The Cutter (2005)

A detective comes to the aid of an aged diamond cutter.

Director:

William Tannen

Writer:

Bruce Haskett

Stars:

Chuck Norris, Joanna Pacula, Daniel Bernhardt

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chuck Norris	...	John Shepherd
Joanna Pacula	...	Elizabeth Teller
Daniel Bernhardt	...	Dirk
Bernie Kopell	...	Issac Teller
Todd Jensen	...	Parks
Marshall R. Teague	...	Moore (as Marshall Teague)
Tracy Scoggins	...	Alena
Curt Lowens	...	Col. Speerman
Deron McBee	...	Alex / Repairman
Dean Cochran	...	Eddie
Mark Ivanir	...	Doctor Joseph
Víctor Quintero	...	Man 1 (as Vic Quintero)
Rick Avery	...	Man 2
Aaron Norris	...	Tony Maylam
Mickey Mank	...	Old Woman

Storyline

A detective comes to the aid of an aged diamond cutter.

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Plot Keywords:

diamond | diamond cutter | opening action scene | knife | archeologist | 

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Taglines:

The past holds the key!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Russian

Release Date:

14 March 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

El mediador

Filming Locations:

Gonzaga University - 502 E. Boone Avenue, Spokane, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Modern Digital, North by Northwest Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This project took over 10 years to get produced. It had been optioned by three studios and had been re-written at least five times to cater to the whims of either a studio or a star. Originally set in New York, it was later changed to Los Angeles then to Prague and finally Spokane, Washington. The final "change" was the elimination of any and all references to Israel and the removal of the Hasidim from the script of a movie about diamonds and centered in the diamond district of a major American city. The producer (an Israeli) said he could not sell the film to "certain territories" if these elements remained in the film.

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Goofs

When Daniel Bernhardt and Curt Lowens' characters speak German, a few minor words and phrases are inaccurately translated in the subtitles: "Jude", meaning "Jew", became "fool", and "auf nimmer wiedersehn" ("forever good-bye") became "I'll see you in hell", etc.

User Reviews

Norris is always great but.........

it looks like this movie cost ten dollars to make. I love chuck but damn! this is so cheesy. the camera work sucks, its bad folks. the editing, you name it. what really worries me is the same producing team and company is working on Rambo 4. oh no! avi Lerner eh? looks like we have the next Golan globus. man even they hired better directors! there is no way this cost ten mil to make. that may have been chucks pay. the movie the perfect weapon was probably made for just about the same amount of money when that came out and that looked 100 times better than this movie. chuck! please do something with better film makers.

oh and what sucks is that whenever he encounters a bad guy, hmm he just happens to know martial arts too??? and oh man, the close ups were killing me. the one extreme close up on Tracy scoggins' face were really bad! those wrinkles! oy vey