The Butcher (2007/I)

Director:

Jesse V. Johnson

Writer:

Jesse V. Johnson (writer)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

never gamble when you are desperate ...

Plot:

For nearly twenty years after his boxing career ended Merle Hench works for Murdoch, the capo of a San Fernando mob outfit...

Cast

Eric Roberts	...	Merle Hench
Robert Davi	...	Murdoch
Keith David	...	Larry Cobb (unconfirmed)
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Naylor
Irina Björklund	...	Jackie
Paul Dillon	...	Doyle
Jerry Trimble	...	Eddie Hellstrom
Michael Ironside	...	Teddy Carmichael
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Chinatown Pete
Guillermo Díaz	...	Owen Geiger
Julie Carmen	...	Rose
Vernon Wells	...	1970's IRA Commander (as Vernon Maxwell)
Maddy Howard	...	Waitress
Anthony V. Pugliese III	...	The Man from Reno
Duane Whitaker	...	Car Buyer

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:R | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

World Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Merle and Jackie steal the car from the Sportsman Hotel and are on their way to see Murdoch, its clear that the driving scene is green screened and the reflection in the shop windows is a silver SUV and not the car that they stole.

Soundtrack:

Brilliant Blue

I see where they were going, good try.

I like British gangster films over American ones especially urban they're all feeling sorry for some gangster who's trying to get out of the business. Our boy here isn't trying to get out of the business, well he wasn't until a quarter million dollars landed at his feet. now he wants to grab the waitress and take it on the road. only problem is he stole money from his mob, that was stolen from the mafia. So now everyone wants him dead. the characters were believable, a lil more Micheal ironside would have helped.

They stole a lot of stuff from several all-rite gangster films to make a mediocre gangster film. There was some "Saving Grace", the reflection and repose of "Boiling Point" and then they tried to add in some John WOO type shoot-outs.

Here's a problem, who ever did this had too much pull with the props department, mobsters, and gangsters, don't have gunfights with "Bayonet Fixed, Belt-Fed" weapons. He even shot-up a bar carrying a WWI era 30cal machine gun.