Columbus Day (2008)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Charles Burmeister

Writer:

Charles Burmeister (writer)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A thief tries to fix the damage done during the biggest heist of his career. |

Plot Keywords:

Shirtless Male | Shot In The Stomach | Foot Chase | Murder | Profanity

Cast

Val Kilmer	...	John
Marg Helgenberger	...	Alice
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Max
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Esteban
Ashley Johnson	...	Alana
Lobo Sebastian	...	Jimmy Espinosa
Michael Muhney	...	Detective Daniels
Mark Kelly	...	Leonard
Shelley Malil	...	Babul
Richard Edson	...	Manny
Sean Blakemore	...	Officer Walters
Larrs Jackson	...	Executive Man
Melissa Bacelar	...	Cute Girl in Park
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rick Avery	...	Driver
David Winston Barge	...	Detective
Bryan Hanna	...	Jake
Ivana Milicevic	...	Cheryl
Rocco Passafaro	...	Freddie
Miles Platt	...	Edward
Marc Schaffer	...	Garbage Truck Driver
Wilson Tai
Courtney Thomas	...	Woman
Eric Thomas Wilson	...	Cop #2

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bert Marcus Productions

Trivia:

Charles Burmeister's script for Columbus Day won the Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship sponsored by Paramount Pictures and was named Top 30 of 5,500 scripts in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowship.

Movie Connections:

References The Little Mermaid (1989)

An Enjoyable Day in Echo Park...

Bobb'e J. Thompson (playing an African American boy, who befriends Val Kilmer in the movie, "Columbus Day" (2008), have a wonderful chemistry. It is their friendship, and their experience in Echo Park where Kilmer is hiding out, that makes the dialog work. Wilmer Valderrama puts in an electrifying performance. Marg Helgenberger provides much emotion and tension, as we learn about her relationship with Kilmer, and the little girl he does not know.

The acting, editing, cinematography, and music are good. The dialog is written effectively, so that it pulls you in, and makes you want to know more about the individual relationships interwoven with the people Kilmer telephones from Echo Park. Without any doubt, an excellent script helps to bring the people together, in a custom-designed patchwork quilt of messages (on the telephone) and conversations (in Echo Park). Bobb'e J. Thompson's goal is to help Val Kilmer find a better life. Will the boy succeed? This film is definitely worth watching, and I rate it an 8 out of 10.