Tortured (film)
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Director Nolan Lebovitz Duration Country United StatesCanada | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Thriller Cinematography Steven Bernstein Writer Nolan Lebovitz Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 16 September 2008 (US DVD) Cast (Kevin), (Archie Green), (Jack), (Becky), (Doctor Shaw) Similar movies Salt , Ginger , Get Shorty , Looper , Let's Be Cops , Untraceable Tagline Sometimes the only way to stop a criminal is to become one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tortured 2008 crime thriller
Tortured is a 2008 crime thriller film written and directed by Nolan Lebovitz and starring Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, and James Cromwell. It was released direct-to-DVD in the U.S. on September 16, 2008. The movie was filmed in Canada, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Plot
FBI agent Kevin Cole goes undercover as Jimmy Vaughn, an organized crime enforcer. When he's ordered to undertake the week-long torture of accountant Archie Green, Kevin begins to question his role in government service, where often he must hurt or end another human being's life just to make a bust.
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Critical response
Tortured received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Andrew L. Urban praised the actor's performances and the film's production value however drew attention to poor writing saying, "the writing tries so hard to make a mysterious web of deceit that it ends up tying itself in knots." David Nusair gave the film a score of 1.5 out of 4 calling it a "well-intentioned yet undeniable misfire."
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