Undertow (1996 film)

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Undertow
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GenreCrime
Drama
Thriller
Written by Eric Red
Kathryn Bigelow
Directed by Eric Red
Starring Lou Diamond Phillips
Theme music composer John Frizzell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers David Perlmutter
Lewis Chesler
Producers Tom Kuhn
Fred Weintraub
David Baird
Rick Nathanson
Robertas Urbonas
Jackie Weintraub
Cinematography Geza Sinkovics
Editor Claudia Finkle
Running time89 minutes
Production companies Lietuvos Kinostudija
Showtime Networks
Weintraub/Kuhn Productions
Original release
ReleaseMarch 24, 1996 (1996-03-24)

Undertow is a 1996 American crime thriller film directed by Eric Red.

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Plot

A man's car breaks down and he seeks shelter in a remote shack in the woods, where he is held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man.

Cast

Reception

TVGuide.com rated it 2 out of 5 stars. [1] Carole Horst of Variety.com wrote that it "drowns in a fuzzy script and amateurish direction that fail to build tension or sympathy for the leads." [2] It currently holds a rating of 5.2 out of 10 on IMDB. [3]

References

  1. "Undertow". Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
  2. "Undertow". March 22, 1996.
  3. Red, Eric (March 24, 1996), Undertow (Action, Drama, Thriller), Lou Diamond Phillips, Mia Sara, Charles Dance, Showtime Networks, Weintraub/Kuhn Productions, Lietuvos Kinostudija, retrieved April 1, 2025