Death Toll (2008)

New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking... See full summary »

Director:

Phenomenon

Writers:

Anthony Faia III (script revision), Dan Garcia,

Stars:

Lou Diamond Phillips, DMX, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Mayor Padial
DMX	...	The Dog
Keshia Knight Pulliam	...	Mirie
Leila Arcieri	...	Detective Bathgate
Alec Rayme	...	Detective Coulon
Dan Garcia	...	Carmello
Suleman Sol Virani	...	The Dominican (as Sol)
Lisa Marie Dupree	...	Agent Manning
Margo Swisher	...	AUSA Stone (as Margaret Swisher)
Oneal A. Isaac	...	Chief Newsome
Gene Christensen	...	Councilmen McGraw
Jeff Galpin	...	Special Agent Sax
Sharice Henry Chasi	...	Reporter 1
Bridget Hall	...	Agent Sax Girl 1
Christina Boutte	...	Agegnt Sax Girl 2

Storyline

New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, neighborhoods and its people. Illustrating this dark chapter in the city's history is "Death Toll".

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Plot Keywords:

murder | violence | death toll | ambush | gangster | 

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Taglines:

The crime lords of New Orleans just met their match.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language, brief drug use and some sexual content/nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

15 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Death Toll - Blutgeld

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

HK Pictures, Most Wanted Films, K2 Pictures (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Dreadful

Perhaps the best indication of this film's quality lies in the fact that even DMX, who is second-billed, doesn't bother to show up long enough to have any interactions with any of the other characters; instead, he occasionally pops up as a talking head in a dark room, pontificating about life and death. Lou Diamond Phillips, who is first-billed, appears for a total of no more than 10 minutes and cashes probably the easiest paycheck of his life. Although "Death Toll" is billed as an ACTION film on IMDb, there is not even ONE small decent action sequence to be found, just a few (badly directed) shootings. Let me repeat: there is NO ACTION in this "action" movie. It's more of a drama - one, however, where all the characters are stereotypes (from the idealistic mayor - Lou - and the lazy police officers to the career-driven female assistant DA and the vulgar, mindless, illiterate drug pushers), where the dialogue cannot be followed without subtitles (either because of "da hood" lingo or because the constant rap music drowns it out), and where most of the cast is made up by rappers. The only bright spots in this positively dreadful film are the absolutely gorgeous Leila Arcieri and Keshia Knight Pulliam - if they were given more to do, I might have given "Death Toll" more than 0.5 out of 4 stars.