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Boiling Point

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A Treasury agent (Wesley Snipes) and a mobster (Dennis Hopper) hunt each other according to their separate-but-equal deadlines for success.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader In terms of story and action, the gratuitously named Boiling Point has even less going for it... Rated: 2/4 Jun 3, 2022 Full Review Louis Black Austin Chronicle Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant The actors find themselves in the service of a lamely plotted and colorless screenplay, with Harris failing at his efforts to write the kind of pungent talk turned out by Richard Price. Jun 4, 2018 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com So slow-moving and lacking in excitement that it's torture to sit through. Rated: 0/4 Jan 12, 2007 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 4, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Great early nineties cinematography - and that's where the compliments end. Drawn out "hip" crime dialogue done at a snail's pace, hokey coincidence character interaction, uninspired performances and virtually no action. Could have been an addition to modern noir, but utterly fails. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Ok movie but it's a Mild-average movie and it just feel a little uneven action/crime with very low on ideas that's bit lacking in excitement. Often lower then Passenger 57 & MONEY TRAIN , Rising Sun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This is exactly as dull and boring as Wesley's facial expression on the cover. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A solid neo-noir with excellent supporting performance from Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, and, of course Dennis Hopper. I think the unfortunately low scores and the films poor initial reception are largely the fault of the terrible marketing which sold a character driven noirish police procedural as an over the top action thriller. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member It baffles me how you could put such quality actors in a movie and fail to amuse or entertain. The diaogue falls so flat, you'll wince during every line. I kept hoping that someone would cut off Dennis Hopper's arms so he'd stop gesturing on every syllable. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Funny that the film is called Boiling Point considering it never comes to one. I love a good Snipes thriller, but this is NOT one of them. You will turn this movie off and be hard pressed to recall anything exciting or memorable. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Treasury agent (Wesley Snipes) and a mobster (Dennis Hopper) hunt each other according to their separate-but-equal deadlines for success.
Director
James B. Harris
Producer
Leonardo De La Fuente, Marc Frydman
Screenwriter
Gerald Petievich, James B. Harris
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Studio Canal, Hexagon Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 1993, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.0M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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