Bad to the Bone (1997) (TV)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Bill L. Norton

Writer (WGA):

Rob Fresco (written by)

Release Date:

19 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Swanson plays a bad girl who uses her brother (London) to kill her lover (Chokachi).

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Title Based On Song | Brother Sister Relationship

Cast

Kristy Swanson	...	Francesca Wells
Jeremy London	...	Danny Wells
David Chokachi	...	Waldo
Christine Tucci	...	Martina Dobbs
Ben Browder	...	Brent Rohrbach
John Bourgeois	...	James Bacarelli
Kevin Hicks	...	Griffin
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Marilyn Wells
Bill MacDonald	...	Stan Goldstein
Paulino Nunes	...	Car Salesman
Marcia Bennett	...	Judge
Shane Daly	...	Hank
Stephanie McClellan	...	Amber
Patrick F. Gallagher	...	Truck Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Bain	...	Campus Cop #1
Boyd Banks	...	Gun Salesman
Michael G. Brown	...	Plainclothes Cop
Victor Ertmanis	...	Motel Manager
Patrick Gallagher	...	Trucker
Peter Graham	...	Ray
Adrian Griffin	...	Valet
Ann Holloway	...	Waitress
Janet Kidder	...	Phoebe
Peter Krantz	...	Policeman #1
Colm Magner	...	Guard
Fraser McGregor	...	8 year old Danny
Tony Meyler	...	Jailer
Frank Nakashima	...	Technician
Sean Orr	...	Prison Guard
Gerry Quigley	...	Alan Broder
Virginia Reh	...	Woman #2
George Santino	...	Bouncer
Alexandra Stapley	...	10 Year Old Francesca
Deborah Tennant	...	Woman #1
Tim Weber	...	Newscaster

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (video rating) | UK:15 (video premiere) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Wilshire Court Productions

Movie Connections:

Features "America's Most Wanted" (1988)

Very Very Good

This is a very good film. Kristy Swanson is great as a seductress man eating money loving party girl. The reviewer on the first page of these reviews is totally wrong about Ms. Kristy Swanson. She is a much better seductress than say Sarah Michelle Gellar ala Cruel Intentions. Though not quite as spectacular as Nicole Kidman in To Die For. I would give her acting a 9/10. In the makeup department I would give her fake hairpiece she wears in scenes where she is a teenager a 0. It is so obviously fake it almost takes you away from her acting. Jeremy London is good as her loose cannon brother. Best scene: When a motel clerk tells Swanson WE DON'T GET A LOT OF WHORES HERE her reply? WELL YOU GOT YOURSELF ONE NOW.