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Mission Park (film)

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Mission Park
Directed byBryan Ramirez
Written byBryan Ramirez
Produced byDouglas Spain
Starring
CinematographyL. Thomas Nador
Edited byYusef Svacina
Music byStephen Barton
Production
company
Armando Montelongo Productions
Release dates
  • 23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) (Ciné-Festival)
  • 13 September 2013 (2013-09-13) (US)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mission Park (alternatively titled Line of Duty) is a 2013 American thriller drama film directed by Bryan Ramirez, starring Jeremy Ray Valdez, Walter Perez, Will Rothhaar, Joseph Julian Soria and Fernanda Romero.

Cast

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Release

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The film received a limited theatrical release on 13 September 2013.[1]

Reception

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The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the despite the "reasonably effective" performances, the film is "unconvincing from start to finish, with the director relying on so many helicopter shots of the San Antonio skyline that it begins to resemble something that might have been produced by the city’s tourist bureau."[2]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote that the film is "stuffed with men who think only with their fists, feet and parts in between."[3]

Scott Foundas of Variety wrote that while the film "doesn’t lack ambition", it "lays everything on far too thick", and the performances are "mostly stiff".[1]

Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the "talented quartet of young actors can't surmount the wall-to-wall clichés that comprise “Mission Park,” an earnest, not terribly convincing action thriller as generic as its title."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Foundas, Scott (3 October 2013). "Film Review: 'Mission Park'". Variety. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ THR Staff (6 September 2013). "Mission Park: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (5 September 2013). "Childhood Friends, Torn Apart by Ambitions". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Gary (5 September 2013). "Review: 'Mission Park' a clunky tale of murder, friendship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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