	...	Det. Killian
Evan MacKenzie	...	Ian Hunter
Mark Sivertsen	...	Gav Reed
Lauren Reina	...	Marina
Ed Bernard	...	Capt. Moody
Kathleen Kinmont	...	Det. Holly McGee
Robert McRay	...	Nix
Angela Sargeant	...	Mary Washington
Joe Costanza	...	Max 'Slim' Reuter
Don Short	...	Frank Constantine
Laura Rogers	...	Marlene Fitzpatrick
Willie Gault	...	Det. Greg Dalton
Jeffrey Gorman	...	Lucky

Storyline

Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max 'Slim' Reuter's hookers and porn actresses, whom he had sex with before - and while making a most incriminating call about his murder attempt at a high society campaign party for mayor Garland's electoral challenger Mary Washington, where the bullet is however caught by councilor Frank Constantine, who also survives. Gav's client, businessman Ian Hunter, who was videotaped earlier, has his girl Marina shoot Gav and then Julie, later Slim who. Rough but effective police detective Killian investigates, helped by Julie's friend Carly Marsh, and unravels even more sordid connections.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | sex | police detective | assassination | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

What she's got Just might get both of them killed.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, some language and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 April 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gymni alitheia

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hemisphere Entertainment, Mainline Releasing

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Not quite as bad as it's made out to be

Not quite as bad as it's made out to be. You can't expect too much for a direct-to-video production anyway. It did have the egregious Daniel Baldwin (one of the less talented Baldwin brothers, and that's saying a lot!) acting to best of his (extremely limited) ability. Angie Everhart shows her chops (among other things) by credibly pretending to be attracted to Baldwin. Catalina Larranaga also shows that she can seriously act, and deserves a shot at some roles where she doesn't have to get naked. Don't get me wrong, I liked seeing her. A lot. But she is pretty enough, and talented enough to do better things. Good luck to her. Lauren Reina also shows some real talent. She doesn't seem to have much of a credit list, so who knows if she's still in the business? But both of these young women put in as good of a performance as the material allowed. The plot had some big holes, of course. But I've seen worse. Some of the supporting actors weren't very convincing, such as Willie Gault and Joe Costanza. The direction was reasonable. Overall, I couldn't really recommend this one unless you want to see it for the under-appreciated young actresses, or for the nudity.

By the way, I saw on a different website some talk of a Swedish version/edit of this film film with considerably more of the sex scenes. I understand about editing for TV, or theatrical releases, (apparently not an obstacle for this film) but why edit these films down for cable TV, or especially DVD release? I'd really like to see all of a movie, whether it involves sex or not.