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Out of Control

  • TV Movie
  • 2009
  • TV-14
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
542
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Laura Vandervoort in Out of Control (2009)
Police ProceduralCrimeMysteryThriller

A young forensic scientist gets her opportunity to play detective when she is tasked by her Police Lieutenant to investigate, in secret, the potential link of a crime within the police depar... Read allA young forensic scientist gets her opportunity to play detective when she is tasked by her Police Lieutenant to investigate, in secret, the potential link of a crime within the police department to an ongoing murder case.A young forensic scientist gets her opportunity to play detective when she is tasked by her Police Lieutenant to investigate, in secret, the potential link of a crime within the police department to an ongoing murder case.

  • Director
    • Jean-Claude Lord
  • Writer
    • Arthur Holden
  • Stars
    • Laura Vandervoort
    • Chris Kramer
    • Amy Sloan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    542
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Lord
    • Writer
      • Arthur Holden
    • Stars
      • Laura Vandervoort
      • Chris Kramer
      • Amy Sloan
    • 16User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Laura Vandervoort
    Laura Vandervoort
    • Marcie Cutler
    Chris Kramer
    Chris Kramer
    • Gus Sutton
    Amy Sloan
    Amy Sloan
    • Lisa Grant
    Francis X. McCarthy
    Francis X. McCarthy
    • Mike Cutler
    • (as Francis Xavier McCarthy)
    Leni Parker
    Leni Parker
    • Donna Sinclair
    Brett Watson
    Brett Watson
    • Stanley Deluca
    Patrick John Costello
    • Ray Stone
    • (as Patrick Costello)
    Romano Orzari
    Romano Orzari
    • John Tucci
    Anna Hopkins
    Anna Hopkins
    • Young Woman
    Sam Stone
    • Pawn Shop Owner
    Daniel Brochu
    Daniel Brochu
    • Danny
    Nancy-Ann Michaud
    Nancy-Ann Michaud
    • Waitress
    Giovanni Cipolla
    • Cop #1
    Ralph Prosper
    Ralph Prosper
    • Desk Sergeant
    David L. McCallum
    • Charlie
    George Maniatopoulos
    • Cop #3
    Diorvett Foster Ford
    • Rosa
    Joe Lopes
    • Clerk
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Lord
    • Writer
      • Arthur Holden
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews16

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    3sandcrab277

    telegraph script

    Aside from the fact you knew the dirty cop from the onset, the rest was predictable and took far too long to bring him to justice ... no partner would sink the other so that should have been the first clue ... they both should have had their badges and guns taken and put on administrative leave while internal affairs investigated ... apparently chicago police department doesn't have an internal affairs division ... the death of a confidential informant would under most circumstances would call for an iad review ... i also thought the karate moves at the end were stupidly done .... chris kramer made the perfect sleezy dirty cop .. he oozed oil
    2rl-jones

    Really bad

    Gave up after 10 minutes. When they are at the scene in the auto wreckers and Linda's character comes up with a rather whole looking 9mm projectile and says it is a 9mm. She then says as a question, Glock? the one male cop says, Glock 9 (no such model). You can't tell what make of gun fired a bullet by looking at the bullet. Wouldn't subject myself to anything further after this scene. save the 90 minutes of your life for watching the test pattern channel, or watching paint dry.
    4blanche-2

    atrocious doesn't come close

    Boy this thing had the stamp of Lifetime all over it. Released in 2009 and produced in Canada, Out of Control stars Laura Vandervoort, an absolutely stunning blonde. She plays Marcie, who is a Chicago cop longing to be a detective. She gets her chance, against the wishes of her retired officer father.

    In real life, Vandervoort has a second degree black belt in karate. I have a feeling in her case it was necessary.

    I actually can't describe the acting in this because I didn't see any. The pacing is terrible, and the characters are vapid and not very likable. They all have attitude for days. Then there's the script.

    And it's badly miscast. I'm not saying beautiful women don't become policewomen, of course they do. But I wouldn't describe Laura Vandervoort as simply beautiful. We're talking Miss Universe or supermodel here.

    Someone like this, if she wanted to be involved in law enforcement, would be doing something that required her to go undercover exposing drug lords, corruption in high finance, doing FBI stings. Certainly she'd be too valuable for a job investigating murder on the Chicago police force.

    Annoying rather than entertaining.
    4Onetrack97

    Only one reason to watch

    This movie is an average to poor "made for TV" movie.

    There's only one reason to watch, Laura Vandervoort. One of the most beautiful woman in the world, and she can actually act.

    The writing and directing are the main problem and some of the supporting cast is also pretty weak.
    6cathed

    Average+

    This is the usual suspense movie, good enough to hold your attention but nothing you'll be talking to your friends about afterward. Ms. Vandervoort does a fair job in this, as do the others, and it held my interest well enough. I've never felt much sympathy for stunningly beautiful women, not being one myself; I figured their beauty compensated for whatever prejudices they faced. Reading the venomous comments regarding Ms. Vandervoort, though, gave me an insight into the malice some people direct their way. This movie is not destined to be a classic studied in film classes, true, but the actors and actresses in it do an average to slightly above-average job.

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    • Trivia
      (at around 1h and 07 mins) Detective Sutton refers to the desk sergeant ( Ralph Prosper ) by the actor's real name, "Ralph".
    • Connections
      References Gone with the Wind (1939)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • El intruso
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production company
      • Incendo Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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