‘THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP’: FOURTH OF JULY MYSTERY HAS GOOD CAST
A film from way back when that probably didn’t get much hype, The Devil’s Teardrop is one of those lower budget flicks that has recognizable stars and is a decent way to spend a couple of hours.
The Devil’s Teardrop (2010) Film Review
Nearing the July Fourth holiday, a man who doesn’t seem to have an immediate agenda, opens fire in a train station. He leaves behind bullet casings and eventually a note. FBI agent Margaret Lukas (Natasha Henstridge) is head of a team, including Hardy (Gabriel Hogan) and Cage (Jonathan Higgins), trying to find answers. What she finds is she needs help from a forensic document analyst who used to do some work for the FBI.
Parker Kincaid (Tom Everett Scott) doesn’t do this work anymore. He tells agent Lukas this, and still she hopes he’ll assist them. But his first priority is to his young kids, one of whom was terrorized because of the work Parker once did. Now, after their rough go and a mother in recovery, everything Parker does, including beating a 24-hour countdown, is with them in mind.
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‘THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP’: FOURTH OF JULY MYSTERY HAS GOOD CAST. Review of the 2010 #FourthofJuly mystery with Natasha Henstridge. Share on XA movie that keeps a relatively fast-pace, a pace it has minus constant action sequences, The Devil’s Teardrop is entertaining. Especially if you want something easy to watch but you also like a little mystery. In spite of the opening, this isn’t “intense” in the way something like 24 or the Prime Video show Countdown is. It’s more about solving mysteries in the office, even with the couple of action scenes that do appear.
What is perhaps most interesting about this title is that it does have a great cast. Natasha Henstridge is a favorite from the rom-com It Had to Be You and Tom Everett Scott is a name many will recognize. The characters they play are both people we care about; largely thanks to their backstories. Perhaps not always fitting the genre, the happy ending is also nice, and one we root for.
If you are looking for something entertaining but not too intense, then this one is a good fit. It’s enjoyable and while perhaps not overly clever, it’s fun to try and work out a mystery.
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Content: there is some violence including use of various weapons. Two scenes show people receiving wounds from a high powered weapon; none are terribly graphic. Someone has to engage in hand to hand combat to save others; this fight does get a bit “brutal.” Some scenes show flashbacks to a scary situation. The film is PG-13.
