A Vow to Kill

A Vow to Kill
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Genre	Drama; Mystery;
Written by	Sean Silas; Renee Longstreet; Harry Longstreet;
Directed by	Harry Longstreet
Starring	Richard Grieco; Julianne Phillips; Gordon Pinsent; Peter MacNeill; Tom Cavanagh;
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Julian Marks
Producer(s)	Renee Longstreet
Production location(s)	Toronto
Cinematography	François Protat
Running time	97 minutes
Production company(s)	Power Pictures; Wilshire Court Productions;
Distributor	CIC Video
Release
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	February 1, 1995

A Vow to Kill is a 1995 made for TV movie directed by Harry Longstreet, starring Richard Grieco and Julianne Phillips,[1] and first televised on February 1, 1995. Others in the cast include Peter MacNeill, Tom Cavanagh, Nicole Oliver and Larissa Laskin.

Plot

L.J. Berman (Larissa Laskin) is a deceitful psychotic conman. Eric (Richard Grieco) is married to beautiful, rich Rachel Waring (Julianne Phillips). He fakes himself and his wife being kidnapped in order to get ransom money from her Dad, Frank (Gordon Pinsent).

Cast

Richard Grieco as Eric
Julianne Phillips as Rachel Waring
Gordon Pinsent as Frank Waring
Peter MacNeill as Sam Flowers
Tom Cavanagh as Andy Neiman
Nicole Oliver as Linda Mason
Larissa Laskin as L.J. Berman
Lili Francks as Naomi Mills
Dan Warry-Smith as Kevin Anson
Christina Collins as Jack Flash Manager
Andy Marshall as Walter
Don Francks as Smithford
Phil Morrison as Swift-Way Delivery
Melanie Nicholls-King as Car Rental Agent
Patrick Patterson as Bob Lambert
Elva Mai Hoover as Ida Lambert
Damir Andrei as Everett Thayer
Ron Van Hart as Michael
Jed Dixon as Security Officer
Carolyn J. Silas as Air Freight Clerk
Joe Coughlin as Vince
Ho Chow as Swift-Way Clerk
Fiona Highet as Jack Flash Messenger

Reception

The film can be considered a damsel-in-distress drama, featuring light bondage, and details Rachel's plight in trying to escape from the mean thug.

Variety wrote, "Physically if not emotionally, Grieco and Phillips manage to register blips on the tube even when they haven’t anything to say to each other, which is most of the time. The lovers’ romantic dialogue sounds as hollow as lines on a Hallmark card", and also wrote, "Director Harry S. Longstreet, who co-wrote the script with his wife, Renee (also the show’s producer), and Sean Silas, manages to maintain suspenseful pacing while making a movie that is centered on only Grieco and Phillips in their faraway island fairyland."[1]

VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever called the film a "Predictable cable thriller",[2] and Chicago Sun-Times succinctly called the film a "stupid, sexist movie".[3]

References

Loynd, Ray (January 4, 1995). "Review: 'A Vow to Kill'". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
staff (January 1, 2008). "A Vow to Kill". www.highbeam.com. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
Grahnke, Lon (January 7, 1995). "USA Cable Launches Shatner's `TekWar'". Chicago Sun-Times. highbeam.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

External links

A Vow to Kill on IMDb

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[Variety-1] Loynd, Ray (January 4, 1995). "Review: 'A Vow to Kill'". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

[VideoHound's_Golden_Movie_Retriever-2] staff (January 1, 2008). "A Vow to Kill". www.highbeam.com. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

[Chicago_Sun-Times-3] Grahnke, Lon (January 7, 1995). "USA Cable Launches Shatner's `TekWar'". Chicago Sun-Times. highbeam.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2015.