Mission Park (film) explained

Mission Park
Starring:
Music:Stephen Barton
Cinematography:L. Thomas Nador
Editing:Yusef Svacina
Studio:Armando Montelongo Productions
Director:Bryan Ramirez
Producer:Douglas Spain
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

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

Release

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

Reception

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."[1]

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."[2]

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".[3]

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]

Notes and References

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