Boiling Point (1993 film)
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| Boiling Point | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | James B. Harris |
| Produced by | Leonardo De La Fuente |
| Written by | James B. Harris Gerald Petievich |
| Starring | Wesley Snipes Dennis Hopper Lolita Davidovich Viggo Mortensen Seymour Cassel |
| Music by | John D'Andrea Buddy Feyne Cory Lerios |
| Cinematography | King Baggot |
| Editing by | Jerry Brady |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | April 16, 1993 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Country |  United States France Japan |
| IMDb profile | |
Boiling Point is a 1993 action-thriller film written and directed by James B. Harris, and starring Wesley Snipes and Dennis Hopper.
[edit] Synopsis
This film opens with police officer Jimmy Mercer (Wesley Snipes) and his partner (Dan Hedaya) doing some undercover work, when Mercer's partner is shot and killed by a new man (Viggo Mortensen) that criminal Red Diamond (Dennis Hopper) pulled out of jail. Now on a snap of anger and thoughts of revenge, Mercer wants to find the killer and take him down before he gets transferred to another precinct. Although a cop and close colleague claims over dinner that Mercer must do it "by the book," Mercer replies that "when I'm done with this fucker, I'm gonna put his head in a box--by the book."
Red continues to try to go on a relationship with one of his old girlfriends but is shot-down. Through explosions and action, Mercer's temper rises with the suspense.
At a club which Mercer is at(at the same time as Mortensen and Hopper), Diamond's new man pulls-out his gun on the 2nd floor, to which Mercer quickly reacts by unloading all six rounds of his snubnose .38 into Mortensen. Red is arrested. Justice is served.
