Slow Burn (2005)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Wayne Beach

Writers (WGA):

Wayne Beach (screenplay)
Wayne Beach (story) ...

Release Date:

13 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The truth is just a trick of light.

Plot:

A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Interracial Relationship | Lawyer

Cast

Ray Liotta	...	Ford Cole
LL Cool J	...	Luther Pinks (as James Todd Smith)
Mekhi Phifer	...	Isaac Duperde
Jolene Blalock	...	Nora Timmer
Guy Torry	...	Chet Price
Taye Diggs	...	Jeffrey Sykes
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Ty Trippin
Bruce McGill	...	Godfrey
Frank Schorpion	...	Maybank
Donny Quinn	...	Delucca (as Donny Falsetti)
Barbara Alexander	...	Pratt
Joe Grifasi	...	Desk Sgt. Drown
Richard Jutras	...	Leland Neff
Arthur Holden	...	Felix Lang
Fisher Stevens	...	Alan Turlock

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, violence and language.

Runtime:

USA:93 min | Canada:93 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:M | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

GreeneStreet Films

Trivia:

Released in theaters April 2007.

Quotes:

Luther Pinks: She stood there smelling like a tangerine, ripe and ready to be peeled.

Movie Connections:

References Die Hard (1988)

Soundtrack:

Ruler of My Heart

Throwback to the Mid 90's Intrigue Films

I remember growing up on films such as The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Fugitive, films with enough plot twists and turns to keep things fresh and interesting. I was more than pleasantly surprised to see excellent performances from an otherwise pieced-together cast of Ray Liotta, Taye Diggs, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and of course Jolene Blalock. I enjoyed every minute of this film whose score and choice of background, and especially credit, music made it all that much more memorable.

Personally, I love films in, around, or about the city. Without giving anything away, Slow Burn deals with corruption and a little gang-related mystery; all the while providing that sense of empathy for Liotta's character that seems all too absent in modern films today.

No, this film is not for everyone, but if you can remember what it was like to be genuinely stringed along and interested in what happens at every twist and turn of those 90's film plots, then you should find yourself feeling that you got you're 9.50's worth on a Friday night.