Malevolent (2002)

Director:

John Terlesky

Writer:

Dennis Shryack (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The setup. The betrayal. Vengeance is coming.

Plot:

Detective Jack Lucas, a harried, self-hating, Los Angeles police detective races against the clock to clear his name when he's framed for a series of killings committed by a crafty serial killer, who targets him as his latest fall guy.

Plot Keywords:

Videotape | Bathroom Scene | Bar Scene | Bartender | Best Friend

Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Det. Jack Lucas
Edoardo Ballerini	...	Oliver Chadwicke
Kari Wuhrer	...	Jessica Tarrant
Gwen McGee	...	Det. Carla Gifford
Carmen Argenziano	...	Warren Lucas
Iva Hasperger	...	Sandy
Steven Bauer	...	Capt. Greg Pruitt
Rex Ryon	...	Det. Sgt. Joe Dexter
David Reivers	...	Det. Ray Bressler
Guy Ecker	...	Det. Al Voss
Jack McGee	...	Eddie the Bartender
Amye Williams	...	Mother
Troy Beyer	...	Kelly
Mike Butters	...	Mike, Strip Club Bouncer

Also Known As:

Twist of Fate (USA) (working title)
Twisted Fate (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Burg/Koules Productions

Trivia:

Stock footage used: The opening car chase are edited scenes from The Corruptor (1999), while the finale (another big car chase) was originally seen in Marked for Death (1990).

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Corruptor (1999)

Soundtrack:

Pray For Dawn

Sorry Lou Diamond Maybe Next Time

Malevolent is a rather poor suspense/thriller starring Lou Diamond Phillips as a Cop.

Jack(Lou Diamond Phillips) meets a man in a bar, they have a drink and talk.

When the guy finds out Jack is a cop he gives him props calling him a real hero. He gives a toast to Jack and the glasses break.

Jack gets a cut on his hand, when going into the bathroom Jack becomes light-headed. He falls too the floor and the man he had the drink with his standing above him.

Jack then passes out when he wakes his gun is missing.

The guy goes around killing people setting Jack up.

We then find out this man killed Jack's mom.

When we find out why he is doing this too Jack it really is rather dumb.

The final 20min though do get better with a little suspense but by this time do we really care about what happens in the end?

The answer is no.

Even the sexy Kari Wuhrer can't save the film.

Director John Terlesky Directing is rather bad.

The editing was really bad the scene in the police station with Lou Diamond and Kari Wuhrer has to be some of the worst editing i have ever seen.

The only reason i tuned into Malevolent is cause Lou Diamond Phillips is one of my fav actors.

Lou Diamond seemed a bit bored here, while his performance wasn't bad i have seen him do way better.

Maybe next time Lou.

I give Malevolent 3/10