Boiling Point

Red is an aging scam-artist who’s just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated…

• Director:James B. Harris
• Genre:Crime / Drama
• Runtime:85 minutes

Cast

Wesley Snipes : Jimmy Mercer
Dennis Hopper : Rudolph ‘Red’ Diamond
Lolita Davidovich : Vikki Dunbar
Viggo Mortensen : Ronnie
Seymour Cassel : Virgil Leach

This film opens with police officer Jimmy Mercer (Wesley Snipes) and his partner (Dan Hedaya) doing some undercover work, when Mercer’s partner is shot and killed by a new man (Viggo Mortensen) that criminal Red Diamond (Dennis Hopper) pulled out of jail. Now on a snap of anger and thoughts of revenge, Mercer wants to find the killer and take him down before he gets transferred to another precinct. Although a cop and close colleague claims over dinner that Mercer must do it “by the book,” Mercer replies that “when I’m done with this mother-fucker, I’m gonna put him in a box….. by the book.”

Red continues to try to go on a relationship with one of his old girlfriends but is shot-down. Through explosions and action, Mercer’s temper rises with the suspense.

At a club which Mercer is at(at the same time as Mortensen and Hopper), Diamond’s new man pulls-out his gun on the 2nd floor, to which Mercer quickly reacts by unloading all six rounds of his snubnose .38 into Mortensen. Red is arrested. Justice is served. Read more

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