Slow Burn (2005)

A district attorney is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney and a cryptic stranger.

Director:

Wayne Beach

Writers:

Wayne Beach (screenplay), Wayne Beach (story)

Stars:

Ray Liotta, Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ray Liotta	...	Ford Cole
LL Cool J	...	Luther Pinks (as James Todd Smith)
Mekhi Phifer	...	Isaac Duperde
Jolene Blalock	...	Nora Timmer
Guy Torry	...	Chet Price
Taye Diggs	...	Jeffrey Sykes
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Ty Trippin
Bruce McGill	...	Godfrey
Frank Schorpion	...	Maybank
Donny Quinn	...	Delucca (as Donny Falsetti)
Barbara Alexander	...	Pratt
Joe Grifasi	...	Desk Sgt. Drown
Richard Jutras	...	Leland Neff
Arthur Holden	...	Felix Lang
Fisher Stevens	...	Alan Turlock

Storyline

District attorney Ford Cole is running for mayor, promising to capture the city's elusive crime boss, Danny Ludin. On the night of a gas link in the inner city, his interview with a national reporter is interrupted by word that his best prosecutor, Nora Timmer, who's also his lover, has killed a man she claims was assaulting her. A few minutes later, a man shows up at Cole's office claiming it was murder, implicating Nora in complicated schemes and crimes. Cole wants a few hours to get to the bottom of a mess that quickly includes land deals, shell corporations, and political corruption. Who's setting up whom?

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | topless female nudity | peeping | cardboard cutout | district attorney | 

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Taglines:

The truth is just a trick of light.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doppia ipotesi per un delitto

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$778,123, 15 April 2007

Gross USA:

$1,237,615

Company Credits

Production Co:

GreeneStreet Films, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Bonnie Timmermann Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 2003.

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Quotes

Luther Pinks: She stood there smelling like a tangerine, ripe and ready to be peeled.

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Connections

Featured in Slow Burn: Fire in the Streets (2007)

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Soundtracks

Goodie Girl
Written by Unknown
Performed by Kina

User Reviews

Throwback to the Mid 90's Intrigue Films

I remember growing up on films such as The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Fugitive, films with enough plot twists and turns to keep things fresh and interesting. I was more than pleasantly surprised to see excellent performances from an otherwise pieced-together cast of Ray Liotta, Taye Diggs, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and of course Jolene Blalock. I enjoyed every minute of this film whose score and choice of background, and especially credit, music made it all that much more memorable.

Personally, I love films in, around, or about the city. Without giving anything away, Slow Burn deals with corruption and a little gang-related mystery; all the while providing that sense of empathy for Liotta's character that seems all too absent in modern films today.

No, this film is not for everyone, but if you can remember what it was like to be genuinely stringed along and interested in what happens at every twist and turn of those 90's film plots, then you should find yourself feeling that you got you're 9.50's worth on a Friday night.