Duress

August. 20,2009      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and plagued by his involvement in the city's recent murders. As Abner's new found protégé, Richard is forced to adopt the mind of his sociopathic mentor in order to protect the one he loves. Richard must decide if he's willing to kill in order to keep his daughter alive.

Martin Donovan as  Richard Barnett
Ariel Winter as  Sarah Barnett
Cristina Dohmen as  Amy Barnett
Sakis Rouvas as  Abner Solvie
Catherine Dent as  Jenny
Gina Gallego as  Rosa
Jacob Bertrand as  Thomas Wilkins
Billy Wirth as  The Detective
Chelsea Smith as  April - Sarah's Teammate #2

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Reviews

Fluentiama
2009/08/20

Perfect cast and a good story

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ShangLuda
2009/08/21

Admirable film.

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ThedevilChoose
2009/08/22

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Kinley
2009/08/23

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Nname maddix
2009/08/24

Where do I start...The way that the story makes it seem as though Richard is chosen at random in the beginning, then at the end you see that he was picked. The story in a whole was very good, its very psychological you have to really pay attention until the end. there is a lot of things that you don't notice, until the end. Like yes {spoiler alert} when Richard, put tommy Wilkins shirt on that hook, I didn't notice that at all when I first watched it. Also when shes playing with the remote control car and he asks where she gets it from and she says "tommy left it in the park" notice at the end, that they're in a park and tommy's in back when shes killing that bird and Armand was watching her. Didn't notice that either. Also, when he kills the detective and his wife mistaking the detectives wife as Armond's wife OH MY GOD. This movie was awesome. great acting great story you wont waste your time while watching this.

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Tad Pole
2009/08/25

Today's paper had a picture of President Barack and Michelle Obama lighting 26 votive candles in the White House for the Newtown, CT, shooting victims. Did the paper say 26? Yes, 26. Weren't 27 people murdered? Yes, 27 people got whacked. But the President knows that Americans do not consider parents of criminals to be people any more. As DURESS shows, their defective genes make them just as much ticking time bombs as their kids. How many dinner party invites do you think went out to the senior Dahmers, Bundys, Mansons, Gacys, Klebolds, Harrises, Loughners, McVeighs, Oswalds, or Booths after their offspring made headlines? The answer is NONE, and if their child IS considerate enough to off them on the way to their own possible last stand--as was the case in Newtown--they won't even rate a 25-cent votive candle at the White House. DURESS proves WHY the parents of American criminals are heaped with as high a degree of social damnation as their kids. We all remember the Bible says the sins of the children will come back to haunt their folks: like son, like father!

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mcsolar27
2009/08/26

The movie starts and fills you with expectations for the continue.For us Greeks it is bizarre to see sakis rouvas a pop singer playing a serial killer although he manages pretty good .Unfortunately the continue is boring with no action and when you begin yawning it comes an unexpected ending to make you see this movie with more sympathy.The result is not that bad if you take under consideration that it is a low budget movie.It is worth to see it if you do not have anything special to do. Looking forward seeing more Greek presences in the future in Hollywood.If you are curious to see Greek horror movies i suggest you "to kako(evil)" and "to kako 2 in the time of heroes" Hasta la vista

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babylonxgr
2009/08/27

I decided to watch that movie because I am Greek and wanted to see how would Sakis act in an American movie. I would not spend time watching something like that if it was not for him. You see, he is just a pop singer and I was really curious to see how he would do.I can't say I was impressed. He is not an actual actor and the role required a lot! It had to be someone professional for this role. I think that Tom Cruise would be great. I am trying to imagine him like he was acting in "Collateral". Now that would be accepted acting. Playing a serial killer isn't easy. You must make your audience feel you are always in control and know what you do or you fail as a bad guy. Sakis was a failure because he was acting stupidly cool, not scary or i-mean-what-i-say cool. Many times it felt like he was an amateur felon and things went good for him just because he was lucky. But I can excuse him because, as I said, he is an amateur actor.Sakis was bad but the worst actor in that movie was Martin Donovan. That was not a victim. Someone from the audience could show more emotions and would react better in almost all scenes compared to him. He was REALLY bad. So cold blooded and non emotional in the whole movie, like nothing really happened and was forced to act like that. That would be good acting if someone robbed him 500 bucks and he was upset, not if someone did what Abner was doing to him. Even Kieffer Sutherland would have played that role better than Donovan. That was unforgivable acting.The flow of the movie was slow. (I don't know if that is the right expression, I mean the way things happen and the story unfolds). It was like there was nothing interesting to say so they were showing boring stuff to fill time. I think that there could be some nice action scenes. The story could justify anything going as bad as possible. Scenes that could have lasted 10 minutes made to last less that 3. For example that man is hitting someone in the donut place. Make that last. Give it some suspense. You end it so quickly just with a punch? What?? I could imagine so many things that could happen and I am not a writer or a director! Instead of good action you give as boring scenes with a victim that does not even react like one, not a fighter but a pathetic person not doing anything to get out of the bad situation, just waiting to see what's next.Things that I liked is Cristina Dohmen (Amy) and the subversion at the end! Christina has very few shots but I think she is exceptional when she is supposed to act good! Also know that everything you see happens for a reason and the reason is REALLY not obvious. If you are a subversion lover and do not have something better to watch, you should watch that movie. Thats why its 6 stars from me anyway. If it was not for that it would have been a 2.

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