Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

Brian Dennehy became something of a cult actor with turns in films such as First Blood, FX, Belly of an architect. Here he directs, co-writes and stars in this made for TV film which is the last in the series of Jack Reed films that Dennehy starred in.

The plot concerns a Russian gangster type killing people in a cemetery and raising his own street gang. Other Russian immigrants are scared to complain because they know the police will not take them seriously.

As with this type of film there is a B plot involving the son of a mayoral candidate involved in a homicide and so pressure is brought on to the police force to make the investigation go away.

This is the first Jack Reed film I have seen and I can only say that I hope this was atypical of the previous films because Dennehy should stick to acting and not writing or directing.

This is lame stuff, badly written, poorly plotted and some bad acting which wastes some of the talent on the screen. Just look at the way the gangster escapes when he is surrounded by police with all sorts of weapons and who put down their guns before the gangster puts his down. Just bad.

Brian Dennehey tries his hand at directing in this one. Unfortunatley for him, the film is another cliche-ridden cop drama which doesn't show anything that we have not seen before. A poor script, poor acting and an apparently low budget, theres nothing much good to say about this film. Lets hope this is the last of the Jack Reed series.

I love the jack reed films. Brian directed this one and he did a great job. The acting is great and Charles s Dutton is great with some very intense scenes with his character and the politicians battling with each other. and his character give a very good supporting role to the jack reed character The script is well written and the film moves at a good pace. Having two strong story lines running through the film sets it apart from a lot of other TV made cop thrillers. The jack reed character is just the sort of cop you would want to protect your family if you were under threat, honest to the hilt and never backs down from a problem. They should have made more of the jack reed films as they were and still are very popular I would recommend this film as a very good cop film.

This is a really good mystery that would have been so much better if it was at the theaters. The twist on how it is solved is way too quick but really a surprise. If you like mysteries watch it but remember it was made for tv.