EYE SEE YOU (2002)

MORGAN'S RATING

A brutal serial killer is targeting cops, and detective Jake Malloy is on the war path. But now the killer is making it personal, and his dedicated agent is twisted in an emotional nightmare. Time is running out, and so are the options as Malloy engages in an extreme game of cat-and-mouse with a serial killer who won't be stopped.

Sylvester Stallone (Jake Malloy), Charles Dutton (Chuck Hendricks), Kris Kristofferson (Doc), Dina Meyer (Mary), Mif (Brandon), Christopher Fulford (Slater), Jeffrey Wright (Jaworski), Tom Berenger (Hank), Stephen Lang (Jack), Polly Walker (Jenny), Alan C. Peterson (Gilbert), Hrothgar Mathews (Manny), Angela Alvarado (Lopez), Robert Prosky (McKenzie), Robert Patrick (Noah), Courtney B. Vance (Jones), Sean Patrick Flannery (Conner), Tim Henry (Weeks), Rance Howard (Geezer), Frank Pellegrino (Jimmy), James Kidnie (Red), Yves Cameron (Killer), Harrison Coe (Medical Examiner), Peter Flemming (Officer), Chris Nelson Norris (Police Lieutenant), Bill Mackenzie (Bartender), Ian Gschwind (Paramedic), David Lewis (Jeweler), James Ralph (Officer in Bar, uncredited), Karen Smith (Waitress, uncredited), Ruth Zalduondo (Additional voices, uncredited).

SURVIVAL IS A KILLER.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Jim Gillespie. WRITERS: Ron L. Brinkerhoff, and based on the novel "Jitter Joint" by Howard Swindle. PRODUCERS: Karen Kehela, Ric Kidney and Kevin King. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Maureen Peyrot. ORIGINAL MUSIC: John Powell, with additional music by James McKee Smith and Geoff Zanelli. DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia Pictures.

QUOTES

Jake Malloy: You're really good at kicking them when they're down. Noah: I do pretty good when they're standing up too!

Jake Malloy: I see you, now you see this!

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"This formulaic chiller will do little to boost Stallone's career." -- Mark Adams, Hollywood Reporter

FACTS

"Despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure, The Man Who Wrote Rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this." -- The Wolf, IOFilm.co.uk

RELEASE DATE: September 20th, 2002 (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: December 31st, 2002 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $32,300 (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $79,161 (USA) BUDGET: $55 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: January 1999 -- May 1999 - Known as D-Tox outside of the United States and Canada. Formely titled Detox and The Outpost during production. - Completed before Get Carter (2000) and unreleased for nearly three years, the film's date of release had been juggled around throughout the last two years consistently, rumored to be the cause of bad buzz. Universal Pictures removed the official website, signifying that the filmmakers may have given up on the film. Columbia Pictures picked up the rights to video distribution in the United States. - This is the only film Stallone completed under the now-terminated $60 million three-picture deal he made with Universal in 1995. - The plot bears a striking resemblance to that of a late episode of The Avengers. But producer Brian Grazer says it's a new take on Ten Little Indians.

"A profoundly stupid affair, populating its hackeneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters an performers who value cash above credibility." -- Andrew Howe, Film Written Magazine

"It's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions." -- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK Critic

"A thoroughly awful movie -- dumb, narratively chaotic, visually sloppy...a weird amalgam of The Thing and a geriatric Scream." -- Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

"The only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll." -- Todd Jorgenson, Denton Record Chronicle

"A boring, formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk' n' slash." -- Danny Graydon, BBCI Films

"Ultimately a pointless endeavor." -- Andrew Manning, Radio Free Entertainment