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The Ministers

  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
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The Ministers (2009)
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A NYPD detective attempts to avenge her father's death but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his murderers.A NYPD detective attempts to avenge her father's death but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his murderers.A NYPD detective attempts to avenge her father's death but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his murderers.

  • Director
    • Franc. Reyes
  • Writer
    • Franc. Reyes
  • Stars
    • John Leguizamo
    • Harvey Keitel
    • Florencia Lozano
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    1.4K
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    • Director
      • Franc. Reyes
    • Writer
      • Franc. Reyes
    • Stars
      • John Leguizamo
      • Harvey Keitel
      • Florencia Lozano
    • 13User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Dante…
    Harvey Keitel
    Harvey Keitel
    • Joseph Bruno
    Florencia Lozano
    Florencia Lozano
    • Celeste Santana
    Diane Venora
    Diane Venora
    • Gina Santana
    Wanda De Jesus
    Wanda De Jesus
    • Captain Diaz
    Manny Perez
    Manny Perez
    • Detective Manso
    Saul Stein
    Saul Stein
    • Detective Demarco
    Benny Nieves
    Benny Nieves
    • Alberto Santana
    Luis Antonio Ramos
    Luis Antonio Ramos
    • Carlos Rojas
    Raquel Castro
    Raquel Castro
    • Nereida
    Tammy Trull
    Tammy Trull
    • Liz
    Raquel Jordan
    • Alma
    Alex Luria
    Alex Luria
    • Dante…
    Gabriella Fanuele
    Gabriella Fanuele
    • Celeste 18 years old
    • (as Gabriella Loren)
    Josh Segarra
    Josh Segarra
    • Luis
    Rick Sepulveda
    • Jesse Montoya
    Jamie Tirelli
    Jamie Tirelli
    • Father Gorbia
    Susan Porro
    Susan Porro
    • Karen Rossin
    • Director
      • Franc. Reyes
    • Writer
      • Franc. Reyes
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    Storyline

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    User reviews13

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    4/10
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    If The Ministers had a point to make, it didn't make it with me. After watching the film, I'm still puzzled as to what exactly it was all about.

    Young Florencia Lozano loses her detective father Benny Nieves in what was a hit carried out by two hooded men who have killed before and leave these Bible tracts at the scenes of their crimes. Years later she is now a detective partnered with Harvey Keitel who was her father's partner and her supervising detective is Wanda DeJesus who was trained by Lozano's father.

    The two killers known as The Ministers are also accused in the shooting deaths of a whole drug crew, a rather bloody bit of business that Sam Peckinpah would have been glad to choreograph. The two Ministers are played by John Leguizamo in a dual role as twins. One of the twins was badly burned in an apartment house fire as a child.

    In fact Leguizamo has a whole agenda of scores to settle, but he also gets himself involved with Lozano, the non-scarred twin that is.

    The Ministers has a confused message, a whole lot of violence and not a lot of rational sense to the plot. Seems a terrible waste of a lot of talented people.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Juramento de venganza
    • Filming locations
      • Governors Island, New York Harbor, New York City, New York, USA(Police station interior - Builidng 110. Other exteriors.)
    • Production companies
      • Alumbra Films
      • Grow Pictures
      • Scheherazade
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,447
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,844
      • Oct 18, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,447
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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