Vice (2008)
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40% of critics liked it
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19% of users liked it
(327 ratings)
Detective Max Walker (Madsen) was once a highly respected cop until he lost his wife and his life unraveled. Haunted by her memory and harboring his rage, Walker has nothing left to lose. He is a loose cannon waiting for an excuse to explode.
A drug bust operation goes awry. A large haul… More
Detective Max Walker (Madsen) was once a highly respected cop until he lost his wife and his life unraveled. Haunted by her memory and harboring his rage, Walker has nothing left to lose. He is a loose cannon waiting for an excuse to explode.
A drug bust operation goes awry. A large haul of heroin is discovered by Walker and his team; including Salt (Hannah) and Sampson (Williamson). The bust attracts a great deal of heat after several people are killed and one gang member escapes from the scene.
Murder and mayhem ensue. The officers involved in the bust are being killed off one by one. No cop is safe. With no suspects in sight, a bewildered Walker joins forces with Salt to investigate the slaughter of his team.
What follows is a series of twists, intrigue and foul play. When it is discovered that some drugs from the bust went missing the cops start to look amongst themselves for the killer. Trust is compromised, comradeship dissolves and friends turn their guns on one another until the last man is standing and the truth is revealed. --© Official Site
- Directed By
- Raul Inglis
- Written By
- Raul Inglis
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- May 9, 2008 Wide
- Studio
- 41
Critic Reviews
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Andy Webster, New York Times
Vice, a muddled, disposable crime thriller, has modest merits.
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Bob Baker, Los Angeles Times
You've see this movie before, but you haven't seen it filtered through Madsen.
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Ethan Alter, Film Journal International
Vice has the bargain-basement production values and indifferently plotted narrative of one of those cheesy Z-grade pictures that clutter up cable networks after the clock strikes midnight.
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Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Walker's histrionic voice-over meditations on guilt, destiny and life's fundamental injustice are painfully juvenile, but the film overall oozes an all-too-convincing atmosphere of despair, resignation and bitter self loathing.
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F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
Writer-director Raul Sanchez Inglis tries to do several ambitious, honorable things with Vice, but for much of the action, they cancel each other out.
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Cast
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Michael Madsen
as Max Walker
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Daryl Hannah
as Salt
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Mykelti Williamson
as Sampson
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Mark Boone Jr.
as Bugsby
- Kurupt
- Aaron Pearl
- John Cassini
- Mark Boone Junior
- Matthew Robert Kelly
- Nicholas Lea
