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. 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.
Critics Sentiment
Treasury agents Mercer and Brady witness their partner shot by Ronnie
Red takes hooker Vikki dancing at the closing Palace ballroom
The film drops from its violent opening to tedious character building in the middle act, then recovers slightly for the Palace shootout
Critics found Boiling Point a disappointingly bland and subdued thriller that failed to deliver on its action movie promises. Despite strong performances from Dennis Hopper and an early Viggo Mortensen role, the film suffered from mechanical plotting, minimal thrills, and overly restrained direction. The consensus was that it felt like a thriller without thrills, earning praise mainly for its cast while disappointing audiences expecting a Wesley Snipes action vehicle.
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Wesley Snipes
Jimmy Mercer
Dennis Hopper
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Lolita Davidovich
Vikki Dunbar
Viggo Mortensen
Ronnie
Seymour Cassel
Virgil Leach
Jonathan Banks
Max Waxman
Christine Elise
Carol
Tony Lo Bianco
Tony Dio
Valerie Perrine
Mona
James Tolkan
Levitt
Paul Gleason
Transaction Man
Lorraine Evanoff
Connie
Stephanie Williams
Sally Mercer
Tobin Bell
Roth
Bobby Hosea
Steve
Dan Hedaya
Brady
George Gerdes
Henderson
James Pickens Jr.
Prison Officer
Keith Leon Williams
Cook
Rick Dean
Bartender
Crew
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