Double Bang

• Director: Heywood Gould
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Action Thriller, Crime Thriller
• Themes: Going Undercover, Assumed Identities
• Main Cast: William Baldwin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jon Seda
• Release Year: 2001
• Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

In this thriller, Brennan (William Baldwin) is an honest cop whose partner is murdered during an investigation of an organized crime syndicate. Determined to get to the mobsters who killed his partner, Brennan searches for the man who ordered his friend's assassination. Double Team offers two Baldwins for the price of one, with Adam Baldwin (no relation to William Baldwin) in the supporting cast alongside Elizabeth Mitchell and John Seda. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Review

Police partners who find themselves on the opposite sides of the law, now where have we heard that before? But no matter, what Double Bang lacks in originality it makes up for with tense atmosphere and believable characters. William Baldwin, the best looking and slightly more talented of the Baldwin brothers (although Stephen Baldwin can often rip up the right part), does a good job up against the testosterone-driven performance of Adam Baldwin, who is not a Baldwin brother and is a better actor than all of them; his character's fall from grace, as he smells a very large, monthly payday, hits the nail. But Jon Seda, a young character actor who plays the godfather's nephew and proves to be the irritant to everyone on the side of the law, absolutely steals the show with an effortless, glib, evilly charming performance that is pitch perfect. His lines are so rich and evocative, and he recites them with such earnest aplomb, that you get the impression he's improvising all the way while everyone else is sticking to the often pedestrian script. He's like a Latino version of Cuba Gooding Jr., which is saying something. His performance is worth the price of the rental, and the movie ain't bad either. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Cast

• William Baldwin
• Elizabeth Mitchell
• Jon Seda

Billy Mayo - McKracken

Credit

Heywood Gould - Director, John Leftwich - Composer (Music Score)

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Deep Cover; One Good Cop; Donnie Brasco

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