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Slow burn 20051/8/2024 ![]() This movie was filmed in 2003 but not released until this year - four years later! Maybe they knew it was a turkey. I found it un-involving, and when you don't care about the characters, then you don't care who's innocent or guilty and the film loses all effectiveness. As ambitious District Attorney Ford Cole (Ray Liotta) prepares for his mayoral bid, he faces conflicting stories surrounding a mans death. A bad situation gets worse when an enigmatic stranger named Luther Pinks turns up at the police station to contradict her story. One of his deputies has just confessed to killing a man in what she claims was self-defence. Movies that revolve around the big question "Did he/she kill the person or not" are either extremely interesting and involving or the opposite. Ford Cole, a big-city district attorney with his eye on the mayors office and a big problem on his hands. A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger. A convoluted movie is just that, and not fun to watch no matter what any viewer's IQ might be. Synopsis The truth is just a trick of light. In fact, it was stupid because it committed the ultimate sin for making a movie - it bored the hell out of its audience, and an audience that includes some "smart people" who can figure things out. Slow Burn (2005) R Drama crime Documentary Mystery Thriller Director: Wayne Beach Release Date: SeptemCast: Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Jolene Blalock, Guy Torry, Taye Diggs. I'll put it in simple terms: this film was not as "smart" and "clever" as it thought it was. I am so glad it wasn't just me, that the first review I see here - Mermaidbronze - felt the same way I did. He's convinced that she's merely having a spell of bad luck, until he discovers how many people want Kate MacKenna dead.This wore out its welcome about 40 minutes into the movie and after the halfway point, about 10 minutes later, I totally didn't care if our girl here was innocent or guilty. But the mishaps keep coming.Īt Jordan's insistence, Dylan checks up on Kate. Once she knows that Jordan is going to be fine, Kate abandons her calm facade and allows herself a major meltdown, doing something that is totally uncharacteristic: She has a one-night stand with Jordan's brother Dylan.Ĭoming to her senses, Kate returns home determined to get back on track and save her business. ![]() Though stretched to the limit, Kate immediately rushes to her side. Then Kate receives a call from her best friend, Jordan Buchanan, who is hospitalized and scheduled for surgery in Boston. Kate's still reeling from this devastating news when her younger sister's volatile ex-boyfriend shows up and threatens her. Slow Burn (2005) Vote: 5.7 Quality: HD Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Starring: Ray Liotta, Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J Director: Wayne Beach Add Favorite. Once home, Kate is hit with the news that the prosperous fragrance company she has nurtured from the ground up is in jeopardy: It turns out that her late mother used the business as collateral for a huge loan, and full payment is due in three weeks. A womans lifelong pursuit of lost family diamonds is interrupted by the appearance of two escaped convicts. While attending a reception at a friend's estate for a controversial artist, Kate is nearly killed by an explosion. But now the fates seem to be lining up against her.in lethal fashion. Living a successful life just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, Kate MacKenna has always been able to turn her challenges into triumphs.
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