Judgment Night (film)

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Judgment Night
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Directed by	Stephen Hopkins
Produced by	Gene Levy
Written by	Lewis Colick & Jere Cunningham (story) Lewis Colick (screenplay)
Starring	Emilio Estévez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Running time	109 min.
Language	English
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Judgment Night is a 1993 film directed by Stephen Hopkins. The film starred Emilio Estévez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, and Stephen Dorff. Producers releazed the DVD of the film on 1 May 2001. The movie's plot centers around a group of friends on the run from a group of criminals after they witness a murder.

1 Plot summary
2 Soundtrack
- 2.1 Song Album Track Listing
- 2.2 Score Album Track Listing
3 External links

[edit] Plot summary

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Ray (Jeremy Piven), Mike (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and Frank (Emilio Estevez) are embarking on a road trip to a boxing match in modern Chicago. John (Stephen Dorff) arrives, only to be told by his brother Frank that the only reason he was invited is because one of their other friends cancelled. The four friends proceed on their road trip in Frank's rented RV.

On the way to the boxing match the four are caught in a traffic jam. After a minor dispute between John and another driver over which one of their cars should have yielded the right of way, Ray decides to save time and backs off the highway in search of a shortcut in a low-income residential neighborhood. After driving along the main residential road, the four friends are alarmed by the apparent sound of their vehicle running over something. The three friends, excluding Ray, decide to leave the vehicle, fearing they have run over someone. They come across an unknown man named Teddy (Michael DeLorenzo) who appears to be hurt and drag him into the vehicle. Realizing the man has been shot, they drive towards the sound of a siren, hoping it is the police.

After the friends are unable to spot a police vehicle, their car is suddenly struck by another car, which causes them to drive into a narrow ditch, heavily damaging the car. Moments later, after the crash, three unknown men drag Teddy out of the car. The apparent leader of the group, Fallon (Denis Leary), soon arrives on the vehicle that struck the RV. After overhearing their conversation, the friends realize that Teddy is suspected of stealing money from the men. Within a couple of minutes, Fallon shoots Teddy. Fallon then reminds the group of their criminal policy that no witnesses can be left alive, and he proceeds to approach the damaged RV. The four friends, still inside, fearing for their lives, set fire to their vehicle and run off on foot with the murderers in pursuit.

The film continues with the four friends hiding and trying to outrun the murderers who seem to give up on the chase. The four friends eventually end up on the rooftop of an apartment building and manage to cross to the neighboring building's roof with a ladder. Ray, because of his suggested fear of heights, chooses to stay behind and try to negotiate with the approaching murderers. After he fails to convince Fallon to spare their lives, Fallon pushes him off the roof to his death.

Climbing into the sewer system, the remaining three friends manage to get down to the main floor. In the sewer, they agree on Mike's suggestion that they try to fight back against the murderers. One of the murderers is the first to find them, whom they kill after a brief confrontation. Choosing not to risk their lives any more, the friends continue to keep running. Within the sewer, the remaining murderers find their dead group member, after which Fallon proceeds to drown one other man with him because he made a comment that annoyed Fallon.

After briefly hiding, the three remaining friends fall into the false sense of security that they managed to get away. They choose to break the window of a closed grocery store to trigger the alarm to await the arrival of the police. Shortly after that, they realize that the murderers have found them. After brief fighting between the two groups, Frank and John are wounded, and the last remaining acquaintance of Fallon is shot dead. Knowing that the three can run no longer, Frank chooses to try to overpower Fallon. After a struggle between the two, Frank manages to push Fallon off the stairs, which kills him. When none of the murderers are left alive any longer, the movie ends with the police investigating the crime scene, and it is suggested that Frank and John's wounds might not be fatal as they are wheeled away by the medics.

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[edit] Soundtrack

A soundtrack for the film titled Judgment Night: Music From The Motion Picture was released the same year on September 14, 1993. The soundtrack managed to achieve moderate success on the charts. Every song was a collaboration between hip-hop artists and Alternative rock artists. A supposedly-recorded collaboration from Rage Against The Machine and Tool entitled "Can't Kill The Revolution" was intended to be on the final soundtrack, but was deleted prior to the album's release. "Fallin'", "Another Body Murdered", and "Judgement Night" were all released as singles with accompanying videos.

On August 23, 2005, Intrada released Alan Silvestri's score for the film as Volume 23 of their special collection. While it contains the film's score, it also contains three unused electronic score samples.

[edit] Song Album Track Listing

Just Another Victim - Helmet and House Of Pain
Fallin' - Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul
Me, Myself, & My Microphone - Living Colour and Run DMC
Judgment Night - Biohazard and Onyx
Disorder - Slayer and Ice-T (Medley of 3 Exploited songs: "War", "UK '82", and "Disorder")
Another Body Murdered - Faith No More and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
I Love You Mary Jane - Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill
Freak Momma - Mudhoney and Sir Mix-A-Lot
Missing Link - Dinosaur Jr and Del The Funky Homosapien
Come And Die - Therapy? and Fatal
Real Thing - Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill

The Canadian pressing of the soundtrack feature a radically different version of "Missing Link" between the CD release and the cassette release. The version of "Missing Link" on the cassette has a more rock/pop-sounding mix than the heavily bass-oriented version of the song on the CD release. The running order on the cassette release is also different. It is unknown if this is specific to the Canadian release, or if other variations exist.