Undertow is a 1996 American TV thriller film directed by Eric Red.
Undertow | |
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Written by | Eric Red Kathryn Bigelow |
Directed by | Eric Red |
Starring | Lou Diamond Phillips |
Theme music composer | John Frizzel |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Tom Kuhn Fred Weintraub David Baird Lewis Chesler Rick Nathanson David Perlmutter Robertas Urbonas Jackie Weintraub |
Cinematography | Geza Sinkovics |
Editor(s) | Claudia Finkle |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Production company(s) | Lietuvos Kinostudija Showtime Networks Weintraub/Kuhn Productions |
Distributor | Republic Entertainment |
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Screenplay
A man's car breaks down and he seeks shelter in a remote shack in the woods, where he is held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man.
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Jack Ketchum
- Mia Sara as Willie Yates
- Charles Dance as Lyle Yates
TVGuide.com rated it 2 out of 5 stars. Carole Horst of Variety.com wrote that it "drowns in a fuzzy script and amateurish direction that fail to build tension or sympathy for the leads."