Jerry Rector Movies
A decorated homicide detective faces off against a perverse serial killer against the backdrop of the depraved Memphis underworld in this action thriller starring Steven Seagal. Detective Jacob Stillwell (Seagal)'s reputation for exacting street justice has made him something of an icon among his colleagues in law enforcement, but with a cunning psychopath named Lazarus roaming the streets Stillwell can't lie back on his laurels. Lazarus has the residents of Memphis locking their doors at night and sleeping with one eye open, peering into the shadows in a panicked state of total fear. Now, as the killer becomes increasingly emboldened, Detective Stillwell dives headlong into the sordid underbelly of the city on a mission to hunt the hunter so that the citizens of Memphis can rest easy without having to fear for their lives. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Steven Seagal, Chris Thomas King, (more)
- 1998
Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) has his doubts when a man claims that his former girlfriend is being stalked by his twin brother. Jill (Andrea Thompson) tries to solve a stickup-murder at an ATM by going to the chief suspect's mother. And Andy (Dennis Franz) withholds crucial information from his doctor about his prostate condition. Sharon Lawrence, whose starring sitcom Fired Up had just been canceled, returns to the role of Sylvia Costas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1993
- R
With its story of an old man (Jack Elam) leading eight men to a sacred mountain to dig for gold, Uninvited straddles the lines of horror and Western movie genres. On their way to the site, the gold diggers wind up trespassing on a sacred Indian burial ground, thereby angering the ghosts that dwell in the area. Slowly, the prospectors are stalked and killed by the ghosts. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- 1990
Unbeknownst to the rest of the crew, Captain Picard is kidnapped and replaced by an evil alien replica. At first put off by "Picard's" strange behavior, his colleagues nonetheless resign themselves to following his every order. But will their loyalty remain intact as the false Picard embarks upon a disastrous course of action, and will the real Picard manage to force his captors to see the fatal error of their ways? First aired on March 31, 1990, "Allegiance" was written by the seasoned Next Generation team of Hans Beimler and Richard Manning. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
This offbeat police thriller with heavy doses of humor was written by John Patrick Shanley, the former playwright who wrote Cher's hit romantic comedy Moonstruck. Kevin Kline stars as Nick Starkey, a brilliant former New York City police detective who has been exiled to the fire department because of his unorthodox ways. He's called back to service by his police commissioner brother Frank (Harvey Keitel) in the hopes that he can find a bizarre serial killer who's been murdering one woman a month. Nick's condition to agreeing to help is that he gets to cook dinner for Frank and his snooty wife Christine (Susan Sarandon), a former girlfriend of his. Ultimately, Nick uses his Zen-like intuition and some high-tech computer hardware (with prominent product placement plugs) to find the killer, pausing to have an affair with the mayor's beautiful daughter Bernadette (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. In the improbable conclusion, Nick figures out the exact day the killer will strike and the exact apartment! January Man is too tongue-in-cheek to be taken seriously as a thriller. In addition to Keitel and Sarandon the stellar supporting cast includes Rod Steiger as the mayor and Danny Aiello as a tough police captain who rails against Nick's "beatnik" ways. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, (more)
Vampire's Kiss follows the story of yuppie literary agent Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage) as he descends into madness and vampirism. Loew believes he has been bitten by a vampire (Jennifer Beals) and is slowly becoming one himself, despite the contrary opinion of his therapist (Elizabeth Ashley). He then begins to wage a campaign of escalating terror against his secretary and first potential victim, Alva (Maria Conchita Alonso, looking appropriately baffled). Alva begs her parents to let her stay home from work to avoid her unusual boss, but they force her to go on that fateful day, and the plot unfolds. Vampire's Kiss became a cult item on the basis of Cage's outrageous performance: at one point he actually eats a live cockroach. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, (more)
