A Better Way to Die (2001) [R]

Release Date:
September 26, 2001

Original Title:
A Better Way to Die

Genres:
Action | Thriller

Production Companies:
Newman/Tooley Films
Newmarket Capital Group

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
HU: 18  NL: 16  PT: M/12  US: R 

Runtime: 96

Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos, his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his resignation to the Chicago Police Department and return to his home town of Joliet, where his fiancé, Kelly, awaits. While en route back to Joliet, however, Boomer makes a grievous error in judgment when he stops for, and assists, an unfortunate motorist whose vehicle appears to have broken down; the naive ex-cop is swiftly attacked and rendered unconscious. Boomer awakes to find that his car and wallet have been stolen, and that he has become involved in a dangerous game of mistaken identity.

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Associate Producer:
Nancy Lanham
Benjamin John Parrillo

Costume Design:
Martina Nevermann
Emmy Taylor

Director:
Scott Wiper

Director of Photography:
Lawrence Sher

Editor:
James E. Tooley

Executive Producer:
Tucker Tooley
Vincent Newman
Linda Hawkins
William Tyrer
Christopher Ball

Hairstylist:
Cory Henderson

Key Hair Stylist:
Keleigh Lippert Palladino

Key Makeup Artist:
Ann Davis
T.C. Thecla Luisi

Line Producer:
Jim Bigham

Original Music Composer:
John M. Keane

Producer:
Brad Fuller
Russell Gray
Graham Taylor

Production Design:
Ren Blanco
Sarah Alcorn

Set Decoration:
David Dreyer

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Andrea Checroun

Special Effects Technician:
Robert Garrigus
Bob Chastain
Richard Huggins

Writer:
Scott Wiper

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