A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that a serial killer has killed his daughter.A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that a serial killer has killed his daughter.A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that a serial killer has killed his daughter.
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Terence Rosemore
- Horatio
- (as Terrence Rosemore)
Guss Williams
- Tomas Seguin
- (as Gus Williams)
Lonnie R. Smith Jr.
- Blue Masked Robber
- (as Lonnie Smith)
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Did you know
- TriviaMichelle Lintel's debut.
- GoofsThe hood of the white van chasing Pierce's truck is alternately dirty/clean between shots.
- Quotes
Tyler Pierce: So what's the bad news?
Agent Gottfried: You're the bad news.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Best of the Worst: High Voltage, Death Spa, and Space Mutiny (2014)
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Sometimes I watch B-movies that are flat-out silly and ridiculous that I can't help but be entertained. That's the case with SACRIFICE, a TV movie made in 2000 and shot in Alabama which sees Tarantino regular Michael Madsen playing a bank robber who busts out of jail in order to get revenge on the serial killer who's just claimed his daughter as their next victim.
The plot is an unwieldy amalgamation of serial killer movie with a more predictable cops 'n' robbers flick. Michael Madsen spends the whole movie on the run from sweaty FBI man Bokeem Woodbine, although the FBI are so useless in this movie that I was regularly laughing at how bad they were. They need to be too - Madsen is flabby and past his prime in this one, and looks incredibly bored with the material too.
The other half of the film is a typical slasher movie, with some thrown-in nudity and a couple of half-gory murders inserted into the mix. A weird masked and ritualistic murderer is offing nubile women, and the writer desperately adds a whodunit angle in an attempt to grab the viewer's attention. Just who's responsible? Could it be THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT's Joshua Leonard, playing the boyfriend of Madsen's slain daughter?
It's all very silly and far-fetched, and it ends up in a set-piece that's both ridiculous and expected. I like the way the writers keep pushing their anti-abortion agenda with the presence of the protesters as well as the motive for the killer. SACRIFICE is far from a good film but it is a mildly entertaining one if you're in the right mood.
The plot is an unwieldy amalgamation of serial killer movie with a more predictable cops 'n' robbers flick. Michael Madsen spends the whole movie on the run from sweaty FBI man Bokeem Woodbine, although the FBI are so useless in this movie that I was regularly laughing at how bad they were. They need to be too - Madsen is flabby and past his prime in this one, and looks incredibly bored with the material too.
The other half of the film is a typical slasher movie, with some thrown-in nudity and a couple of half-gory murders inserted into the mix. A weird masked and ritualistic murderer is offing nubile women, and the writer desperately adds a whodunit angle in an attempt to grab the viewer's attention. Just who's responsible? Could it be THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT's Joshua Leonard, playing the boyfriend of Madsen's slain daughter?
It's all very silly and far-fetched, and it ends up in a set-piece that's both ridiculous and expected. I like the way the writers keep pushing their anti-abortion agenda with the presence of the protesters as well as the motive for the killer. SACRIFICE is far from a good film but it is a mildly entertaining one if you're in the right mood.
- Leofwine_draca
- Jun 19, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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