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Pendulum

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Homicide detective Amanda Reeve (Rachel Hunter) is assigned to the shocking case of a murdered law professor. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose in the same city, cutting up prostitutes and leaving the Dallas police force in the dust. Amanda's case gets racier when she catches wind of rumors that the law professor was handing out high marks in exchange for sexual favors. Most stirring of all, U.S. Senate candidate Edward Mills (James Russo) may have ties to the crimes.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 07/10/2018
1.5/4
It's so badly written and indifferently directed that it degrades its subject; a few more movies like this could put lawnorder out of business for good. Go to Full Review Manny Farber Artforum 06/18/2019
Playing the characters so hyper-observant, and suggesting through acting that each person is a conflict of pulls in all directions, makes the hollow, TV-styled Pendulum seem almost mobile, and sort of intelligent. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/12/2005
2/5
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 07/13/2002
2/5
Aside from some bizarre casting, a few gorgeous young women, and a plot amazingly comprised of ever cable flick ever made, Pendulum is an outright chore to sit through. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 02/19/2002
1/5
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03/22/2011 Flixster has conflated the cast and release dates of the garbage 2001 film of this title with that of the good 1969 film directed by George Schaefer, starring Peppard and Seberg. See more 07/24/2010 for a cheapo movie it started off in a damn fine fashion... only to finish in mediocrity See more 06/29/2009 Boring and confusing in the beginning then turns boring and predictable towards the middle and finally boring and weird towards the end. All around, a very crappy movie. Not even worth the rental. See more 06/26/2009 A typical suspense movie about a serial killer. A few interesting characters. Rachel Hunter looks great though not a great actress. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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James D. Deck

Director

Rachel Hunter

Amanda Reeve

James Russo

Edward Mills

Matt Battaglia

William Cobb

Alaina Huffman

Terry Weiss

Stephanie Vogt

Melissa Regan
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Synopsis Homicide detective Amanda Reeve (Rachel Hunter) is assigned to the shocking case of a murdered law professor. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose in the same city, cutting up prostitutes and leaving the Dallas police force in the dust. Amanda's case gets racier when she catches wind of rumors that the law professor was handing out high marks in exchange for sexual favors. Most stirring of all, U.S. Senate candidate Edward Mills (James Russo) may have ties to the crimes.
Director
James D. Deck
Producer
James D. Deck, Jason Kabolati
Screenwriter
Jason Kabolati
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 34m