Pendulum

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Pendulum

R

2002

1h 34m

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 10, 2018

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Manny Farber

Artforum

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.

Jun 18, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Oct 12, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 13, 2002

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

A film of uncommon badness

Rated: 1/5

Feb 19, 2002

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

for a cheapo movie it started off in a damn fine fashion... only to finish in mediocrity

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

A typical suspense movie about a serial killer. A few interesting characters. Rachel Hunter looks great though not a great actress.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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James D. Deck

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Rachel Hunter

Amanda Reeve

James Russo

Edward Mills

Matt Battaglia

William Cobb

Alaina Huffman

Terry Weiss

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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