Slow Burn

Name: Slow Burn
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: April 13, 2007
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 34
Cast: Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J, Ray Liotta

2007

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SLOW BURN

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Lionsgate | Release Date: April 13, 2007

Starring: Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J, Ray Liotta

Summary: A sexy, stylish thriller, Slow Burn stars Ray Liotta as a big-city district attorney with his eye on the mayor's office and a big problem on his hands. (Lions Gate)

Director: Wayne Beach

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Charlotte Observer - Lawrence Toppman

Beach blends all the performing styles smoothly: LL's blithe coolness, Blalock's sultry ambiguity, Liotta's slow-boiling intensity, Ejiofor's dapper amiability, Phifer's brooding intensity. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Scott Brown

A strange, sprained, but sprightly fusion of "The Usual Suspects" and the "Tragic Mulatto," Slow Burn wants badly to turn its standard neo-noir into a nuanced racial chiaroscuro. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Maitland McDonagh

No one and nothing can be taken at face value in Beach's twisty tale of secrets and lies, which buries its very interesting idea in a welter of ludicrous dialogue and skin-flick imagery. Read full review

Boston Globe - Michelle Kung

A veritable rip-off of 1995's "The Usual Suspects," Beach's crime caper not-so-subtly apes Bryan Singer's use of multiple red herrings and flashback-heavy interrogation scenes, but lacks the stylistic flair and sophisticated narrative skills to pull off a similar feat of cinematic intrigue. Read full review

New York Post - Kyle Smith

An amusingly preposterous last act keeps you guessing, or maybe keeps you ducking, as it lets rip an avalanche of startling revelations and double-crosses. Nothing is what it seems - unless it seems cheesy. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Mark Olsen

Beach's storytelling tactics, much like the film as a whole, would simply be annoying if they weren't also borderline insulting. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Toddy Burton

The cast, particularly Liotta, walk around with befuddled expressions on their faces, perhaps wondering what on earth they’re doing in this movie and how they can find a new agent ASAP. Read full review

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