''Cold Blooded'' is a 2012

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crime film written and directed by Jason Lapeyre. The film stars

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, William MacDonald,

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and

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. The film tells the story of a female police officer assigned to guard a diamond thief overnight in a hospital when his violent partners break into the hospital to get him. The film premiered at the 2012

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Plot

A diamond heist goes very wrong, leaving one of the team of criminals dead and another arrested for his murder. The surviving thief, Eddie Cordero, wakes up in a hospital being guarded by Constable Frances Jane. He tries to con her into letting him go, but she's too smart for him and won't fall for his various pleas. Later in the evening, Cordero's partners in the diamond heist break into the hospital and head for his room. In the ensuing chaos, Constable Jane ends up having to work with Cordero to survive the night while at the same time trying to keep him from escaping.

Cast

Production

Lapeyre was approached by producer Tim Merkel and told that Merkel had access to an abandoned hospital and needed a story to take place in one. Merkel gathered a group of writers and gave them a tour of the hospital, and afterwards invited them to submit ideas to him for stories. Lapeyre submitted two ideas - one for a crime story and one for a zombie story. Merkel liked Lapeyre's ideas and told him to choose the one he felt most strongly about, leading Lapeyre to choose his first love, the crime genre. The film was shot in

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, Ontario in a single location. ''

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'' and

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were influences. The film was shot in December 2010, finished in 2011 and began playing festivals in 2011 and 2012.

Release

''Cold Blooded'' was an official selection at

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and

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. It was picked up by Uncork'd Entertainment/Viva Films in the United States, who will be releasing the film in late 2013. The film is distributed in Canada by Astral Grove Entertainment, in Germany by OFDb Filmworks, in Japan by Zazie Films and in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Premiere TV.

Reception

Scott Weinberg of

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called it "a quick and efficient crime thriller" that does not reinvent the wheel. Corey Mitchell of

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rated the film 2.5/5 stars and criticized the believability of the plot.

Awards

won Best Actress at the Bare Bones Film Festival, and the film won Best Canadian Film at the

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in Montreal.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1821374 Films set in Toronto Films shot in Toronto 2012 crime thriller films Canadian crime thriller films English-language Canadian films 2012 films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films