Drama ·Action ·Crime ·Thriller · United States of America · 1993 · 1h 32m

Boiling Point

Boiling Point poster
Director
James B. Harris
Cast
Wesley Snipes as Jimmy Mercer Dennis Hopper as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond Lolita Davidovich as Vikki Dunbar Viggo Mortensen as Ronnie Seymour Cassel as Virgil Leach Jonathan Banks as Max Waxman
Crew
King Baggot — Director of Photography Jerry Brady — Editor James B. Harris — Screenplay Gerald Petievich — Novel Leonardo De La Fuente — Producer Marc Frydman — Producer
Tagline

He's a cop who reached the Boiling Point.

Synopsis

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. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.

Mood & Themes
prisonheroescapeundercover
Key Collaborators
James B. Harris Director King Baggot Director of Photography Jerry Brady Editor James B. Harris Screenplay Gerald Petievich Novel Leonardo De La Fuente Producer Marc Frydman Producer Ron Foreman Production Design Molly Maginnis Costume Design
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