Pistol Whipped

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Pistol Whipped

Directed by	Roel Reiné
Produced by	Steven Seagal Binh Dang Joe Halpin Alwyn Kushner
Written by	J.D. Zeik
Starring	Steven Seagal Lance Henriksen Renee Elise Goldsberry Blanchard Ryan Arthur J. Nascarella
Cinematography	Richard Crudo
Distributed by	Screen Gems
Release date(s)	March 4, 2008
Running time	96 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$ 10 million
IMDb profile

Pistol Whipped is a 2008 action film starring Steven Seagal, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Blanchard Ryan and Lance Henriksen. The movie was filmed in Connecticut, May-June 2007 and was directed by Roel Reiné. The film was released by Sony straight to DVD on March 4, 2008. The MPAA has rated it "R" for 'Strong Violence, Language, and Some Sexual Content.'

[edit] Plot

In Bridgeport, Connecticut, Matt Conner (Steven Seagal) is an ex-cop whose life has gone downhill since he was kicked off the Bridgeport police force after being accused of stealing some money from the evidence storage locker.

Matt is trying to be a father to his daughter Becky (Lydia Grace Jordan), who seems to be about 10 or 11-years-old, and he's been trying to hide his money problems and alcohol problems from her.

Every so often, Matt goes to a catholic church to talk to Father Joe Maloney (Bernie McInerny), who is a friend of his. Matt's been struggling with a debilitating gambling problem and a mountainous debt that totals more than $1,000,000.

After losing a lot of money one night at a local poker game, an angry Matt is approached by a man named Blue (Paul Calderon), who takes Matt to meet with a mysterious old man (Lance Henriksen). The Old Man informs Matt that he has bought out all of Matt's gambling debt markers.

The Old Man offers to wipe Matt's debt clean in exchange for a few "favors." All Matt has to do is hunt down and kill the city's biggest gangsters, those that the police can't touch.

Eventually, Matt thinks something isn’t right, and with the help of his ex-wife Liz's (Blanchard Ryan) husband, police Lt. Steve Shacter (Mark Elliot Wilson), Matt begins to investigate Blue while fighting his alcoholism, getting visits from Becky, and doing the first two jobs that the Old Man has given him -- taking out major local gangsters Bruno (Arthur J. Nascarella) and Ling (Lee Wong).

Complicating matters is a shifty alliance with the Old Man, Blue, and their associate, Andrea "Drea" Smalls (Renee Elise Goldsberry), whom Matt sleeps with. And then the Old Man gives Matt his next assignment -- to kill Steve.

It turns out that Steve heads a group of corrupt cops who have been working with Bruno and Ling. It was Steve who stole the money that Matt was accused of stealing, and then Steve killed Matt's partner before Matt was thrown off the force.

Now, Steve goes to the church and brutally kills Father Maloney, and Matt vows to kill the man who killed Father Maloney. Matt figures out that it was Steve.

On the day of Father Maloney's funeral, Blue and Drea accompany Matt to the cemetery, and Drea assumes a sniper position. After the funeral, Steve and his men arrive, and one of his men, Tim Wheeler (Wass Stevens), is holding a gun on Becky.

Drea starts shooting Steve's men, and so do Matt and Blue. During the shootout, Wheeler tries to kill Drea, and after a struggle, Drea fatally shoots Wheeler, freeing Becky. Drea tells Becky to find Matt.

Blue is fatally shot, and after all of Steve's men have been killed, Matt shoots Steve, blasting him up against the empty hearse, which is leaking gas because its tank got shot. After some last words from Steve, Matt puts Steve in the back of the hearse, steps away, and fires some shots toward the leaking gas, causing an explosion that kills Steve.

A devastated Becky thinks the explosion killed Matt...until he comes running to her. Later, Matt, who has decided to continue working off his gambling debt for the Old Man, is enjoying spending time with Becky, who tells Matt that it's good to have him back.