Ambushed - dark rituals

Movie
German title	Ambushed - dark rituals
Original title	Ambushed
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1998
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Ernest Dickerson
script	Andrew Miles
production	Dave Thomas
music	Terry Plumeri
camera	Phil Oetiker
cut	Stephen Lovejoy
occupation
Courtney B. Vance : Jerry Robinson Jeremy Lelliott : Eric Natter Virginia Madsen : Lucy Monroe William Forsythe : Mike Organski David Keith : Deputy Lawrence Bill Nunn : Watts Fatboy Charles Hallahan : Sheriff Carter Robert Patrick : Shannon Herold William Sadler : Jim Natter Carl Espy : Deputy Bean Scott Hinson : Deputy Dunbar William Flaman : Tom

Ambushed is a 1998 thriller directed by Ernest Dickerson .

action

The leader of a Ku Klux Klan lodge, Jim Natter, is shot in front of his son Eric, who is overlooked by the perpetrators. While trying to get the young witness to safety, a group of police officers are fatally ambushed. The African-American cop Jerry Robinson, who is the only police officer to survive the shooting, flees from the attackers with Eric. Robinson not only counteracts the antipathy of Eric, who is laden with racist resentment, he is also the victim of an intrigue within the sheriff's department and hunted as the alleged mastermind behind the ambush. Only Lucy, his colleague, believes in his innocence and helps him. She is supported by Jerry's friend Watts Fatboy. Eric also begins to give up his prejudices when he realizes that Robinson is risking his life for him. Finally, Robinson and Lucy manage to hunt down both the traitors within the department and the killers of Jim Natter, led by Natter's rival Shannon Herold.

Reviews

"A film that is convincing as a study of a gradual convergence, but which towards the end feels increasingly committed to crime conventions and buries its actual story and its approaches under mountains of corpses."

- Lexicon of International Films

background

Shortly after filming was over, Charles Hallahan died of a heart attack. The film was then dedicated to him.

The film was released on video in Germany on June 14, 2000 .

Web links

• Ambushed - Dunkle rituals in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Comparison of edited versions Tele 5 from 16 - Not suitable for young of Ambushed - Dunkle rituals at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ambushed - Dark Rituals. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .