Sacrifice (2000 Film)
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''Sacrifice'' is a
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thriller
television film A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
, starring
Michael Madsen Michael Søren Madsen (born September 25, 1957) is an American actor. He has starred in many films and television series, frequently collaborating with director Quentin Tarantino, most famously in the latter's debut film ''Reservoir Dogs'' (19 ...
. It was written by
Randall Frakes Randall Frakes is a film and science fiction writer primarily known for his work with long-time friends Bill Wisher and James Cameron on ''The Terminator'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. While Frakes was in the U.S. Army, he was stationed i ...
, based on a novel by
Mitchell Smith Mitchell Smith (born 1935) is an American author writing crime fiction and science fiction. Biography Mitchell Smith was born in upper New York State, and went to military school on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. He attended Columbia University where ...
and directed by
Mark L. Lester Mark L. Lester (born November 26, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and Film producer, producer. He is known as a prolific director of cult films, including the disco musical ''Roller Boogie'' (1979), the vigilante thriller fil ...
.


Plot

Tyler Pierce, a convicted
bank robber Bank robbery is the criminal act of stealing from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence. This refers to robbery of a bank Branch (banking), branch or Bank teller, tell ...
who just recently escaped the
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, joins with a former
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to investigate the murder of his daughter. They soon discover that they are dealing with a
serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A * * * * with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
.


Cast

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Michael Madsen Michael Søren Madsen (born September 25, 1957) is an American actor. He has starred in many films and television series, frequently collaborating with director Quentin Tarantino, most famously in the latter's debut film ''Reservoir Dogs'' (19 ...
as Tyler Pierce *
Bokeem Woodbine Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor. In 1994 he portrayed Joshua, Jason's troubled brother, in ''Jason's Lyric''. He won a Black Reel Award, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Awar ...
as FBI Agent Gottfried *
Michelle Lintel Michelle Lintel (born August 14, 1969) is an American actress and martial artist known for playing the lead role in the 2001 television series ''Black Scorpion'' - Filmography * 1999 ''On Common Ground'' * 1999 '' Diagnosis: Murder'' - "Blood Ti ...
as FBI Agent Hildebrandt *
Jamie Luner Jamie Michelle Luner (born May 12, 1971) is an American actress who first came to prominence as Cindy Lubbock on the ABC sitcom ''Just the Ten of Us'', but is perhaps better known as Peyton Richards on ''Savannah'', Lexi Sterling on ''Melrose Plac ...
as Naomi Cohen *
Diane Farr Diane Farr (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress, producer, and writer. She is known for her roles as the FBI agent Megan Reeves in the CBS television series ''Numb3rs'' and the firefighter Laura Miles in '' Rescue Me''. Life and car ...
as Karen Yeager *
Deborah Shelton Deborah Dale Shelton (born November 21, 1948) is an American actress, beauty queen, and songwriter who was Miss USA and appeared on ''Dallas'' for three seasons and a special guest return in 2013. Pageants In 1970, Shelton competed in the Miss V ...
as Margaret Sackett * Jordan Williams as Carl Sackett * Tony Abatemarco as Phil Lombardi * Wallace Merck as Sergeant George Burney *
Marco St. John Marco St. John (born Marco John Figueroa, Jr.; May 7, 1939) is an American actor who has appeared in films and television programs. He is known for his role as the horny truck driver in the 1991 film '' Thelma & Louise'' and for playing Sheriff ...
as Dr. Hector Salcodo *
Joshua Leonard Joshua Granville Leonard (born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his role in ''The Blair Witch Project'' (1999). He has since starred in films such as '' Madhouse'' (2004), '' The Shaggy Dog'' (2006), '' Higher G ...
as Jason * Terence Rosemore as Horatio (Terrence Rosemore) * Guss Williams as Tomas Seguin (Gus Williams) * Matt Webb as Rusty * Michelle White as Lisa Pierce * Jackie Roberts as Mimi Gould * Janice Finch as Maria Mitchell *
Leslie Zemeckis Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy ''Romancing the Stone'' (1984), the science-fiction comedy ''Back to the Future'' film tr ...
as Officer Mercedes Calderon (Leslie Harter) * Lonnie R. Smith as Blue Masked Robber (Lonnie Smith)


Reception

Andy Webb from ''The Movie Scene'' gave the film three out of five stars and wrote: "What this all boils down to is that "Sacrifice" is really a bad movie; it has weak acting, poor action and irrelevant subplots. Yet all the wrong stuff ends up being as entertaining as the right stuff which makes "Sacrifice" surprisingly enjoyable." Richard Scheib from ''Moria.co'' gave it two stars, stating: "Sacrifice starts well. Michael Madsen’s central character is unusually conceived as a hero goes and the film is tightly plotted, consistently keeping one’s interest. Alas, Sacrifice fails to sustain such interest for its full length. Indeed, despite the unusualness of the central character and an interesting plot set-up, by about halfway point all of this has dissipated and Sacrifice has become merely a routine policier." Jack Sommersby from ''eFilmCritic'' gave the movie two stars and wrote: "The film isn't terrible, just terribly dull, with a who-cares hero registering near zero on both the dramatic and charismatic scale. I'd be happy to predict that Madsen probably has a good film in him somewhere down the line, but after seeing his 2009 slate of no less than twenty-eight(!) projects, it's safe to concretely conclude that here's an ultra-slumming actor preferring quantity over quality. A The Wrestler couldn't come along soon enough."


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