
Traitor(2008)
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.


“He's a cop who reached the Boiling Point.”
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.

Wesley Snipes
Jimmy Mercer

Dennis Hopper
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond

Lolita Davidovich
Vikki Dunbar

Viggo Mortensen
Ronnie

Seymour Cassel
Virgil Leach

Jonathan Banks
Max Waxman

Christine Elise
Carol

Tony Lo Bianco
Tony Dio

Valerie Perrine
Mona

James Tolkan
Levitt
Boiling Point is a drama, action, crime, thriller film released in 1993 exploring themes of prison, hero, escape, undercover. Directed by James B. Harris, it stars Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich. Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.
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