Bad Day on the Block (1997)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Writer:

Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh (written by)

Release Date:

22 August 1997 (Turkey)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

He's destroyed everything close to him. Now he's going next door.

Plot:

A decorated firefighter (Charlie Sheen) has his wife and son leave him because of his violent tendencies...

Plot Keywords:

Woman's Neck Broken | Deeply Troubled | Shot In The Heart | Goading | Bitterness

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Lyle Wilder (as Charles Sheen)
Mare Winningham	...	Catherine Braverton
David Andrews	...	Reese Braverton
Noah Fleiss	...	Zach Braverton
Dawnn Lewis	...	Sandy Tierra
Chelsea Russo	...	Marcie Braverton
John Ratzenberger	...	Al Calavito
Keone Young	...	Ron the Repairman
Reggie Jackson	...	Himself
Cody Jones	...	D.J.
David Hewlett	...	Andrew
Phillip Jarrett	...	Firefighter
Tino Monte	...	TV Newscaster
Sheldon Turcott	...	Network Newscaster
Karen Brigman	...	Marge Wilder

Also Known As:

The Fireman (International: English title)
Under Pressure

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/terror and language.

Runtime:

88 min | Argentina:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:U | Germany:16 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Largo Entertainment

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the model airplane flies through the window, the glass breaks apart in small pieces like safety glass of a car, normal window glass does not break like this.

Quotes:

Lyle Wilder: You think you know me don't you?
Zach Braverton: No
Lyle Wilder: You sure?
Zach Braverton: No?
Lyle Wilder: That's a shame!
Zach Braverton: Mom!

Charlie Sheen's convincing, mildly frightening performance lifts film to above average.

In Bad Day on the Block (also known as Under Pressure) Charlie Sheen (Platoon, Hot Shots) finally took a role which I had wanted to see him play, a psycho. Sheen plays a hero firefighter who loses it after his wife leaves him. So he decides to terrorize his neighbors, a happily married couple with two children. Sheen plays the psycho role well, though he's not too scary because it's Charlie Sheen. The film isn't bad, though it has some stupid things, for example, the family is scared to death of him and he's just broken into their house, but they leave the little daughter downstairs alone. The film also suffers from the acting of the two kids, both are poor. The climax is kind of cool, with Russian Roulette being the game of choice.