Undertow is a 1996 American TV thriller film directed by Eric Red.
Undertow | |
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Genre | Crime Drama Thriller |
Written by | Eric Red Kathryn Bigelow |
Directed by | Eric Red |
Starring | Lou Diamond Phillips |
Theme music composer | John Frizzell |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | David Perlmutter Lewis Chesler |
Producers | Tom Kuhn Fred Weintraub David Baird Rick Nathanson Robertas Urbonas Jackie Weintraub |
Cinematography | Geza Sinkovics |
Editor | Claudia Finkle |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Production companies | Lietuvos Kinostudija Showtime Networks Weintraub/Kuhn Productions |
Original release | |
Release | March 24, 1996 |
Plot
editA man's car breaks down and he seeks shelter in a remote shack in the woods, where he is held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man.
Cast
edit- Lou Diamond Phillips as Jack Ketchum
- Mia Sara as Willie Yates
- Charles Dance as Lyle Yates
Reception
editTVGuide.com rated it 2 out of 5 stars.[1] Carole Horst of Variety.com wrote that it "drowns in a fuzzy script and amateurish direction that fail to build tension or sympathy for the leads."[2]
References
edit- ^ "Undertow".
- ^ "Undertow". 22 March 1996.
External links
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