Slow Burn (1989 film)
Slow Burn is a 1989 film directed by John Eyres and starring Ivan Rogers, William Smith, Anthony James and Stephen M.D. Chang. A veteran cop's partner is killed by a Mafia hitman, and he goes after him. Also on the trail of the hitman is a rookie cop who has his own personal reasons for pursuing him.
| Slow Burn | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Eyres |
| Produced by | Stephen Chang John A. Curtis John Eyres Zafar Malik (exec prod) Lloyd Simandl (exec prod) |
| Written by | Stephen Lister[1] |
| Starring | William Smith Anthony James Ivan Rogers Frank Wilson Thom Schioler Tina Fiorda Robert Brown Michael Tiernan[2] |
| Music by | Alan Grey |
| Cinematography | Nathaniel Massey |
| Edited by | Derek Whelan[3] |
Release date | 1989 |
| Language | English |
Story
A veteran cop has the task of preventing two rival criminal organizations from warring with each other. The two organizations happen to be the Mafia and the Triads.[4][5] Besides this, the cop is also pursuing a hitman who is also being pursued by a less experienced cop. The veteran cop has no idea that rookie cop who has put himself in a close position to the hit man's boss is after the same target.[6][7] The Mafia don was played by William Smith and the hitman Emilio Renzetti played by Anthony James.[8]
Personnel
Cast
- Ivan Rogers ... Murphy
- William Smith ... Antonio Scarpelli
- Anthony James ... Renzetti
- Scott Anderson ... Gino
- Melissa J. Conroy ... Lisa
- Thom Schioler ... Babe
- Stephen M.D. Chang ... Sun Cheng
- Don Kline ... Corigliano
- Mervon Bowman ... Drug Dealer
- William Britos ... Drug Dealer
- Frank Wilson ... Captain Fahey
- Paul McLean ... Patterson
- Michael Tiernan ... O'Brien
- Gerry Vivash ... Petrie
- Keith Beardwood ... Silverman[9][10]
Crew
- Steven Lister ... Screenwriter
- Geoff Griffiths ... Producer
- John Eyres ... Director, producer, executive producer
- John A Curtis ... Executive producer
- Zafar Malik ... Executive producer
- Nathaniel Massey ... Director Of Photography
- Alan M Trow ... Camera Operator[11]
Technical and release information
Slow Burn was released in Belgium in 1990 on Excalibur Video.[12] One piece of movie-related material bears the line, "In Chinatown, The Only Thing That Runs Deeper Than Tradition Is Blood".[13]
References
- Imdb - Slow Burn (1989 Video), Full Cast & Crew
- Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze - Slow Burn (TV film)
- Imdb - Slow Burn (1989 Video), Full Cast & Crew
- AllMovie - Slow Burn (1990), Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine
- VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996, Visible Ink Press, 1 Sep. 1995 - Page 1989
- Movie Chit Chat - Slow Burn (1990)
- Vestron Video International, Thursday, April 23, 2009 - Slow Burn
- The Indianapolis Star, October 18, 1991 - Page 48 'Slow Burn 9 is clunker for Hoosier filmmaker
- Imdb - Slow Burn (1989)
- BFI - Slow Burn (1989)
- Turner Classic Movies - Slow Burn, OVERVIEW
- VHS Collector - Slow Burn
- Rotten Tomatoes - Slow Burn (1990)