Richard Roy Movies
A married employee of a major corporation schemes with a beautiful coworker to slap the company with a fraudulent sexual harassment suit and later split the settlement in this white collar thriller starring Dina Meyer and Jonathan Higgins. Troubles arise, however, when a snooping co-worker uncovers their ruse and the foolproof plan gradually begins to crumble. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2004
It isn't bad enough that divorcee Joanne Saunders must raise her son by herself and slave away for tips as a night-shift restaurant hostess. Now she must deal with an angry driver who runs her car off the road--and, in an apparent frenzy of road rage, continues terrorizing Joanne and her son long after the incident. But is this merely a random act of harassment, or can the demented driver be pursuing an altogether different (and more deadly) agenda? Originally seen over the Lifetime network on September 6, 2004, A Deadly Encounter (aka Over the Edge) posted some of that cable service's highest ratings, attracting 2.6 million viewers for its initial airing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2003
Erin (Dina Meyer) is a young actress who has enjoyed little success in her profession and even less in her love life. Seeking out some easy money, Erin occasionally hires herself out to a detective agency as a "decoy", employed to lure married men into compromising positions so that their wives can establish grounds for divorce. All goes smoothly until someone begins making threatening phone calls to Erin. Can her stalker be an ex-client, her sex-hungry boss, or her new boyfriend--or someone that no one, but no one, would ever suspect? Filmed in Quebec under the title Decoy, Deception was released directly to video in 2003, then had its American TV debut the following year, courtesy of the Lifetime cable network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2000
A resident of Montreal, the serially shy Malcolm (Andrew Tarbet) has never had a girlfriend. However, his ability to listen attentively has earned him the friendship of a number of women, including an elderly lady for whom he plays the piano and an abused neighbor he gives shelter. Malcolm's placid, solitary existence comes to an abrupt halt, however, when he meets Alicia (Laia Marull), a hot-blooded Chilean coping with imminent deportation. Against all of his natural inclinations, Malcolm is forced out of his shell by Alicia, even rising to the opportunity of a lusty round of salsa dancing. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Laia Marull, Dino Tavarone, (more)
- 1996
- R
Strongly evocative of an old film noir but punctuated with '90s style violence, this dark Canadian detective drama centers on a renegade ex-police detective who tries to find the identity of the enigmatic man who has been threatening his life. High strung, edgy Detective Marceau loses his job with the Montreal police department when while walking through a darkened train yard filled with abandoned cars, he observes a department colleague tooting up with a pair of coke dealers in a battered caboose. Something inside Marceau snaps and without flinching he shoots all three in cold blood. Afterward, he quits the force. Six months pass and he wanders by the academy one day. There he spies Camile, a cop-in-training who cannot bear to use a gun. He decides to help her accept the violence inherent in policework; in exchange he wants her to act as his body guard while he tries to find the would be killer. His main suspect is a psychopathic child molester, Boule de Pool. Meanwhile Marceau and Camile begin to get closer until their passion violently erupts in the caboose one night. Despite their newfound love, Camile is deeply disturbed because Marcel's nerves have driven him to the brink of madness. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1990
Simon (Michel Cote) is fed up with his job as a court bailiff. He's fed up with his life in the cold of Quebec. He's fed up with his wife. He settles accounts with her, and out of the nearly $40,000 he has left, buys a convertible and heads south to Florida. He has recently inherited a house there from his mother, and he plans to sell it for enough money to live on. When he gets there, he finds an unemployed woman (C;aore Mebpit) squatting there. She gets by through stealing and pulling small con jobs. Instead of kicking her out, he becomes acquainted with her. As they get to know each other's inner lives, they also fall in love. The two of them play word-games with each other, and it looks as though, if at least one of them can find work, they might have a life together. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michel Cote, Claire Nebout, (more)
