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A Better Way to Die

A Better Way to Die

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 26, 2001

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Action, Thriller

User Score

56%

Original Title

A Better Way to Die

Production Companies

Newman/Tooley Films, Newmarket Capital Group

Director

Scott Wiper

Description

Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos, his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his resignation to the Chicago Police Department and return to his home town of Joliet, where his fiancé, Kelly, awaits. While en route back to Joliet, however, Boomer makes a grievous error in judgment when he stops for, and assists, an unfortunate motorist whose vehicle appears to have broken down; the naive ex-cop is swiftly attacked and rendered unconscious. Boomer awakes to find that his car and wallet have been stolen, and that he has become involved in a dangerous game of mistaken identity.