Crime novelist Elmore Leonard cowrote the script for CAT CHASER (based on his book) and Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT) directed, filling the screen with his usual eye-popping doses of nudity and violence. Peter Weller stars Miami hotel owner and former U.S. paratrooper George Moran, who finds trouble when gets mixed up with the wife (Kelly McGillis) of a deposed general of the Dominican Republic (Tomas Milian) where Moran fought during the U.S. invasion. Charles Durning costars as Jiggs, a grinning, ruthless ex-cop who has a scheme to relieve the general of his wealth. Of course, the plot only thickens from there. A relaxed chemistry between Weller and McGillis helps make this sexy thriller work, and Durning is typically sensational as the "friendly" thug at the center of all the trouble. Chick Corea did the smoldering jazz soundtrack, and Frederic Forrest appears as a drunken soldier buddy of Moran's. Fans of Leonard's fiction, and films like GET SHORTY, OUT OF SIGHT, and JACKIE BROWN should enjoy CAT CHASER's mix of funny dialogue, lush tropical scenery, laid-back characters, and intricate crime plotting.
Rating: R (MPAA) Rating Reason: n/a Runtime: 98 minutes DVD Code: Region 1 US, CA Genre: Dramas Color: Color Rating: DVD Features:
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Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Frederic Forrest, Charles Durning
Abel Ferrara, Jimmy Laine
Crime novelist Elmore Leonard cowrote the script for CAT CHASER (based on his book) and Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT) directed, filling the screen with his usual eye-popping doses of nudity and violence. Peter Weller stars Miami hotel owner and former U.S. paratrooper George Moran, who finds trouble when gets mixed up with the wife (Kelly McGillis) of a deposed general of the Dominican Republic (Tomas Milian) where Moran fought during the U.S. invasion. Charles Durning costars as Jiggs, a grinning, ruthless ex-cop who has a scheme to relieve the general of his wealth. Of course, the plot only thickens from there. A relaxed chemistry between Weller and McGillis helps make this sexy thriller work, and Durning is typically sensational as the "friendly" thug at the center of all the trouble. Chick Corea did the smoldering jazz soundtrack, and Frederic Forrest appears as a drunken soldier buddy of Moran's. Fans of Leonard's fiction, and films like GET SHORTY, OUT OF SIGHT, and JACKIE BROWN should enjoy CAT CHASER's mix of funny dialogue, lush tropical scenery, laid-back characters, and intricate crime plotting. () On a trip to Santo Domingo in search of the woman who once saved his life, George Moran instead reunites with a woman whose love could cost him everything. Plunging into a passionate affair, he's about to pay the steep price for lust, deception, and revenge.
() Filmed on location in Miami and Puerto Rico.
There are two versions available of this film: The unrated version is two minutes longer, containing scenes of male and female nudity and some very rough use of a gun. The R rated version is minus these envelope-pushing moments.
This film was never released theatrically.
Tomas Milian went on to appear as General Salazar in Steven Soderbergh's TRAFFIC.
() "Funny how you can tell the truth and still feel guilty. I guess it has to do with sins in the mind being sins just the same."--Narrator (uncredited)
"You want to be rich, you have to learn how to smile."--Rafi (Juan Fernández) to Loret (Kelly Jo Mintner)
() "...Fans of cult director Abel Ferrara might want to give it a look..."
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