D-Tox (2002)

Director:

Jim Gillespie

Writers (WGA):

Howard Swindle (book)
Ron L. Brinkerhoff (screen story)

Release Date:

4 January 2002 (Denmark)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Survival is a Killer.

Plot:

Stallone plays a cop who comes undone after witnessing a brutal scene on the job. He checks into a rehab...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Alcoholic | Group Therapy | Wyoming | Serial Killer

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 20	3:30 AM	SHOW
Wed. Nov. 25	3:30 AM	SHOW

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Jake Malloy
Charles S. Dutton	...	Hendricks
Polly Walker	...	Jenny
Kris Kristofferson	...	Doc
Mif	...	Brandon
Christopher Fulford	...	Slater
Jeffrey Wright	...	Jaworski
Tom Berenger	...	Hank
Stephen Lang	...	Jack Bennett
Alan C. Peterson	...	Gilbert
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Manny
Angela Alvarado	...	Lopez (as Angela Alvarado Rosa)
Robert Prosky	...	McKenzie
Robert Patrick	...	Noah
Courtney B. Vance	...	Jones

Also Known As:

D-Tox (Australia)
D-Tox - Im Auge der Angst (Germany)
Detox (USA) (working title)
Eye See You (USA) (video title)
The Outpost (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | USA:R (certificate no. 37474) | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:R | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

While Universal disowns this film now at least in the US, there is proof that the film was produced by them as several of their DVD's spanning from late 1999 to early to mid-2000 featured an brief introduction of recent films in their their DVD catalog. Quick shot of Sylvester Stallone from the film of him looking around with a gun in hand is seen after brief glimpses of other films such as The Mummy (1999), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) to name a few. The "Big Kahuna" DVD is one of few in which you can watch the snippet of the film in this form.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Malloy is kissing his girlfriend after bringing her the toy monkey, his nose is on the right side of her nose. The POV changes and his nose is now on the other side.

Quotes:

[first lines]
911 operator: 911, what is your emergency?
disguised voice: I'm tired of the way things are, as opposed to the way they should be.
911 operator: Is this an emergency? Where are you located?
disguised voice: That really doesn't matter, so hear me out.
911 operator: Can we have your name please?
disguised voice: Of course, "Common Denominator", your man in the street. Now don't ask a another question or I will be obliged to do bad. Doing bad, you would have to assume responsibility. No interruptions. That's natural selection. Born to win, born to lose, born to die...

Movie Connections:

References The Boondock Saints (1999)

Soundtrack:

One More Night

Predictable but watchable thriller

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

Stallone and the director of I Know What You Did Last Summer sound like an intriguing combination.But this belated picture isn't really.Sly's performance works more thanks to the script than to him,thanks to some emotive scenes at the beginning,otherwise he's as blank as he was in the Rambo movies.Worse than that,the story is told in a really straight-forward,unoriginal way,you can see scenes coming before you've even seen them.There are few real jolts or surprises.There's some okay action in between,but to be honest,it's hard to understand why this didn't go straight to video.**