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Vice (2008)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:2
Rotten:3
Average Rating:4.5/10
Australian Theatrical Release:
Nov 2, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis:
Detective Max Walker (Madsen) was once a highly respected cop until he lost his wife and his life unraveled. Haunted by her memory and harboring his rage, Walker has nothing left to lose. He is a...
Detective Max Walker (Madsen) was once a highly respected cop until he lost his wife and his life unraveled. Haunted by her memory and harboring his rage, Walker has nothing left to lose. He is a loose cannon waiting for an excuse to explode.
A drug bust operation goes awry. A large haul of heroin is discovered by Walker and his team; including Salt (Hannah) and Sampson (Williamson). The bust attracts a great deal of heat after several people are killed and one gang member escapes from the scene.
Murder and mayhem ensue. The officers involved in the bust are being killed off one by one. No cop is safe. With no suspects in sight, a bewildered Walker joins forces with Salt to investigate the slaughter of his team.
What follows is a series of twists, intrigue and foul play. When it is discovered that some drugs from the bust went missing the cops start to look amongst themselves for the killer. Trust is compromised, comradeship dissolves and friends turn their guns on one another until the last man is standing and the truth is revealed. --© Official Site
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Starring: Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Mykelti Williamson, Mark Boone
Starring: Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Mykelti Williamson, Mark Boone
Director: Raul Inglis
Director: Raul Inglis
Screenwriter: Raul Inglis
Producer: Matthew Robert Kelly
Composer: Cliff Martinez
Studio: 41
Reviews for Vice
Vice has the bargain-basement production values and indifferently plotted narrative of one of those cheesy Z-grade pictures that clutter up cable networks after the clock strikes midnight.
Walker's histrionic voice-over meditations on guilt, destiny and life's fundamental injustice are painfully juvenile, but the film overall oozes an all-too-convincing atmosphere of despair, resignation and bitter self loathing.
You've see this movie before, but you haven't seen it filtered through Madsen.
Writer-director Raul Sanchez Inglis tries to do several ambitious, honorable things with Vice, but for much of the action, they cancel each other out.
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