A Vow to Kill

A Vow to Kill

poster artwork
Directed by Harry Longstreet
Produced by
  • Renee Longstreet
  • Julian Marks
Written by
  • Sean Silas
  • Renee Longstreet
  • Harry Longstreet
Starring
Music by John M. Keane
Cinematography François Protat
Edited by Lauren A. Schaffer
Production
companies
  • Power Pictures
  • Wilshire Court Productions
Distributed by CIC Video
Release dates
  • February 1, 1995 (1995-02-01) (United States)
Country United States
Language English

A Vow to Kill is a 1995 made for TV movie directed by Harry Longstreet, starring Richard Grieco and Julianne Phillips,[1] and first televised on 1 February 1995. Others in the cast include Peter MacNeill, Tom Cavanagh, Nicole Oliver and Larissa Laskin.

Plot

L.J. Berman (Larissa Laskin) is a deceitful psychotic conman. Eric (Richard Grieco) is married to beautiful, rich Rachel Waring (Julianne Phillips). He fakes himself and his wife being kidnapped in order to get ransom money from her Dad, Frank (Gordon Pinsent).

Cast

Reception

The film can be considered a damsel-in-distress drama, featuring light bondage, and details Rachel's plight in trying to escape from the mean thug.

Variety wrote, "Physically if not emotionally, Grieco and Phillips manage to register blips on the tube even when they haven’t anything to say to each other, which is most of the time. The lovers’ romantic dialogue sounds as hollow as lines on a Hallmark card", and also wrote, "Director Harry S. Longstreet, who co-wrote the script with his wife, Renee (also the show’s producer), and Sean Silas, manages to maintain suspenseful pacing while making a movie that is centered on only Grieco and Phillips in their faraway island fairyland."[1]

VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever called the film a "Predictable cable thriller",[2] and Chicago Sun-Times succinctly called the film a "stupid, sexist movie".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Loynd, Ray (4 January 1995). "Review: 'A Vow to Kill'". Variety. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. staff (1 January 2008). "A Vow to Kill". www.highbeam.com. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. Grahnke, Lon (7 January 1995). "USA Cable Launches Shatner's `TekWar'". Chicago Sun-Times. highbeam.com. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

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