Release Details

Title: Triple Cross

Release Date: 10/31/2006

Cast: Triple Cross

DVD Video Options: NTSC

UPC Code: 022891207498

From the director of Battle Royale comes the ultimate heist film! Three gangsters headed by Shiba(Sonny Chiba)come together to pull off a daring heist. Things turn sour when their ingenious hijack brings in less money than they expected and thus begins a whirlwind game of cross,double and triple cross taking over. It's thug vs. thug. Critics have hailed Triple Cross as `Reservoir Dogs blended with John Woo's ballistic blooshed' and `The film Hollywood could never produce'. Asian action and Sonny Chiba are hot cult markets and Triple Cross brings both together!


Tipsheet Reviews

Triple Cross

11/7/2005

Color, NR (mature themes, strong language), 81 min., DVD only $14.98

DVD: no extras

Street: Dec. 13, Prebook: Nov. 18

First Run: DVD premiere

Cast: Diane Gonzalez, Ezequiel Guerra Jr., Charlie Robinson, Ralph Tresvant

Director: Stephen Allen

MAVERICK

Story Line: After surviving a bank robbery, staffer Angel (Gonzalez) unknowingly socializes with one of the thieves, a low-end gangster named Eduardo (Guerra). She falls for the soft-hearted crook, ensuring troubles for both of them from her friends, his associates and the police.

Bottom Line: This Latin-themed crime drama is a peculiar creation: a gangster picture with a sentimental side; an action film that's mostly driven by dialog; and an exploitation movie that strongly veers away from showing sex and violence. The situations are familiar from countless other recent vintage urban crime titles, but the emphasis here is on a series of two-character scenes that delineate the characters and their dilemmas. The actors gamely try to develop their "troubled" characters, but director-co-scripter Allen's downplaying of big shootouts and the utter lack of any sexual material (characters chastely make out and then wake up next to each other) will impair the film's rental potential.

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