Cement

• Director: Adrian Pasdar
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Crime Thriller
• Themes: Out For Revenge, Police Corruption, Romantic Betrayal
• Release Year: 1999
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Longtime Hollywood vice detectives Holt (Chris Penn) and Nin (Jeffrey Wright) have themselves become gangsters and drug users. When violence-prone Holt catches his girlfriend Lyndel (Sherilyn Fenn) with drug kingpin Truman Rickart's (Henry Czerny) number one henchman Sean (Anthony DeSando), Nin does everything he can to save the hood's life from his obsessed partner. But it might be a matter of too little too late: Holt already has Sean strung up in a pig-iron box that he's filling with cement. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Review

Actor Adrian Pasdar makes an impressive directing debut with this Goodfellas-meets-Reservoir Dogs crime thriller. The story, told in flashbacks, begins with a prolonged torture scene and only gets more severe from there. Intense performances -- particularly from the always fascinating Jeffrey Wright (who went on to do Shaft and Ali) and Chris Penn at his lizard-eyed best -- along with a tight pace and excellent production values (the lighting and cinematography are particularly effective) add up to a stomach-clenching mobster saga. Pasdar may not be an auteur in the making, but he shows he can hold his own, given an inspired cast and a nasty script. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Henry Czerny - Truman Rickart; Anthony de Sando - Sean; Sherilyn Fenn - Lyndel; Chris Penn - Holt; Jeffrey Wright - Nin; Max Martini - Mick

Credit

Adrian Pasdar - Director, D.J. Paul - Producer

Similar Movies

Reservoir Dogs; Narc; Training Day; Harsh Times; Internal Affairs; Dark Blue; One Tough Cop

• Artist: Die Kreuzen
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1991
• Genre: Rock

Review

By the time Die Kreuzen released Cement in 1991, the musical climate had begun to shift in their favor, as Nirvana was beginning to bring punk-influenced hard rock up the charts. It seems like it would have been a climate that would be more welcome to Die Kreuzen's proto-grunge rock and perhaps it would have been if the band had delivered a more exciting album. Although nothing about Cement is embarrassing, it lacks the spark of their earlier work and makes the band appear as if they were stuck in the '80s. True listeners will find a handful of worthwhile tracks, but Cement will not win Die Kreuzen any new fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Wish		Die Kreuzen
Shine		Die Kreuzen
Big Bad Days		Die Kreuzen
Holes		Die Kreuzen
Downtime		Die Kreuzen
Blue Song		Die Kreuzen
Best Goodbye		Die Kreuzen
Heaven		Die Kreuzen
Deep Space		Die Kreuzen
Shake Loose		Die Kreuzen
Over and the Edge		Die Kreuzen
Black Song		Die Kreuzen

Credits

Die Kreuzen (Main Performer), Butch Vig (Producer)

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