Directed by Harry Longstreet Cinematography François Protat | Music by John M. Keane | |
Produced by Renee LongstreetJulian Marks Written by Sean SilasRenee LongstreetHarry Longstreet Starring Richard GriecoJulianne PhillipsGordon PinsentPeter MacNeillTom Cavanagh | ||
A Vow to Kill is a 1995 made for TV movie directed by Harry Longstreet, starring Richard Grieco and Julianne Phillips, and first televised on 1 February 1995. Others in the cast include Peter MacNeill, Tom Cavanagh, Nicole Oliver and Larissa Laskin.
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Plot
L.J. Berman (Larissa Laskin) is a deceitful psychotic conman. Eric (Richard Grieco) is married to beautiful, rich Rachel Waring (Julianne Phillips). He fakes himself and his wife being kidnapped in order to get ransom money from her Dad, Frank (Gordon Pinsent).
Reception
The film can be considered a damsel-in-distress drama, featuring light bondage, and details Rachel's plight in trying to escape from the mean thug.
Variety wrote, "Physically if not emotionally, Grieco and Phillips manage to register blips on the tube even when they haven’t anything to say to each other, which is most of the time. The lovers’ romantic dialogue sounds as hollow as lines on a Hallmark card", and also wrote, "Director Harry S. Longstreet, who co-wrote the script with his wife, Renee (also the show’s producer), and Sean Silas, manages to maintain suspenseful pacing while making a movie that is centered on only Grieco and Phillips in their faraway island fairyland."
VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever called the film a "Predictable cable thriller", and Chicago Sun-Times succinctly called the film a "stupid, sexist movie".