Murder at the Presidio (2005) (TV)

Director:

John Fasano

Writer:

Alison Graham (written by)

Release Date:

2 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime

Tagline:

You can't pull rank on murder.

Plot:

Based on the true story of the only homicide committed on the famed San Francisco Military base. A military...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | San Francisco California | Murder | Presidio

Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips	...	CWO James Chandler
Victoria Pratt	...	Cpl. Tara Jeffries
Martin Cummins	...	Sgt. Barry Atkins
Eugene Clark	...	Captain Donovan
Kimberly Hawthorne	...	Barbara Owens (as Kim Hawthorne)
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Thelma 'Bunny' Atkins
Daniel Roebuck	...	Major Dawson
Jason Priestley	...	Tom
Alejandro Abellan	...	Motor Pool Clerk
Luciana Carro	...	Cpl. Diana Phillips
Sandy Durko	...	Bartender
Vincent Gale	...	Private Brooks
Ona Grauer	...	Kathy Tucker
G. Michael Gray	...	David Raymer
Julie Michelle Johnson	...	Cpl. Valerie Irving

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality, nudity and violence.

Runtime:

USA:89 min | Argentina:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hungary:16 | Iceland:12 | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Evolution Films

Quotes:

James Chandler: [a gun is put to his head] Go for it! If you're in cuffs or a bodybag, it makes no damn difference to me!

TV bummer

Another reviewer put it best with the title for his review: "made for TV" One of the problems with made-for-TV movies is that some producer or network executive comes up with a concept and then hires by commission the writer and director; and if they are 'professionals' - in TV-industry terms, which has just about nothing to do with film-making, although the two industries do feed on each other for talent - they will slog through a couple weeks production whether they care about the concept or not.

The script here is most to blame - while 'professional' enough so that it's difficult to quote bad lines, it is a completely moronic story, utterly unbelievable - without knowing anything about the 'true story' this hypes itself as being 'based upon', I can guarantee that the one true thing you can say of this film is that it is not based on a true story. People with personal problems do not make good detectives; and one has to get into the story by assuming that every officer and non-com at the Presidio is engaged in a cover-up, or some other form of corruption? And talk about gratuitous - i.e., wholly unnecessary (and exploitatively filmed)- sex scenes! As if these characters had ever shown any real interest in each other in the first place.

However, as with most anything made for television, I was able to have this run in the background while doing something else (cleaning house), so I didn't have to pay much attention to it. That's the only good thing I can say about it.