A meeting between two groups of gangsters in Las Vegas goes horribly wrong when the leader of one gang tries to stiff the other for the loot – a bag of 'hot' diamonds. The other group of gangsters are massacred except for one who gets away with the diamonds. He reaches a remote diner where he passes the stones to the cook & waitress with explicit instructions to hand them over to a friend who will be coming to collect before expiring. The cook & waitress decide to run with the loot, unaware that both gangs are after them for the diamonds.
C. Thomas Howell is known for starring in B-grade thrillers & genre films, his best role being in the masterpiece thriller THE HITCHER. But what is less well known is that Howell is also a director in his own right. Pure Danger is one of his directorial efforts, produced by the PM Entertainment studio.
Despite having some skill has a director, Howell quickly loses control of the film. Some of the acting is absolutely atrocious – key offender being Rick Shapiro whose relentless mugging of the stage causes the scenes he is in to collapse in ridicule. It is clear that Howell has had a hard time trying to keep the film together when everyone involved in the cast don't seem to be taking things too seriously. The script is a shambles – things happen with little rhyme or reason & the characterisations consist of racial stereotypes & nasty touches like hiding diamonds in a corpse by stuffing them up his anus. The car chases go so far beyond the bounds of credibility that you'll be laughing at them to their detriment. Having said that, the film has an agreeably dark sense of humour that works a little to elevate the film from junk status.
C. Thomas Howell is known for starring in B-grade thrillers & genre films, his best role being in the masterpiece thriller THE HITCHER. But what is less well known is that Howell is also a director in his own right. Pure Danger is one of his directorial efforts, produced by the PM Entertainment studio.
Despite having some skill has a director, Howell quickly loses control of the film. Some of the acting is absolutely atrocious – key offender being Rick Shapiro whose relentless mugging of the stage causes the scenes he is in to collapse in ridicule. It is clear that Howell has had a hard time trying to keep the film together when everyone involved in the cast don't seem to be taking things too seriously. The script is a shambles – things happen with little rhyme or reason & the characterisations consist of racial stereotypes & nasty touches like hiding diamonds in a corpse by stuffing them up his anus. The car chases go so far beyond the bounds of credibility that you'll be laughing at them to their detriment. Having said that, the film has an agreeably dark sense of humour that works a little to elevate the film from junk status.