Slow Burn

– A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) an..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 33 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
Slow Burn (2005)

A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

13 Apr 2007

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Wayne Beach

Writer:

Wayne Beach (screenplay), Wayne Beach (story), Anthony Walton (story)

Main Actors:

Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Jolene Blalock

Plot:

District attorney Ford Cole is running for mayor, promising to capture the city's elusive crime boss, Danny Ludin. On the night of a gas link in the inner city, his interview with a national reporter is interrupted by word that his best prosecutor, Nora Timmer, who's also his lover, has killed a man she claims was assaulting her. A few minutes later, a man shows up at Cole's office claiming it was murder, implicating Nora in complicated schemes and crimes. Cole wants a few hours to get to the bottom of a mess that quickly includes land deals, shell corporations, and political corruption. Who's setting up whom?

Gross profit:

$1,181,197

Production:

Lions Gate Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
Metacritic:
34%