Slow Burn (1989 film)

Slow Burn
Directed by John Eyres
Produced by Stephen Chang
John A. Curtis
John Eyres
Zafar Malik (exec prod)
Lloyd Simandl (exec prod)
Written by Stephen Lister[1]
Starring William Smith
Anthony James
Ivan Rogers
Frank Wilson
Thom Schioler
Tina Fiorda
Robert Brown
Michael Tiernan[2]
Music by Alan Grey
Cinematography Nathaniel Massey
Edited by Derek Whelan[3]
Release date
 1989
Language English

Slow Burn is a 1989 film directed by John Eyres and starring Ivan Rogers, William Smith, Anthony James and Stephen M.D. Chang. A veteran cop's partner is killed by a Mafia hitman, and he goes after him. Also on the trail of the hitman is a rookie cop who has his own personal reasons for perusing him.

Story

A veteran cop has the task of preventing two rival criminal organizations from warring with each other. The two organizations happen to be the Mafia and the Triads.[4][5] Besides this, the cop is also perusing a hitman who is also being perused by a less experienced cop. The veteran cop has no idea that rookie cop who has put himself in a close position to the hit man's boss is after the same target.[6][7] The Mafia don was played by William Smith and the hitman Emilio Renzetti played by Anthony James.[8]

Personnel

Cast

  • Ivan Rogers ... Murphy
  • William Smith ... Antonio Scarpelli
  • Anthony James ... Renzetti
  • Scott Anderson ... Gino
  • Melissa J. Conroy ... Lisa
  • Thom Schioler ... Babe
  • Stephen M.D. Chang ... Sun Cheng
  • Don Kline ... Corigliano
  • Mervon Bowman ... Drug Dealer
  • William Britos ... Drug Dealer
  • Frank Wilson ... Captain Fahey
  • Paul McLean ... Patterson
  • Michael Tiernan ... O'Brien
  • Gerry Vivash ... Petrie
  • Keith Beardwood ... Silverman[9][10]

Crew

  • Steven Lister ... Screen writer
  • Geoff Griffiths ... Producer
  • John Eyres ... Director, producer, executive producer
  • John A Curtis ... Executive producer
  • Zafar Malik ... Executive producer
  • Nathaniel Massey ... Director Of Photography
  • Alan M Trow ... Camera Operator[11]

Technical and release information

Slow Burn was released in Belgium in 1990 on Excalibur Video.[12] One piece of movie-related material bears the line, "In Chinatown, The Only Thing That Runs Deeper Than Tradition Is Blood".[13]

References

  1. ↑ Imdb - Slow Burn (1989 Video), Full Cast & Crew
  2. ↑ Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze - Slow Burn (TV film)
  3. ↑ Imdb - Slow Burn (1989 Video), Full Cast & Crew
  4. ↑ AllMovie - Slow Burn (1990), Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine
  5. ↑ VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996, Visible Ink Press, 1 Sep. 1995 - Page 1989
  6. ↑ Movie Chit Chat - Slow Burn (1990)
  7. ↑ Vestron Video International, Thursday, April 23, 2009 - Slow Burn
  8. ↑ The Indianapolis Star, October 18, 1991 - Page 48 'Slow Burn 9 is clunker for Hoosier filmmaker
  9. ↑ Imdb - Slow Burn (1989)
  10. ↑ BFI - Slow Burn (1989)
  11. ↑ Turner Classic Movies - Slow Burn, OVERVIEW
  12. ↑ VHS Collector - Slow Burn
  13. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes - Slow Burn (1990)
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