''Officer Down'' is a 2013 American
action film directed by
Brian A. Miller
Brian A. Miller is an American television producer and the former Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California, having assumed the title from 2000 to 2021. He was formerly Vice President of Production ...
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Stephen Dorff plays a corrupt cop who seeks redemption.
Plot
Police detective David 'Cal' Callahan (
Stephen Dorff) takes down a rapist cop but his boss Captain Verona (
James Woods) cuts a deal to sweep the embarrassing situation under the rug. Cal is still haunted by a traffic stop where he was almost killed.
Cast
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Stephen Dorff as Detective David Callahan
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Dominic Purcell
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as Royce Walker
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David Boreanaz as Detective Les Scanlon
* Bree Michael Warner as Detective Brogan
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Brette Taylor as Assistant District Attorney Loughlin
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AnnaLynne McCord
AnnaLynne McCord (born July 16, 1987) is an American actress, activist, and model.
Known for playing vixen-type roles, McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series ''Nip/Tuck'', and as the pampe ...
as Zhanna Dronova
* Zoran Radanovich as Ivan Zavulon / Sergei Dronov
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Soulja Boy Tell 'Em as Rudy
* Jas Anderson as Ellis Dracut
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Stephen Lang as Lieutenant Jake LaRussa
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James Woods as Captain John Verona
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Elisabeth Röhm as Alexandra Callahan
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Walton Goggins as Detective Nick Logue / Angel
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Laura Harris as Ellen Logue
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Tommy Flanagan as Father Reddy
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Oleg Taktarov as Oleg Emelyanenko
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Johnny Messner as McAlister
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Kamaliya as Katya
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Bea Miller as Lanie Callahan
* Marisa Pierinias as Monica Logue
* A.K. Debris as James
* Misha Kuznetsov as Sergei Dronov
Development
The film was first announced on May 3, 2011. Filming began later that week in Connecticut. The film's screenplay was written by John Chase and it is directed by Brian A Miller. Locations where the movie was filmed include Roberto's Restaurant on State St, Fairfield Ave and inside a new apartment complex also located on Fairfield Ave, in Bridgeport CT. The first images from the set were revealed on May 6, 2011.
At the 2012
Cannes Film Festival, it was announced that the film would be distributed by Anchor Bay. The film's official poster was also revealed at the
Cannes Film Festival.
Release
Anchor Bay gave it a limited release on January 18, 2013, and it grossed $1,463 in the US.
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Reception
Mark Olsen of the '' Los Angeles Times'' called it "an overstuffed story that comes off not as layered but rather as an unfocused jumble".
References
External links
Hitfix.com
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, officer_down
2013 films
2013 action thriller films
2013 crime thriller films
2013 crime drama films
American crime drama films
2010s English-language films
2013 drama films
Films directed by Brian A. Miller
2010s American films