Sacrifice (2000 film)

Sacrifice
Film Poster
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Produced by Dana Dubovsky
Mark L. Lester
Written by Mitchell Smith (Novel)
Randall Frakes (Written by)
Starring
Music by Stephen Edwards
Cinematography Robert Steadman
Edited by Christopher Roth
Production
company
American World Pictures
Lions Gate Films
Distributed by Home Box Office
Lions Gate Films
Studio Home Entertainment
Release date
  • April 26, 2000 (2000-04-26)
(Argentina) (Video Premiere)
  • June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)
(USA) (TV Premiere)
Running time
 90 min.
Country United States
Language English

Sacrifice is a 2000 action/thriller television film, starring Michael Madsen. It was written by Randall Frakes, based on a novel by Mitchell Smith and directed by Mark L. Lester.

Plot

Tyler Pierce, a convicted bank robber who just recently escaped the prison, joins with a former call girl to investigate the murder of his daughter. They soon discover that they are dealing with a serial killer.

Cast

Reception

Andy Webb from The Movie Scene gave the film three out of five stars and wrote: "What this all boils down to is that "Sacrifice" is really a bad movie; it has weak acting, poor action and irrelevant subplots. Yet all the wrong stuff ends up being as entertaining as the right stuff which makes "Sacrifice" surprisingly enjoyable."[1] Richard Scheib from Moria.co gave it two stars, stating: "Sacrifice starts well. Michael Madsen’s central character is unusually conceived as a hero goes and the film is tightly plotted, consistently keeping one’s interest. Alas, Sacrifice fails to sustain such interest for its full length. Indeed, despite the unusualness of the central character and an interesting plot set-up, by about halfway point all of this has dissipated and Sacrifice has become merely a routine policier."[2] Jack Sommersby from eFilmCritic gave the movie two stars and wrote: "The film isn't terrible, just terribly dull, with a who-cares hero registering near zero on both the dramatic and charismatic scale. I'd be happy to predict that Madsen probably has a good film in him somewhere down the line, but after seeing his 2009 slate of no less than twenty-eight(!) projects, it's safe to concretely conclude that here's an ultra-slumming actor preferring quantity over quality. A The Wrestler couldn't come along soon enough."[3]

On Rotten Tomatoes, Sacrifice currently holds 15% of audience score.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Webb, Andy. "Sacrifice (2000)". The Movie Scene. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Scheib, Richard. "SACRIFICE". Moria.co.
  3. ↑ Sommersby, Jack. "Sacrifice (2000)". eFilmCritic. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sacrifice (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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