Until Death (2007)

Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.

Director:

Simon Fellows

Writers:

Dan Harris, James Portolese

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Selina Giles

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Anthony Stowe
Selina Giles	...	Valerie Stowe
Mark Dymond	...	Mark Rossini
William Ash	...	Serge
Stephen Lord	...	Jimmy Medina
Gary Beadle	...	Mac
C. Gerod Harris	...	Ross
Wes Robinson	...	Chad Mansen
Stephen Rea	...	Gabriel Callaghan
Buffy Davis	...	Jane
Alana Maria	...	Clementine
Fiona O'Shaughnessy	...	Lucy
Adam Leese	...	Van Huffel
Rachel Grant	...	Maria Ronson
Paul Williams	...	Tommy

Storyline

Anthony Stowe is a down-and-out detective addicted to heroine whose days always seem to go from bad to worse. Stowe is coming off of a drug deal, in which two officers were killed, and the primary villain, the drugs, the money and the surveillance tapes are still at large. He is also dealing with his wife, who has just informed him that she is pregnant - but the child is not his. After a gunfight in which Stowe comes very close to death, After being severely wounded and losing all will to live, His body gives up and falls into a coma. After an inner battle with himself, He gains again the spirit to live again. While on the road to recovery, Stowe finds himself in a very personal battle to make amends with his kidnapped wife and to take revenge on his assailant once and for all.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a nude man | murder of a nude woman | stake out | narcotics officer | stakeout | 

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Taglines:

Vengeance Is His

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language, sexuality/nudity and drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scott Adkins was offered to play the character "Van Huffel" but he could not sign to play this role because of other commitments. He was replaced by Adam Leese.

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Goofs

When Det. Anthony Stowe wakes up form his coma, he opens his eyes wide and they remain open as frozen. In a follow up shot, they are less open. And when his gurney reaches his house, his eyes are closed again. The opening of the eyes was the cause for him be to put in his wife's care at home, instead of staying at the hospital's trauma unit.

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Quotes

Anthony Stowe: [holding a gun to Lorenz's head] If you're going to take a shot at a cop, make sure you kill him. And the fact that you were willing to take that shot means you have a lot to say.

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Crazy Credits

The ending credits are interrupted by a take showing what really happened at the heist at the beginning of the movie.

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Alternate Versions

There are three versions of the film:

• 1) The editing of the version released by Sony in the US was supervised by Van Damme; it runs 101 minutes and features a 'happy' ending.
• 2) A longer edit of the film was released in Europe (by Momentum in the UK and by e-m-s in Germany), and was supervised by the film's director Simon Fellows; this version of the film runs around 107 minutes and features a far more downbeat ending. Some of the fight scenes (especially in the film's last sequence) are edited quite differently and the gunfight at the climax is extended, and although this version of the film features more footage than the American cut, some material (including a gunshot to the head) is missing from this 'director's cut'.
• 3) a workprint is in existence, which runs 113 minutes in length and features the exclusive footage from the Van Damme-supervised American release integrated within the framework of the European 'director's cut'. This version of the film is said to have been released on DVD in Scandinavia and in Belgium.

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Connections

References Aliens (1986)

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Soundtracks

Earth Angel
Written by Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin (as Jesse L. Belvin) and Gaynel Hodge
Performed by Cindy Asada
Published by Embassy Music Corporation(BMI)
Courtesy of Music Sales Corporation

User Reviews

A surprise

Okay lets just for a second forget that Van Damme is playing here(cause most of the people will thing of me as another JCVD fanatic fan which i am not).Themovie has a killer plot, but a few things missing.So the story goes that Anthony Stowe is a bad cop playing it good.And he is really a hell of a cop except for his drug abuse , which messes everything.He finds out that trying' to fix things after the awakening isn't easy.In the end he not only makes a wrong wright but makes other people see the light as well.The first one was a longer runtime , cause obviously the script was cut or edited to fit the time.Second a little more budget.And third a more dramatic ending.A dramatic ending would have made this movie great.But the movie is better for me than the so haloed "300".So i have an advice for all you good movie lovers(that's wright not action movie lovers)go see this movie.It's not great , it's not flashy but it's never the less a nice movie to watch.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK Bulgaria Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 2007 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Until the Death

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$212,921

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Signature Entertainment, Bellpark

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 107 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1