After its Tuesday, May 21, Season 6 finale, The Rookie won’t be back until 2025. Don’t fret, though: That will allow the show to air uninterrupted when Season 7 begins. Looking ahead to The Rookie Season 6 finale and the already-renewed Season 7, here’s everything we know so far about what’s to come from the ABC cop procedural. What to expect from The Rookie’s Season 6 finale The finale is a two-parter, the first of which aired on Tuesday, May 14. The logline for The Rookie Season 6 Episode 10 teases an important mission for the central team in the second part of the finale. “Sgt. Grey [Richard T. Jones] helps the team prepare for their biggest mission yet, it reads. “Meanwhile, Aaron [Tru Valentino], Lopez [Alyssa Diaz], Celina [Lisseth Chavez], Tim [Eric Winter] and Smitty [Brent Huff] discover a surprising connection in their case. In the finale promo below, John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is...
- 5/16/2024
- TV Insider
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, you can find full feature films that we have uploaded, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Now that we’re entering the month of October – which many of us refer to as “spooky season” or “the Halloween season”, since we celebrate Halloween all month long – the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel is already going to be getting into the holiday spirit. Throughout the month of October, we’ll be uploading a whole lot of horror movies – including today’s release, a creature feature called Glass Trap! You can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by the legendary Fred Olen Ray – whose long list of credits (he has directed over 160 movies so far) includes the cult classics Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers and Evil Toons – from a screenplay written by Lisa Morton and Brett Thompson, Glass Trap has the following synopsis:...
Directed by the legendary Fred Olen Ray – whose long list of credits (he has directed over 160 movies so far) includes the cult classics Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers and Evil Toons – from a screenplay written by Lisa Morton and Brett Thompson, Glass Trap has the following synopsis:...
- 10/2/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Virgil Films has acquired worldwide rights to The Jackie Stiles Story, a basketball documentary blending triumph with elements of tragedy.
At 5-foot-8, Stiles grew up in a Kansas town with 600 residents before becoming a force of nature on the court. She became a college All-American and set a scoring record while playing at a school far from the national spotlight, Southwest Missouri State. (Stiles said her father warned her against passing up scholarship offers from blue-chip colleges like Tennessee and the University of Connecticut.) In 2001, Stiles led Missouri State to the Final Four in 2001, with the Lady Bears beating teams like Rutgers, Washington, and Duke along the way.
Stiles went on to a dazzling pro career in the WNBA, earning the league’s Rookie of the Year honors. In 2016, she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
After her WNBA career was cut dramatically short due to injuries,...
At 5-foot-8, Stiles grew up in a Kansas town with 600 residents before becoming a force of nature on the court. She became a college All-American and set a scoring record while playing at a school far from the national spotlight, Southwest Missouri State. (Stiles said her father warned her against passing up scholarship offers from blue-chip colleges like Tennessee and the University of Connecticut.) In 2001, Stiles led Missouri State to the Final Four in 2001, with the Lady Bears beating teams like Rutgers, Washington, and Duke along the way.
Stiles went on to a dazzling pro career in the WNBA, earning the league’s Rookie of the Year honors. In 2016, she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
After her WNBA career was cut dramatically short due to injuries,...
- 7/5/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
I came of age (whatever that means) in the ’80s, so I’m always very interested in what Severin Films re-releases from that era; some I’ve seen and some I haven’t, and others I’ve never even heard of before. The two new releases from Severin I’ll be looking at today fit in that middle category—ones I know of very well, but yet remained unseen. Until now, that is; Severin has seen fit to load up the fantasy/actioner/softcore Gwendoline (1984) and the harrowingly violent The Boys Next Door (1985) with everything a viewer could want to know.
Gwendoline (1984): Otherwise known as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, this film is goofy, immature, leering, and has stunning set design. Yes, it’s French; how’d you guess? Writer/director Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) has concocted an almost unwieldy mix of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
Gwendoline (1984): Otherwise known as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, this film is goofy, immature, leering, and has stunning set design. Yes, it’s French; how’d you guess? Writer/director Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover) has concocted an almost unwieldy mix of Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Tn Distribution has acquired North American rights to the action/thriller Black Rose, starring international action star Alexander Nevsky (Showdown in Manila).
Written by Brent Huff (Chasing Beauty) and George Saunders (The Hunt for Red October), the film was also directed by Nevky.
The cast includes Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Adrian Paul (Highlander: Endgame), Robert Davi (Expendables 3) and Matthias Hues (Dark Angel).
ITN Distribution will be releasing Black Rose in theaters on April 28, 2017 [Continued ...]...
Written by Brent Huff (Chasing Beauty) and George Saunders (The Hunt for Red October), the film was also directed by Nevky.
The cast includes Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Adrian Paul (Highlander: Endgame), Robert Davi (Expendables 3) and Matthias Hues (Dark Angel).
ITN Distribution will be releasing Black Rose in theaters on April 28, 2017 [Continued ...]...
- 4/6/2017
- QuietEarth.us
ITN Distribution has announced that they have acquired N. American distribution rights to the action/thriller film Black Rose. They plan on doing a limited theatrical run on April 28th. Written by Brent Huff and George Saunders, the film is directed… Continue Reading →
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- 4/6/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
It has taken a few years but Alexander Nevsky's action thriller Black Rose will find its way onto American shores thanks to ITN Distribution. ITN picked up North American rights for Nevsky's pic and will release it in cinemas on the 28th. Black Rose was released in Nevsky's mother Russia three years ago. It was written by Brent Huff and George Saunders who wrote another film Nevsky appeared in, Magic Man. There is a trailer below the press release. ITN Distribution, Inc. has acquired North American rights to the action/thriller Black Rose, starring international action star Alexander Nevsky (Showdown in Manila). Written by Brent Huff (Chasing Beauty) and George Saunders (The Hunt for Red October), the film was also directed by Nevsky. The...
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- 4/6/2017
- Screen Anarchy
ITN Distribution has acquired North American rights to the action-thriller Black Rose, starring and directed by Alexander Nevsky (Showdown in Manila). Written by Brent Huff and George Saunders, the film also stars Kristanna Loken, Adrian Paul, Robert Davi and Matthias Hues. Set for an April 28 theatrical release, it follows a Russian police major (Nevsky) enlisted by the Lapd to help solve a series of gruesome murders perpetrated against young women by a sadistic killer…...
- 4/5/2017
- Deadline
Stars: Alexander Nevsky, Kristanna Loken, Adrian Paul, Robert Davi, Robert Madrid, Matthias Hues, Oksana Sidorenko, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Olga Rodionova, Polina Butorina | Written by Brent Huff, George Saunders | Directed by Alexander Nevsky
So let me get this straight; we have a brand-new direct to DVD film, the second feature from star/director Alexander Nevsky, who’s been dubbed the “Russian Schwarzenegger”, that is exec produced (and apparently re-written) by Sheldon Lettich, the writer/director of Awol, Double Impact and Only the Strong, and who also wrote Rambo 3 and Bloodsport. Not only that, the film stars a who’s who of 90s action including Adrian Paul, Robert Davi and – surprise, surprise – villainous action movie stalwart Matthias Hues. And… it comes from the writing team of Brent Huff, writer/director of the awesome 90s action flick The Bad Pack, which also starred Robert Davi; and George Saunders, who penned Bloodsport 4 and co-wrote the...
So let me get this straight; we have a brand-new direct to DVD film, the second feature from star/director Alexander Nevsky, who’s been dubbed the “Russian Schwarzenegger”, that is exec produced (and apparently re-written) by Sheldon Lettich, the writer/director of Awol, Double Impact and Only the Strong, and who also wrote Rambo 3 and Bloodsport. Not only that, the film stars a who’s who of 90s action including Adrian Paul, Robert Davi and – surprise, surprise – villainous action movie stalwart Matthias Hues. And… it comes from the writing team of Brent Huff, writer/director of the awesome 90s action flick The Bad Pack, which also starred Robert Davi; and George Saunders, who penned Bloodsport 4 and co-wrote the...
- 3/10/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
New NCIS season 11,episode 6 intriguing spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night,CBS released the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clips (below) for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 6 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "Oil & Water," and it appears to be pretty intriguing as the NCIS peeps are subjected to various,weird tricks, and more. In the new "Oil & Water" episode, NCIS and the "Coast Guard Investigative Service" are going to head out to sea to investigate a suspicious explosion on board an oil rig. NCIS will partner with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (Cgis) to investigate a suspicious explosion on board an oil rig. In the meantime, no one will be safe from a mysterious prankster who is targeting the NCIS team. Guest stars will include: Diane Neal as Cgis Special Agent Abigail Borin, Leslie Hope as Secnav Sarah Porter, William Ragsdale as Brett Creevy, Rod Rowland as Operations Officer Jonah McGuire,...
- 10/23/2013
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
New NCIS season 11,episode 6 official spoilers,plotline revealed by CBS. Recently, CBS served up the new,official, synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 6 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "Oil & Water," and it sounds like it'll get pretty interesting as the NCIS peeps join forces with another investigation crew over a suspicious oil rig explosion, and more. In the new,6th episode press release: NCIS and the "Coast Guard Investigative Service" is going to head out to sea to investigate a suspicious explosion on board an oil rig. Press release number 2: NCIS is going to partner with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (Cgis) to investigate a suspicious explosion on board an oil rig. In the meantime, no one will be safe from a mysterious prankster who is targeting the NCIS team. Guest stars are going to include: Diane Neal as Cgis Special Agent Abigail Borin, Leslie Hope as Secnav Sarah Porter,...
- 10/22/2013
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
Russian distributor Luxor has picked up the upcoming film from actor/producer Alexander Nevsky, Black Rose, shooting in Moscow until July 7.
The production by Nevsky’s own La-based company Hollywood Storm has a cast including Kristanna Loken, Adrian Paul, Robert Davi, Matthias Hues, and world champion ballroom dancer and fitness model Oksana Sidorenko.
The screenplay by Brent Huff and George Saunders centres on a Moscow police major (played by Nevsky) who travels to Los Angeles to help the local police there investigate a series of murders in the Russian immigrant community.
After the Moscow shoot, the film will move to Los Angeles, and theatrical release is planned for December 2013.
Depardieu to play Caucasian hermit
Russian citizen Gérard Depardieu is to follow his title role in Irakli Kvirikadze’s Rasputin, which will close the Moscow International Film Festival on Saturday (June 29), with a part as a Caucasian hermit in Polish film-maker Jan Jakub Kolski’s next feature, My Mother...
The production by Nevsky’s own La-based company Hollywood Storm has a cast including Kristanna Loken, Adrian Paul, Robert Davi, Matthias Hues, and world champion ballroom dancer and fitness model Oksana Sidorenko.
The screenplay by Brent Huff and George Saunders centres on a Moscow police major (played by Nevsky) who travels to Los Angeles to help the local police there investigate a series of murders in the Russian immigrant community.
After the Moscow shoot, the film will move to Los Angeles, and theatrical release is planned for December 2013.
Depardieu to play Caucasian hermit
Russian citizen Gérard Depardieu is to follow his title role in Irakli Kvirikadze’s Rasputin, which will close the Moscow International Film Festival on Saturday (June 29), with a part as a Caucasian hermit in Polish film-maker Jan Jakub Kolski’s next feature, My Mother...
- 6/25/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Director: Declan O’Brien. Review: Adam Wing. Contrary to popular belief, very few sharks are dangerous to humans. Out of more than 360 species, only four have been involved in a significant number of fatal, unprovoked attacks. An octopus has three hearts, eight arms (generally), likes to hide and doesn’t get a whole lot of sex. Probably because the male dies a few months after reproduction and the female kicks it as soon as the eggs are hatched - that would really put me off too, come to think of it. They’re intelligent though, incredibly flexible and have a great sense of touch. Which brings us neatly to the most fearsome creature of the deep, the once fabled half-shark, half-octopus - created for the military by a team of highly intelligent, not to mention incredibly stupid, scientist types. Not much is known of the sharktopus, apart from his obvious...
- 3/16/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
A couple of weeks ago we showed you a humourous clip of producer Roger Corman and a beach sweetie in a scene from his upcoming 'Sharktopus' production for SyFy and now the 50% shark, 50% octopus, 100% deadly mother of the deep has got itself a new UK trailer. The DVD hits UK shelves from 7 March (a week earlier than the Us) plus it's only priced at 3.99(!). Eric Roberts ('The Dark Knight'), beauty queen Shandi Finnessey (below), Hector Jimenez, Ralph Garman, Sara Malakul Lane, Brent Huff, Roxana Ortega and Kerem Bursin all face off with the monstrous hybrid creature thing. Check out the new trailer and UK DVD artwork below....
- 2/28/2011
- Horror Asylum
The Roger Corman produced SyFy B-movie hybrid flick 'Sharktopus' arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on 15 March stateside. Now a new behind the scenes clip from the feature which includes Roger Corman himself as the part of 'beach bum' and featuring a damn fine beach hottie in her bikini who finds herself another unsuspecting victim to the tentacled beast. Eric Roberts ('The Dark Knight'), ex-American beauty queen Shandi Finnessey, Hector Jimenez, Ralph Garman, Sara Malakul Lane, Brent Huff, Roxana Ortega and Kerem Bursin all star. Check out the clip below....
- 2/17/2011
- Horror Asylum
I'm finding it very difficult to embrace Syfy's new range of low-budget TV horror movies, particularly the ridiculous water-based flicks such as 'Mega Piranha' or 'Dinoshark'. Well producer Roger Corman will see his latest mini-budget horror sci-fi movie 'Sharktopus' (yes the story of a Shark and Octopus hybrid killing machine) hit DVD and Blu-ray this March and a new trailer to help early promotions has been revealed. Eric Roberts ('The Dark Knight', 'The Expendables'), Hector Jimenez, Ralph Garman, Sara Malakul Lane, Brent Huff, Roxana Ortega and Kerem Bursin all star along with American beauty queen Shandi Finnessey (below). You can view the new blood and beach babe filled trailer (which exposes most of the likely major set peieces actually featured in the movie) below in which you can also drool over Finnessey dancing and screaming in her sweet-ass bikini....
- 1/18/2011
- Horror Asylum
I'm not particularly a fan of the b-movie-esque attempts by Syfy of late. They look cheap and nasty and don't have any of the qualities true b-movies had from years back. I don't know, maybe it's an age thing. Anyhoo, the latest Roger Corman produced hybrid fest is 'Sharktopus'. It hit our TV screens a little while back and now its hitting DVD and Blu-Ray on 15 March 2011. Eric Roberts ('The Dark Knight', 'The Expendables'), Hector Jimenez, Ralph Garman, Sara Malakul Lane, American beauty queen Shandi Finnessey (below), Brent Huff, Roxana Ortega and Kerem Bursin all star. You can check out the synopsis and artwork below....
- 12/14/2010
- Horror Asylum
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"The Thin Red Line" (1998)
Directed by Terrence Malick
Released by Criterion Collection
No, you won't be getting the hours of deleted Adrien Brody or George Clooney footage from Malick's World War II epic, but this Criterion version is most certainly an upgrade from the previous bare-bones DVD edition with 14 minutes of outtakes, new interviews with Sean Penn and composer Hans Zimmer, among others from the cast and crew, an audio commentary with cinematographer John Toll, production designer Jack Fisk and producer Grant Hill and more.
"7 Days" (2010)
Directed by Daniel Grou
Released by Mpi Home Video
French Canadian horror author Patrick Senécal adapts his own novel to celluloid about a doctor (Claude Legault) who intercepts the man (Remy Girard) who raped and murdered his young daughter and turns the tables on him in a cabin in the woods. With a résumé including TV series like "Vampire High,...
"The Thin Red Line" (1998)
Directed by Terrence Malick
Released by Criterion Collection
No, you won't be getting the hours of deleted Adrien Brody or George Clooney footage from Malick's World War II epic, but this Criterion version is most certainly an upgrade from the previous bare-bones DVD edition with 14 minutes of outtakes, new interviews with Sean Penn and composer Hans Zimmer, among others from the cast and crew, an audio commentary with cinematographer John Toll, production designer Jack Fisk and producer Grant Hill and more.
"7 Days" (2010)
Directed by Daniel Grou
Released by Mpi Home Video
French Canadian horror author Patrick Senécal adapts his own novel to celluloid about a doctor (Claude Legault) who intercepts the man (Remy Girard) who raped and murdered his young daughter and turns the tables on him in a cabin in the woods. With a résumé including TV series like "Vampire High,...
- 9/23/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Mark Dacascos as a Serbian? Sure, why not, there have been stranger things in film, I suppose. Like, you know, Keanu Reeves playing a Japanese Samurai. Um. Anyways, check out a trailer for the action-thriller “Serbian Scars”, which stars Dacascos as a street fighter and Michael Madsen as a Serbian scumbag behind all the bad deeds. The film also stars Vladimir Rajcic, one of the writers on the film, and is directed by Brent Huff, an actor who has been in his share of direct-to-dvd movies. This action, thriller, drama Serbian Scars, is set in Belgrade, Chicago and Kosovo, chronicles the complicated relationship and reunion of estranged brothers, Alex and Peter and the forbidden love of a Serbian Soldier (Alex Obilich) and a young Muslim woman. Alex believing his father (Goran Obilich) to be at deaths door and in need of a bone marrow transplant, ventures from Serbia to Chicago...
- 12/26/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Filed under: Drama, Casting, Deals, Scripts
What's missing from Quentin Tarantino's balls-to-the-wall WWII flick Inglourious Basterds (besides accurate spelling)? I'll tell you what -- Samuel L. "Motherf**king Jackson. The Playlist reports that Jackson has joined the cast as a narrator who pops up in only a few spots. Additionally, Maggie Cheung has signed on to play "Madame Mimieux, the French matron of the Cinematheque that takes in the protagonist Shosanna (Melanie Laurent) when she is homeless and being sought by the Nazis."
It looks like Tatum O'Neal is back on track after her drug bust earlier this year, grabbing new work that is matching her with some old and familiar faces. The Hollywood Reporter posts that O'Neal has signed on for a new suspense drama along with Tom Berenger and James Brolin called Last Will. Directed by Brent Huff, the film stars O'Neal as a midwestern woman framed...
What's missing from Quentin Tarantino's balls-to-the-wall WWII flick Inglourious Basterds (besides accurate spelling)? I'll tell you what -- Samuel L. "Motherf**king Jackson. The Playlist reports that Jackson has joined the cast as a narrator who pops up in only a few spots. Additionally, Maggie Cheung has signed on to play "Madame Mimieux, the French matron of the Cinematheque that takes in the protagonist Shosanna (Melanie Laurent) when she is homeless and being sought by the Nazis."
It looks like Tatum O'Neal is back on track after her drug bust earlier this year, grabbing new work that is matching her with some old and familiar faces. The Hollywood Reporter posts that O'Neal has signed on for a new suspense drama along with Tom Berenger and James Brolin called Last Will. Directed by Brent Huff, the film stars O'Neal as a midwestern woman framed...
- 10/31/2008
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
New York -- Tatum O'Neal, Tom Berenger and James Brolin will face deception, corruption and misguided family loyalties in the indie suspense drama "Last Will."
Brigitte Nielsen, Patrick Muldoon, William Shockley, Jeffery Dean, Shawn Huff and Moon Unit Zappa round out director Brent Huff's ensemble cast.
"Will" centers on Hayden (O'Neal), a woman framed for the murder of her wealthy husband (Berenger) in their affluent Midwestern town. With all evidence stacked against her, she's arrested by a detective (Brolin) and begins a quest to uncover the truth.
Landing the central role in "Will" is a triumph for the Apa/Untitled-repped O'Neal. It is her first film since pleading guilty in the summer to disorderly conduct and entering rehab after attempting to purchase drugs.
O'Neal, who recurs role on FX's "Rescue Me," next appears in the indie drama "Saving Grace B. Jones."
Writer Alan Moscowitz's "Will" is produced by Irmgard...
Brigitte Nielsen, Patrick Muldoon, William Shockley, Jeffery Dean, Shawn Huff and Moon Unit Zappa round out director Brent Huff's ensemble cast.
"Will" centers on Hayden (O'Neal), a woman framed for the murder of her wealthy husband (Berenger) in their affluent Midwestern town. With all evidence stacked against her, she's arrested by a detective (Brolin) and begins a quest to uncover the truth.
Landing the central role in "Will" is a triumph for the Apa/Untitled-repped O'Neal. It is her first film since pleading guilty in the summer to disorderly conduct and entering rehab after attempting to purchase drugs.
O'Neal, who recurs role on FX's "Rescue Me," next appears in the indie drama "Saving Grace B. Jones."
Writer Alan Moscowitz's "Will" is produced by Irmgard...
- 10/31/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cameras roll on 'Treasure'
MOSCOW -- Russia's latest Hollywood co-production aimed at an international audience begins shooting in Moscow this week, producer Czar Pictures said Monday. Treasure Hunters, an adventure movie starring David Carradine (Kill Bill) and Russian bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky, is scheduled to shoot in and around Moscow for four weeks. Directed by Brent Huff (100 Mile Rule) and produced by Nevsky and Robert Madrid -- who also stars -- the film is the third foray into Hollywood co-productions by the company and follows Michael York-starrer Moscow Heat two years ago. The company's second film, Time of Change, directed by Alexander Izotov, starred Mariel Hemingway.
- 9/5/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
100 Mile Rule
Hollywood Film Festival
Road Rules Prods., Honeydo Prod.
Despite some confounding mood swings -- is this a black comedy, a light comedy or a cautionary tale about men cheating on their wives? -- "100 Mile Rule" comes off with enough verve to see it through. Owing to a few inspired comedy sequences and strong performances by leads Michael McKean, Jake Weber, Maria Bello and David Thornton, "Rule" is a small but winning tale about three Detroit salesmen who come to Los Angeles for a business convention and get into plenty of hot water.
During the day, the men attend conferences. At night, they pursue their main interest: finding women and getting laid. As one of them says, "You can do anything you want as long as you're 100 miles from home." When one (Weber) meets a cocktail waitress (Bello), he begrudgingly beds her, only to find she's made a video of the affair and wants money or else.
Weber's troubles escalate, and the film's energy suddenly changes from ho-hum to wacky. With all three men involved, extortion turns to chaos when Bello's boyfriend turns up dead in a hotel bathtub. This generates inspired physical comedy that has the men -- and the camera -- jumping around desperately while trying to lose the body. Then the tone changes again, falling face first into a pile of easy sentiment.
Director Brent Huff has a knack for comedy, but Drew Pillsbury's script -- the real culprit here -- drags the film from one mood to another. Although "100 Mile Rule" is a small tale with a few good moments, it's pleasing enough when it gets funny on us.
Road Rules Prods., Honeydo Prod.
Despite some confounding mood swings -- is this a black comedy, a light comedy or a cautionary tale about men cheating on their wives? -- "100 Mile Rule" comes off with enough verve to see it through. Owing to a few inspired comedy sequences and strong performances by leads Michael McKean, Jake Weber, Maria Bello and David Thornton, "Rule" is a small but winning tale about three Detroit salesmen who come to Los Angeles for a business convention and get into plenty of hot water.
During the day, the men attend conferences. At night, they pursue their main interest: finding women and getting laid. As one of them says, "You can do anything you want as long as you're 100 miles from home." When one (Weber) meets a cocktail waitress (Bello), he begrudgingly beds her, only to find she's made a video of the affair and wants money or else.
Weber's troubles escalate, and the film's energy suddenly changes from ho-hum to wacky. With all three men involved, extortion turns to chaos when Bello's boyfriend turns up dead in a hotel bathtub. This generates inspired physical comedy that has the men -- and the camera -- jumping around desperately while trying to lose the body. Then the tone changes again, falling face first into a pile of easy sentiment.
Director Brent Huff has a knack for comedy, but Drew Pillsbury's script -- the real culprit here -- drags the film from one mood to another. Although "100 Mile Rule" is a small tale with a few good moments, it's pleasing enough when it gets funny on us.
- 10/8/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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