Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

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Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
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Directed byOley Sassone
Written by Phil Alden Robinson
Mark Sevi
Produced by Paul Hertzberg (executive producer)
Russell D. Markowitz (producer)
Catalaine Knell (co-producer)
Leo Rossi (co-producer)
StarringLeo Rossi
Famke Janssen
Colleen Coffey
Cinematography Russ Brandt
Music by Terry Plumeri
Distributed by CineTel Films
Release date
  • December 21, 1994 (1994-12-21)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes is a 1994 crime thriller film directed by Oley Sassone. The tagline was: "This time nothing can stop the fear."Relentless IV was filmed in Los Angeles, California. This is the fourth and to date final installment in the Relentless series.

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Synopsis

Detective Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi) must yet again find and stop another serial killer who kills women in ritualistic executions. Detective work for Dietz is tough, as he has to juggle two women. One of them is his new female partner Jessica (Colleen Coffey), and the other is psychiatrist Sara Lee Jaffee (Famke Janssen) who holds the key to the case.

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Home media

The film was released directly to videocassette on December 21, 1994. In 2006, Image Entertainment released a double feature DVD of this and the previous third film, in widescreen.

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