''Saints and Sinners'' is a 1994 American crime drama film starring
Damian Chapa
Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is an American actor, film director, and producer.
Life
Chapa's ancestry is of Mexican, Italian, German and Native American descent. He now calls San Antonio, Texas home.
Career
Chapa played the par ...
, Jennifer Rubin, and Scott Plank. It was written, produced and directed by Paul Mones. The film's production company was MDP Worldwide.
Background
The film stars Damian Chapa as Pooch, Jennifer Rubin as Eva, and Scott Plank as Big Boy. It first premiered in France in September 1994 at the Deauville Film Festival and later saw a proper theatrical release in the country on 19 April 1995 via the distributor Les Films Number One, whilst in the UK the film's video premiere was during May 1996. In France, Kinemastar was the film's publicity company.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117539/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co
On February 20, 1996, the film was released on VHS in America via Live Home Video/Lions Gate. In Brazil, it was released on VHS via Look Filmes and via Videosonic Arts in 1995 in Greece. A UK VHS release was also issued. In Germany it was released on DVD, whilst a Scandinavian DVD release was also issued. The film was issued in America on Amazon Video in recent years.
The film's main tagline reads "Guns. Drugs. Sex. Anything two can do, three can do better."
For the film, Paul Mones was nominated in 1994 for the Critics Award of the Deauville Film Festival, whilst in 1995, Mones won the Special Jury Prize for the film by the
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Damian Chapa
Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is an American actor, film director, and producer.
Life
Chapa's ancestry is of Mexican, Italian, German and Native American descent. He now calls San Antonio, Texas home.
Career
Chapa played the par ...
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Sandra Brennan of Allmovie gave the film three out of five stars, calling it a ''"gritty crime thriller"''.
Uncle Scoopy's Movie House gave the film a C−, stating ''"Saints and Sinners was meant to be gritty, but that, for me, is its downfall. There is entirely too much scenery-chewing and very little subtlety, and the script does not quite take the time and effort needed to sell the friendship between Plank and Chapa."''
The 2005 book ''VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever'' gave the film one and half out of five stars.
On February 16, 1996, Susan King of the '' Los Angeles Times'', described the film as a ''"sleazy, erotic thriller"''.
On March 23, 1996, Roanoke Times stated ''"A screwy supercharged energy drives "Saints and Sinners," a crime drama/buddy flick/romance about two childhood friends and their adventurous girlfriend."''
Dragan Antulov of rec.arts.movies.reviews gave a rating of 6 out of 10.