Liberty Stands Still is a limp and rambling argument about gun manufacturers and the NRA, and the distractions and action within do nothing more than take away from solid performances from Fiorentino and Snipes, actors worthy of better.
Liberty Stands Still (2002)
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis:
It looks like a pretty good day for the lovely Liberty Wallace (LINDA FIORENTINO); she has no idea that it might be her last one. Smart, sexy, sophisticated, Liberty also runs a lucrative arms dealership with her husband and is on her way to see her lover's final performance in a downtown Los...
It looks like a pretty good day for the lovely Liberty Wallace (LINDA FIORENTINO); she has no idea that it might be her last one. Smart, sexy, sophisticated, Liberty also runs a lucrative arms dealership with her husband and is on her way to see her lover's final performance in a downtown Los Angeles theatre.
Stopping at a hot dog stand in the busy City Square across from the theatre, Liberty gets a terrifying cell phone message that stops her cold. A man who calls himself Joe (WESLEY SNIPES) informs her that he has locked a signal to her cell number, which connects, to a bomb in the hot dog stand. If her battery runs out, an enormous explosion is triggered.
There are only 90 minutes left on her battery.
Meanwhile in his theatre dressing room, the helpless Russell (MARTIN CUMMINS) has also been trapped and bound to a chair by Joe. There is another bomb, set to be triggered by motion, right next to his head. Utterly terrified, Russell is unable to make a sound as the stage manager pounds on his door, the theatre fills with unsuspecting patrons and the play is about to begin.
Chained to the hot dog stand, Liberty is in the most important conversation of her life, as Joe makes his demands. His little girl killed in a schoolyard shooting, Joe wants to force a public debate on the 2nd amendment and he wants Liberty to expose top government officials involved in illicit arms deals. He lets her know that the high powered rifle trained on her comes from her own company. He calls her husband Victor (OLIVER PLATT) to apprise him of the deadly situation.
As media and police begin to converge on the scene, Joe begins to take some horrifying actions. While Liberty tries to deal with the nightmare unfolding around her, she is also forced to take responsibility for the way she has lived. On the very brink of death, she ultimately discovers the truth of her existence.
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Wesley Snipes, Oliver Platt, Martin Cummins, Jonathan Scarfe
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 10, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Producers
- Short Film by Director Kari Skogland
- 1/2 Hour of Alternate Camera Angles
Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Production Art
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minutely preachy, confident and ultimatelty gripping. It fears not to tell it like it is, and it's central cast have feared not going where they - probably - haven't gone before
Writer/director Kari Skogland clearly has an agenda - the film is vehemently anti-gun - resulting in incredibly obvious and preachy instances of dialogue and a ham-fisted approach to the storyline.
A ripe-on-the-vine concept married to strident execution. There's thought here, but Liberty is marred by vague, freshman directorial touches.
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by: Patriot1958 11/10/02

