The Butcher
2009 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
For nearly twenty years after his boxing career ended Merle Hench works for Murdoch, the capo of a San Fernando mob outfit. Merle spends his days cracking heads and collecting debts, it is not a job he enjoys. Cool, calm and collected, soft spoken even, Merle's an anachronism, a man out of place and out of time. His Boss thinks Merle has outlived his usefulness and is expendable. So they set him up to take the fall for a multi-million $ heist of a rival mob boss. A habitual gambler on a 20 year losing streak, Merle's luck turns as he survives the trap and winds up with a piece of the take and the girl. Merle might have been content to just disappear and spend his windfall with Jacqueline. But the betrayal of his loyalty for 20 years snapped something inside. Merle Hench, otherwise known as the Butcher is slow to anger yet quick to act, he's learned to live and let live to keep on going, but not this time...
Direction Jesse V. Johnson
Cast Eric Roberts · Robert Davi · Keith David · Geoffrey Lewis · Irina Björklund · Paul Dillon · Jerry Trimble · Michael Ironside · Bokeem Woodbine · Guillermo Díaz · Julie Carmen · Charles Arthur Berg · Joe Hess · Garrett Warren · Charles W. Crowe Jr. · Mark Stefanich · John Saint Ryan · Luke LaFontaine · Nils Allen Stewart · Ted J. Pryor
Soundtrack Marcello De Francisci
Screenplay Jesse V. Johnson
Cinematography Robert Hayes
Original title The Butcher
Also known as American Enemies
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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