Undertow (1996 film)

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Undertow
Genre	Crime; Drama; Thriller
Written by	Eric Red ; Kathryn Bigelow
Directed by	Eric Red
Starring	Lou Diamond Phillips
Theme music composer	John Frizzell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
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 time	89 minutes
Production companies	Lietuvos Kinostudija ; Showtime Networks ; Weintraub/Kuhn Productions
Original release
Release	March 24, 1996

Last updated October 07, 2025

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

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

Lou Diamond Phillips as Jack Ketchum
Mia Sara as Willie Yates
Charles Dance as Lyle Yates

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

↑ "Undertow". Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
↑ "Undertow". March 22, 1996.
↑ 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

External links

Undertow at IMDb

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[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

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Undertow

Genre	Crime Drama Thriller
Written by	Eric Red Kathryn Bigelow
Directed by	Eric Red
Starring	Lou Diamond Phillips
Theme music composer	John Frizzell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
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 time	89 minutes
Production companies	Lietuvos Kinostudija Showtime Networks Weintraub/Kuhn Productions
Original release
Release	March 24, 1996 (1996-03-24)