Random Encounter 1998 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Thriller
Director: Douglas Jackson Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, J.H. Wyman, Frank Schorpion, Barry Flatman, Frank Fontaine, Joanna Noyes, Mark Walker, Ellen David, Susan Glover, Mary Bradley, Alan Fawcett, Mark Camacho
Public relations executive Allie (Elizabeth Berkley) meets Kyle (J.H. Wyman) at a company party, goes home with him, and attempts to have sex. They are interrupted by a crazed woman, Madeleine (Mary Bradley), who attacks them with a knife. During the ensuing scuffle, Allie slays Madeleine. Kyle offers to help Allie in a cover-up, but there is more to Kyle than meets the eye: in fact, he is an ex-con who has set up Allie to kill Madeleine.
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Slow Burn 2007 R, 93 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Wayne Beach Cast: Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Jolene Blalock, Guy Torry, Taye Diggs, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McGill, Frank Schorpion, Donny Falsetti, Barbara Alexander, Joe Grifasi, Richard Jutras, Arthur Holden, Fisher Stevens
District Attorney Ford Cole (Ray Liotta) has plans to run for mayor when he learns that his assistant D.A. and lover Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock) has been arrested for killing a record store employee (Mekhi Phifer). Nora claims self-defense, but Cole's bid for mayor is in jeopardy. Then a stranger Luther Pinks (LL Cool J) presents another version of Nora's story. Other suspects rise to the fore, and the complex web of deceit continues.
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| 1. Random Encounter (1998)
2. Slow Burn (2007)
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