Slow Burn

R

2000

1h 37m

Adventure

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12%

17 Reviews

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12%

100+ Ratings

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A woman's lifelong pursuit of lost family diamonds is interrupted by the appearance of two escaped convicts.

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I was watching a James Spader interview. While he could not remember this movie's name, he recalled having a wonderful time with Josh Brolin. If a film is forgettable to one of the principal actors, it should warn the viewer that they will regret the experience. Nevertheless, I endured watching this movie the other night. I stayed engaged for about the first 30 minutes. Initially, I suspected this film might have drawn some influence from Bogart's 1948 classic, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre." Whatever thematic similarities "Slow Burn" had with John Huston's Academy Award-winning film, they were lost in a desert wasteland of incoherent rambling and poor character development. The only reason I rated it two stars instead of one, I was somehow able to watch through the closing credits.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Very slow paced stupid pointless movie. Very uneventful.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Not great, not terrible. Could have been a pretty good story, but it wasn't executed very well.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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A suspenseful, captivating, and well-acted character study.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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When I learned of this film I got pretty gosh darn excited. Josh Brolin and James Spader as escaped convicts trying to outsmart Minnie Driver in the desert as they hunt for long buried diamonds!?!?!? Spader and Brolin!!!! Two of my biggest man crushes in cinema acting baddie!!! Thatâs awesome! Then I see them on screen together. Dear god, Brolin is playing an over-the-top dolt and Spader is mustached, sunburned, black dyed, and talking like Rizo from Midnight Cowboy. They are terrible. So terrible, I was deeply uncomfortable every second they were on screen. I kinda like how the story plays out but Spader and Brolin are so bad I could barely make it through the movie. Real shame this one. VF.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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It is boring, and James Spader is unrecognizable.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Christian Ford

Director

Minnie Driver

Trina McTeague

James Spader

Marcus

Josh Brolin

Duster

Stuart Wilson

Frank Norris

Jennifer Ann Evans

Paulina McTeague

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Rated: 2/5

May 13, 2009

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Time Out

Rated: 2/6

Sep 22, 2007

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Boston Globe

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 22, 2007

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

The title gives an adequate description of what this thriller does to your time.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 5, 2009

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Rated: D-

Sep 22, 2007

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Synopsis

A woman's lifelong pursuit of lost family diamonds is interrupted by the appearance of two escaped convicts.

Director: Christian Ford
Producer: Julia Chasman, Walter Josten
Screenwriter: Christian Ford, Roger Soffer
Production Co: Artisan Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 37m

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