Bare Witness (2002) (V)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Kelley Cauthen

Writers:

Anthony L. Greene (writer)
Evan Spiliotopoulos (writer)

Release Date:

17 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Bare Butt | Female Nudity | Shower Scene | Erotica

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, some language and violence.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Spain:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hemisphere Entertainment

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.