Boiling Point

Boiling Point (1990)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (10,059 ratings)

The boiling point is mighty low in this tepid action programmer. Wesley Snipes plays Jimmy Mercer, a Treasury agent whose sting operation goes bad. Engineered by Ronnie (Viggo Mortensen), a dull-witted but sadistic ex-con, the operation not only fails, but one of Jimmy's colleagues is killed by… More

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
James B. Harris, James Harris
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Apr 16, 1993 Wide
On DVD
Oct 6, 1998
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    So slow-moving and lacking in excitement that it's torture to sit through.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Surprisingly tepid, especially considering the flick's title.

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    Promoted like an action movie, but there's one problem -- this movie has no action!

  • Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    Though it is being sold as if it's a sequel to Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57, Boiling Point never percolates. In fact, it hardly works its temperature up to tepid.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Conner R


    It's a fun movie and has some pretty cool moments including the Principal from Breakfast Club getting shotgunned in the face and run over twice by a deranged Viggo Mortensen. However, this really suffers from not knowing who their main character is. Wesley Snipes is definitely… More

  • Red L


    A unremarkable movie. Cops bend the rules a bit to catch the bad guy.

  • Dean M


    Average action of Wesley Snipes I ever watched.

  • xGary X


    Utterly run-of-the-mill action/crime drama that's very low on ideas or invention of any kind. Completely forgettable.

  • danny d


    good old school snipes

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