Pistol Whipped
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Pistol Whipped is a 2008
action film
starring Steven Seagal
, Lance Henriksen
, Renee Elise Goldsberry
, Blanchard Ryan, Lydia Jordan
and Arthur J. Nascarella
. Filmed in Connecticut
, in May and June 2007, it was directed by Roel Reiné
. Initially titled Marker, the film was released by Sony
straight to DVD
on March 4, 2008 as "Pistol Whipped".
, Connecticut
, Matt Conner (Steven Seagal
) is an ex-cop whose life has gone downhill since he was kicked off the Bridgeport police force after being accused of stealing some money from the evidence storage locker.
Matt tries to be a father to his young daughter Becky (Lydia Jordan
) while trying to hide his money problems and alcoholism
from her: Every so often, Matt goes to church (he is Catholic) to talk to Father Joe Maloney (Bernie McInerny), a friend. Matt's been struggling with a debilitating gambling problem and a mountainous debt that totals more than $1,000,000.
After losing a lot of money one night at a local poker game, an angry Matt is approached by a man named Blue (Paul Calderón
), who takes him to meet with a mysterious old man (Lance Henriksen
). The Old Man informs Matt that he has bought out all of Matt's gambling debt markers.
The Old Man offers to wipe Matt's debts clean in exchange for a few "favors." The favors turn out to be hunting down and murdering the city’s biggest criminals - those whom the police can't touch.
Eventually, Matt senses something isn’t right, and with the help of his ex-wife Liz's husband, police Lt. Steve Shacter (Mark Elliot Wilson), Matt begins to investigate Blue while fighting his alcoholism, getting visits from Becky, and doing the first two jobs that the Old Man has given him—taking out major local gangsters Bruno (Arthur J. Nascarella
) and Ling (Lee Wong
).
Complicating matters is a shifty alliance with the Old Man, Blue, and their associate, Andrea "Drea" Smalls (Renee Elise Goldsberry
), whom Matt sleeps with. The Old Man gives Matt his next assignment – to kill Steve, the leader of a group of corrupt police officers who have been working with Bruno and Ling. Steve was also responsible for the theft of money which Matt was accused of stealing and the murder of Matt’s partner prior to Matt being thrown off the police force.
Steve goes to the church that Matt visits and brutally murders Father Maloney. Matt vows to kill the man responsible for the Father Maloney's death and figures out that the perpetrator was Steve. On the day of Father Maloney's funeral, Blue and Drea accompany Matt to the cemetery with Drea taking up a sniper position. After the funeral service, Steve and his henchmen arrive, one of them, Tim Wheeler (Wass Stevens)holding a gun to Becky.
Drea starts shooting Steve's men as do Matt and Blue. During the shootout, Wheeler tries to kill Drea, and after a struggle, Drea fatally shoots Wheeler, freeing Becky. Drea tells Becky to find Matt.
Blue is fatally shot and after all of Steve’s henchmen are dead, Matt shoots Steve, blasting him against an empty hearse. The hearse is leaking gas from a ruptured fuel tank courtesy of a stray round. After some last words from Steve, Matt places Steve into the back of the hearse, steps away and fires some shots towards the leaking gas which causes the vehicle to explode, incinerating Steve.
A devastated Becky thinks the explosion killed Matt ... until he comes running to her. Later, Matt, who has decided to continue working off his gambling debt for the Old Man, is enjoying spending time with Becky, who tells Matt that it's good to have him back.
The MPAA rated it "R" for 'Strong Violence, Language, and Some Sexual Content.'
Pistol Whipped is a 2008
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
action film
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
starring Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
, Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen
Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....
, Renee Elise Goldsberry
Renee Elise Goldsberry
Renee Elise Goldsberry is an American actress, singer and songwriter.Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills she went to Carnegie Mellon University where she graduated...
, Blanchard Ryan, Lydia Jordan
Lydia Jordan
Lydia Grace Jordan is an American actress best known for her role as Alice in the 2008 film Doubt.-Filmography:-External links:* in Child Starlets...
and Arthur J. Nascarella
Arthur J. Nascarella
Arthur J. Nascarella is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of films, most often playing a mobster or police officer. Among his notable film credits include a corrupt cop in Cop Land , a hypocritical ambulance captain in Bringing Out The Dead and a fed-up casino boss in The Cooler; he has...
. Filmed in Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, in May and June 2007, it was directed by Roel Reiné
Roel Reiné
Roel Reiné is a Los Angeles-based Dutch film director.-Death Race: Frankenstein Lives:The Dutch filmmaker becomes the director seat for Death Race: Frankenstein Lives , an official sequel to Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race...
. Initially titled Marker, the film was released by Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
straight to DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
on March 4, 2008 as "Pistol Whipped".
Plot
In the city of BridgeportBridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.Bridgeport may also refer to:-Places:In Canada:* Bridgeport, Nova ScotiaIn the United States:* Bridgeport, Alabama* Bridgeport, California, in Mono County...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, Matt Conner (Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
) is an ex-cop whose life has gone downhill since he was kicked off the Bridgeport police force after being accused of stealing some money from the evidence storage locker.
Matt tries to be a father to his young daughter Becky (Lydia Jordan
Lydia Jordan
Lydia Grace Jordan is an American actress best known for her role as Alice in the 2008 film Doubt.-Filmography:-External links:* in Child Starlets...
) while trying to hide his money problems and alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
from her: Every so often, Matt goes to church (he is Catholic) to talk to Father Joe Maloney (Bernie McInerny), a friend. Matt's been struggling with a debilitating gambling problem and a mountainous debt that totals more than $1,000,000.
After losing a lot of money one night at a local poker game, an angry Matt is approached by a man named Blue (Paul Calderón
Paul Calderon
Paul Calderón is an American actor.He was born in Puerto Rico. Calderón moved to New York with his family at the age of six, where he grew up on the streets of the Lower East Side and Spanish Harlem...
), who takes him to meet with a mysterious old man (Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen
Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....
). The Old Man informs Matt that he has bought out all of Matt's gambling debt markers.
The Old Man offers to wipe Matt's debts clean in exchange for a few "favors." The favors turn out to be hunting down and murdering the city’s biggest criminals - those whom the police can't touch.
Eventually, Matt senses something isn’t right, and with the help of his ex-wife Liz's husband, police Lt. Steve Shacter (Mark Elliot Wilson), Matt begins to investigate Blue while fighting his alcoholism, getting visits from Becky, and doing the first two jobs that the Old Man has given him—taking out major local gangsters Bruno (Arthur J. Nascarella
Arthur J. Nascarella
Arthur J. Nascarella is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of films, most often playing a mobster or police officer. Among his notable film credits include a corrupt cop in Cop Land , a hypocritical ambulance captain in Bringing Out The Dead and a fed-up casino boss in The Cooler; he has...
) and Ling (Lee Wong
Lee Wong
Lee Chan, known in the Japanese version as Rai Chou , is a fictional character from the anime and manga series of Beyblade....
).
Complicating matters is a shifty alliance with the Old Man, Blue, and their associate, Andrea "Drea" Smalls (Renee Elise Goldsberry
Renee Elise Goldsberry
Renee Elise Goldsberry is an American actress, singer and songwriter.Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills she went to Carnegie Mellon University where she graduated...
), whom Matt sleeps with. The Old Man gives Matt his next assignment – to kill Steve, the leader of a group of corrupt police officers who have been working with Bruno and Ling. Steve was also responsible for the theft of money which Matt was accused of stealing and the murder of Matt’s partner prior to Matt being thrown off the police force.
Steve goes to the church that Matt visits and brutally murders Father Maloney. Matt vows to kill the man responsible for the Father Maloney's death and figures out that the perpetrator was Steve. On the day of Father Maloney's funeral, Blue and Drea accompany Matt to the cemetery with Drea taking up a sniper position. After the funeral service, Steve and his henchmen arrive, one of them, Tim Wheeler (Wass Stevens)holding a gun to Becky.
Drea starts shooting Steve's men as do Matt and Blue. During the shootout, Wheeler tries to kill Drea, and after a struggle, Drea fatally shoots Wheeler, freeing Becky. Drea tells Becky to find Matt.
Blue is fatally shot and after all of Steve’s henchmen are dead, Matt shoots Steve, blasting him against an empty hearse. The hearse is leaking gas from a ruptured fuel tank courtesy of a stray round. After some last words from Steve, Matt places Steve into the back of the hearse, steps away and fires some shots towards the leaking gas which causes the vehicle to explode, incinerating Steve.
A devastated Becky thinks the explosion killed Matt ... until he comes running to her. Later, Matt, who has decided to continue working off his gambling debt for the Old Man, is enjoying spending time with Becky, who tells Matt that it's good to have him back.
The MPAA rated it "R" for 'Strong Violence, Language, and Some Sexual Content.'
Cast
- Steven SeagalSteven SeagalSteven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
- Matt - Lydia JordanLydia JordanLydia Grace Jordan is an American actress best known for her role as Alice in the 2008 film Doubt.-Filmography:-External links:* in Child Starlets...
- Becky - Lance HenriksenLance HenriksenLance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....
- The Old Man - Renee Elise GoldsberryRenee Elise GoldsberryRenee Elise Goldsberry is an American actress, singer and songwriter.Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills she went to Carnegie Mellon University where she graduated...
- Drea - Blanchard Ryan - Liz
- Arthur J. NascarellaArthur J. NascarellaArthur J. Nascarella is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of films, most often playing a mobster or police officer. Among his notable film credits include a corrupt cop in Cop Land , a hypocritical ambulance captain in Bringing Out The Dead and a fed-up casino boss in The Cooler; he has...
- Bruno - Paul CalderónPaul CalderonPaul Calderón is an American actor.He was born in Puerto Rico. Calderón moved to New York with his family at the age of six, where he grew up on the streets of the Lower East Side and Spanish Harlem...
- Blue - Mark Elliot Wilson - Lt. Steve Shacter
- Wass Stevens - Tim Wheeler
- Niall GriffithsNiall GriffithsNiall Griffiths is an author, who has published six books to date. He has also written travel pieces, restaurant and book reviews, and radio plays...
- As Himself