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 the Windows installed computer browses through some suspects, the computer gives an errormsg and the agent behind the computer says that it's a bad thing when this happens because there are secrets present about that specific suspect that nobody may look into. If you look at the message you see a normal Windows Page Fault errormsg obviously caused by the ATI videodriver (ATI2xxx.drv).

User Reviews

Fairly Good Film!

The acting in this movie was surprisingly good and very believable. Of course, it was fairly Hollywoodish in some parts, but I personally enjoyed it. If you are a fan of action, then this film is definitely for you. It has everything in that regard from guns to martial arts. Chuck Norris does a fine job of fighting and he and Ms. Pacula do a great job together uncovering who has kidnapped her uncle and why, but there is no romance at all between them. It does have a historical point to it as well, which I thought was interesting. I loved how it all tied back into the Judaism, that made it interesting if you are a fan of history at all. Some things happened way too easily for the characters, but some of it was believable. Spokane Washington is where the film was set, and coming from WA myself, I think that they could have filmed somewhere else that was smaller and had a far more interesting film with more scenery. All in all, this film was interesting and if you want to see an action packed Chuck Norris movie, this one is for you!