Cottonmouth (2001) User Reviews

Really bad

[laurentpchambon · 2/10 · 10 July 2005]

Such a bad movie I was wondering why I was bothering watching. Really bad actors, the plot doesn't exist. It's so predictable I was falling asleep. How did they find money to produce this? The actors are busy trying to look good, they look like they're auditioning for some Brazilian soap, not featuring in a thriller. The psychology of the characters is unclear and since the beginning we know the girl is gonna get abducted by the bad cop, that the two heroes will have sex and that some witnesses will be killed.

The only interesting part was the end: the bad cop ends up in jails and it is obvious he's gonna get a hard time by his fellow mates. A good start for an action movie or even for a gay porn. Why did it stop where it should have started?

Lethal Force is a dull, uninvolving legal drama that was cruelly mis-marketed as some kind of action movie.

[tarbosh22000 · 2/10 · 30 July 2012]

Thomas Carruth (Tyson) is a Texas cop who laments the "old days" when law enforcement didn't have so much red tape involved and there were less confining rules. So he goes rogue, becoming the judge, jury and executioner all on his own terms. Apparently this doesn't sit right with go-getting attorney Renee Alexander (Stafford), who approaches fellow lawyer J.B. Thornton (Owsley) about building a case against Carruth. Even with the help of Eddie Mills (Gault), catching Carruth is not going to be easy. So they slowly, meticulously do it anyway. Will they catch this Carruthless character? Can they fight through the Carruption? Find out today! (Actually, don't...) You'd think a Direct-to-Video movie starring Richard Tyson and Robert Vaughn called Lethal Force would be a surefire winner. However, it's not very lethal and has minimal force. However, that's the Corman-released title (others were Cottonmouth and Silent Justice) - and it seems to be a cynically misleading ploy to get suckers like us to think this is an action movie. It's actually a TV-style drama about two lawyers building their case against someone. It's nothing you wouldn't see on an episode of Law & Order - and it would probably be done better on a Law & Order episode. The main problem is, by far the best and most interesting character is Carruth, and there are huge stretches where he's nowhere in sight. And they could have made him a lot more evil. The non-Carruth scenes have no edge or bite to them.

Carruth is a good role for Tyson, and we were wishing he would come back in a better movie. Incidentally, he resembles a cross between Martin Kove and Steven Bauer. Amazingly, this movie came out in 2002, but it looks like it's from 1992. And seeing as how we were on Robert Vaughn watch, we noted how he doesn't appear until 69 minutes into the movie. At that point it's just a salvage job and it's far beyond the powers of any actor to save the wreckage, but it seems Vaughn at least tried his best.

Sadly, Lethal Force is a dull, uninvolving legal drama that was cruelly mis-marketed as some kind of action movie. If you ever see this movie in any store, don't take the bait. (Ty paid fifty cents at The Salvation Army for this on VHS - and that's exactly where it's going back). Let us act as guinea pigs for you. If you're expecting action, avoid Lethal Force.

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Richard Tyson is great in this very good movie!

[Movie Nuttball · 10/10 · 30 November 2003]

This movie Lethal Force is based on a true story and is a decent one! The film stars one of My favorite actors who is very talented and is always serious and that actor is none other than Richard Tyson! His acting was very good in the film! The part he plays is really unbelievable but his character really did those things! If you like Richard Tyson and want to see a movie that's based on true events about a cop going mad then see Lethal Force!