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Director:
Sidney J. Furie
Writer (WGA):
Bart Madison (written by)
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Release Date:
16 July 1998 (Singapore) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Tagline:
Surviving Is Against All Odds more
Plot:
An ex-cop (Weller) who has just been released from prison where he was sent for absconding with $4000... more | add synopsis
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Great fun ride. - One of best action movies. more (11 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Weller ... Ray Mercer

Dennis Hopper ... Charles Atlas

Tia Carrere ... Rebecca Mercer
David Alan Grier ... Detective Augustus

Joe Pantoliano ... Vince Castor

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ... Captain Hefter

Peter Coyote ... Doc 'The Butcher'
Julie McCullough ... Ginger

Martin Kove ... Carl
Kevin Bernhardt ... Dean
Eddie Mekka ... Joe Burns
Derek Annunciation ... Fredo

Dell Yount ... Mac
Alexander Mervin ... Benny

Michael Delano ... Lieutenant De Rosa
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cold Cash
Showdown
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
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Runtime:
100 min | Germany:93 min (cut version) | Argentina:95 min | USA:99 min | Spain:94 min (DVD edition)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 (direct to video) | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, USA more
Company:
Millennium Films more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[In the casino near the slot machine]
Ginger: What are you starin' at?
Ray Mercer: Honey, where I'd just been you get a lot of trouble for staring. What's your name?
Ginger: Ginger.
Ray Mercer: Ginger, do me a favour, will you? I'm not allowed to gamble. So all you have to do is just walk up, put the two Twenties in the machine and pull that lever. Whatever we win we'll make fifty fifty. What do you say?
Ginger: Oh, no!
Ray Mercer: Come on. You're my lucky star!
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Disaster (2001) more
Soundtrack:
ON TOP OF THE WORLD more

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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Great fun ride. - One of best action movies., 6 February 2005
10/10
Author: cdaniel-1 from USA

Right from the beginning, you are thrown into a situation which typifies the entire movie: fun. Real fun - the way action movies are supposed to be, with great one liners (many silly ones that the block buster crowd cannot stand). Compared to the typical blockbuster crap fest, this is like an Oscar contender. Dennis Hopper is excellent, the slew of bad guy characters who never cease to entertain is amazing. If you are a fan of quirky comedy mixed with action with absolutely no regard for conventional movies then this movie is for you. However, if you like the big budget crap and think that silly humor is 'corny' then stay away. Clearly not intended for eyeball rolling tasteless viewers. Peter Coyote delivers one of the best lines in this movie - watch out for it..In fact there are funny lines by all the bad guy characters as well - The love angle between Weller and Carrere is mercilessly short giving more time for the bad guys to do their fun routines.

Watch this movie - its one action movie you would not just enjoy - it would make you happy..

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