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Director: Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
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From Time Out Film Guide
The pitch here would be a black Grosse Pointe Blank. Vance is 'an eliminator', a hit-man who wipes out bad guys for the government. He wants out - but he has nothing in his life except his work. Turner is 'Middle Man', his controller, who doesn't want him to quit, and who fixes him up on a blind date with King. The tone is jokey, but it's supposed to work as a thriller, which it doesn't. Writer/director Johnson-Cochran fails to impress in either capacity; you wonder what attracted the quality cast to this uninspired material.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Producer: David Basulto, Leszek Burzynski, Danny Gold, Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Richard Mann, BJ Rack
Cast: Courtney B Vance, Regina King, Jason Alexander, Kathleen Turner, Edward Asner, Robert Breuler, Michael Gilio full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 91 mins
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