Trespass (1992)

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers (WGA):

Bob Gale (written by) &
Robert Zemeckis (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

They all came to the wrong place at the wrong time.

Plot:

Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St...

Plot Keywords:

Video Camera | Ghetto | Organized Crime | Vulgarity | Machismo

Cast

Bill Paxton	...	Vince Gillian
Ice-T	...	King James
William Sadler	...	Don Perry
Ice Cube	...	Savon
Art Evans	...	Bradlee
De'voreaux White	...	Lucky
Bruce A. Young	...	Raymond
Glenn Plummer	...	Luther
Stoney Jackson	...	Wickey
T.E. Russell	...	Video
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Cletus (as Tiny Lister)
John Toles-Bey	...	Goose
Byron Minns	...	Moon
Tico Wells	...	Davis
Hal Landon Jr.	...	Eugene DeLong

Also Known As:

Looters

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (f) (cut version) | Argentina:16 | Germany:18 (f) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The title was changed from "Looter" shortly before release to avoid any connection with the 1992 riots in Los Angeles that had recently occurred.

Quotes:

Don: Now wait a minute, old man, you know a way out of here we split the gold three ways!
Bradlee: That's not what you said a minute ago!
Don: A minute ago we was all dead!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'Interstate 60' (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

You Know What I'm About

A tense, well-crafted action film

A bizarre mix of creative talents went in to making this movie. Not the kind of thing that happens too often these days. A script from Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, direction by Walter Hill and his usual gang (strong editing from Freeman Davies, cool photography from Lloyd Ahern and score by Ry Cooder), Bill Paxton and William Sadler as the 'heroes' and Ice T and Ice Cube as the bad guys. It makes for a truly original movie.

Much like Judgment Night, Trespass is about two worlds colliding after bystanders witness a gangland execution. Two firemen on a treasure hunt in a huge, long abandoned East St. Louis factory. This happens to be the same territory as King James (Ice T) and his cohorts. They off some unwise punk by chucking him thru the glass roof and are pretty mortified upon discovering Bill Paxton and William Sadler are watching them. Ice T's crippled brother is taken hostage by Sadler and they seal themselves in old apartment. Several other bad guys show up and totally box them in.

What follows is a succession of stand-offs and shoot outs as Paxton and Sadler fight among themselves, T and Cube argue over who should be running the show, loyalties are challenged and each group begins to split into different factions. Stuck in the crossfire is poor old Bradlee, the innocent hobo caught in the middle as his apartment is besieged.

There are no clear-cut 'good guys' and 'bad guys' in Trespass. Just a bunch of guys who all came to the wrong place at the wrong time.

Originally called 'Looters' and scheduled for release during Summer 1992 the release date was changed to Winter and the title changed to 'Trespass'. Why? The LA riots were happening and Universal felt that there was enough racial tension in the media already. While I agree there is deliberate racism in this film it's nowhere near as bad as the morbidly extreme racism in such recent movies like Bad Boys II.

This new release by Universal is much better than the pathetic (and now OOP) release by Goodtimes. Gone is the snapper case. In its place is a sturdy keepcase and a nice bundle of extras. First of all there are some deleted scenes, a Behind the Scenes of Trespass featurette, the Ice-T/Ice Cube Trespass music video (it's the highly censored 'radio' edit) and a trailer. It is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby 2.0 sound.

You should definitely get this as it's not the standard of film Hollywood studios produce these days. IE made by talented people.