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Movie Info

As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace (Linda Fiorentino) is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor (Oliver Platt). On her way to see her actor lover, Liberty ends up chained to a food cart full of explosives -- all at the insistence of "Joe" (Wesley Snipes), a sniper whose young daughter was a victim of gun violence, and who now has Liberty in his sights.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama, mystery and thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Kari Skogland
Producer:

Gary Pearl
Writer:

Kari Skogland
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 23, 2016
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Lions Gate Entertainment

Cast & Crew

Linda Fiorentino
Liberty Wallace

Wesley Snipes
Joe

Oliver Platt
Victor Wallace

Martin Cummins
Russell Williams

Jonathan Scarfe
Bill Tollman

Ian Tracey
Mac Munro

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Critic Reviews for Liberty Stands Still

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4)

Redeemed by the always mesmerizing Fiorentino.

February 1, 2018 | Full Review…

John Leonard
New York Magazine/Vulture
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July 21, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Writer/director Kari Skogland clearly has an agenda - the film is vehemently anti-gun - resulting in incredibly obvious and preachy instances of dialogue and a ham-fisted approach to the storyline.

April 13, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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March 25, 2003 | Rating: 60/100

Derek Smith
Apollo Guide
A ripe-on-the-vine concept married to strident execution. There's thought here, but Liberty is marred by vague, freshman directorial touches.

November 11, 2002 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

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Audience Reviews for Liberty Stands Still

Jan 29, 2011

Wesley Snipes plays a man seeking revenge for the death of his daughter in a high school shooting incident. He calls himself Joe and takes a hostage Liberty (Linda Fiorentino of Last Seduction), the wife of the `evil' gun manufacturer (Oliver Platt), who, in this movie, is a mega-corporation that has every politician in the USA in its pocket. He has her cuffed to a hot-dog stand in a park which contains a bomb that is set to blow if her cell phone he is communicating to her on dies and plans on killing anyone that approaches her with the sniper-rifle he has pointed at her from a nearby building (am getting flashbacks of phone booth here) Linda Fiorentino is gorgeous but the anti-gun stance was weak, I would have expected some intelligent dialog somewhere. Nevertheless it deserves praise for trying to make a statement about guns, gun control, and violence.

Deb S Super Reviewer
Apr 02, 2010

totally pointless movie

Ed K Super Reviewer
May 05, 2009

Not a great film, a tad boring but it delivers some good tension in scenes. Worth a watch to see Wesley perform as a convincing baddie.

Matt N Super Reviewer
Apr 27, 2008

This thriller is like <i>The Negotiator</i> and <i>Phone Booth</i> about the vengeance of the mysterious caller onto a heiress to and co-president of America's largest gun manufacturing corporation.

Dean M Super Reviewer