A Better Way To Die Reviews

2000

Rated:
50
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Boomer heads to Cedar Falls where he hopes to get back with his ex-girlfriend. Things get strange when Boomer is mistakenly identified as a prime target for the Chicago Mafia... Read more

Starring	Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Wiper, Andre Braugher, Natasha Henstridge
Director	Scott Wiper
Genres	Thriller

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Critics' reviews of A Better Way To Die
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Scott Wiper is a minor-leaguer, but he still had sufficient clout to write, direct and co-star in this boorish road movie. He's certainly an imposing presence and stages some sequences with blustering bravura. But his talents do not lie in screenwriting. The dialogue consists solely of threats, curses and platitudes, while the story of a disillusioned cop who is mistaken for the quarry of a private eye, the FBI and the Chicago underworld is one long cliché. Moreover, with Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Pantoliano and Natasha Henstridge in the cast, this is somewhat akin to a who's who of might-have-beens.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of A Better Way To Die
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Ok fun

This is nothing to write home about. It's a low budget - ok movie. It isn't worth hiring from here. This will be on sky one day and if you watch it there you won't feel disappointed.

Get value for money. This was part of a run of bad choices - just picking movies willy nilly. It is better to take your time and get good movies.
- - Kris7 from Isle of Bute
  - Posted 15 Jul 2005 21:34
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Boring

Nothing different about this film at all. Cheap version of a big budget mobster movie. So bored I turned off before the end.
- - A customer from London, England
  - Posted 13 Nov 2004 23:27
good movie

good movie

suspence till the end for people on Mars, it was a good project
- - A customer from Mars
  - Posted 21 Sep 2006 15:09
Most recent members' reviews (2) of A Better Way To Die
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Ok fun

This is nothing to write home about. It's a low budget - ok movie. It isn't worth hiring from here. This will be on sky one day and if you watch it there you won't feel disappointed.

Get value for money. This was part of a run of bad choices - just picking movies willy nilly. It is better to take your time and get good movies.
- - Kris7 from Isle of Bute
  - Posted 15 Jul 2005 21:34
good movie

good movie

suspence till the end for people on Mars, it was a good project
- - A customer from Mars
  - Posted 21 Sep 2006 15:09

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Ok fun

This is nothing to write home about. It's a low budget - ok movie. It isn't worth hiring from here. This will be on sky one day and if you watch it there you won't feel disappointed.

Get value for money. This was part of a run of bad choices - just picking movies willy nilly. It is better to take your time and get good movies.
- - Kris7 from Isle of Bute
  - Posted 15 Jul 2005 21:34
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Boring

Nothing different about this film at all. Cheap version of a big budget mobster movie. So bored I turned off before the end.
- - A customer from London, England
  - Posted 13 Nov 2004 23:27
good movie

good movie

suspence till the end for people on Mars, it was a good project
- - A customer from Mars
  - Posted 21 Sep 2006 15:09

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Critics' reviews
Scott Wiper is a minor-leaguer, but he still had sufficient clout to write, direct and co-star in this boorish road movie. He's certainly an imposing presence and stages some sequences with blustering bravura. But his talents do not lie in screenwriting. The dialogue consists solely of threats, curses and platitudes, while the story of a disillusioned cop who is mistaken for the quarry of a private eye, the FBI and the Chicago underworld is one long cliché. Moreover, with Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Pantoliano and Natasha Henstridge in the cast, this is somewhat akin to a who's who of might-have-beens.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006