A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. But the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the clinic from the outside world and enables a killer on the inside to get busy.
Sylvester Stallone
Jake Malloy
Polly Walker
Jenny
Charles S. Dutton
Detective Hendricks
Kris Kristofferson
Doc
Christopher Fulford
Slater
Jeffrey Wright
Jaworski
Courtney B. Vance
Reverend Jones
Robert Patrick
Noah
Tom Berenger
Hank
Stephen Lang
Jack Bennett
Robert Prosky
McKenzie
Sean Patrick Flanery
Conner
Anthony J. Mifsud
Brandon
A.C. Peterson
Gilbert
Hrothgar Mathews
Manny
Dina Meyer
Mary
Angela Alvarado
Lopez
Tim Henry
Weeks
Rance Howard
Geezer
Frank Pellegrino
Jimmy
James Kidnie
Red
Yves Cameron
Killer
Harrison Coe
Medical Examiner
Peter Flemming
Officer
Chris Nelson Norris
Police Lieutenant
Bill Mackenzie
Bartender
Ian Gschwind
Paramedic
David James Lewis
Jeweler
Director
Jim Gillespie
Screenplay
Howard Swindle
Screenplay, Screenstory
Ron L. Brinkerhoff
July 19, 2015
5
You're real good at kicking them when they're down, aren't you?
Sly Stallone stars as an FBI Agent who turns to drink when the love of his life becomes the victim of a crazed serial killer who has been targeting cops for death. So struck by the tragedy, he is coerced into signing up for a rehab programme at a remote asylum facility, but soon it becomes clear that the serial killer is still in his midst.
Famously delayed from being released for quite some time, D-Tox is like an itch on Stallone's CV that he will never be able to scratch. In truth it's quite serviceable as a formulaic thriller, but it's so derivative and, yes, dumb, it's hard to recommend with any sort of confidence.
Any number of thriller films you have probably seen will spring to mind when viewing this, but in short it's like a "10 Little Indians" meets "The Thing", with a side order of "Seven" thrown in for good measure. The first half is actually well built by the makers, establishing Stallone's emotional chaos, his dive into the bottle, and then setting him up in an institution that is frighteningly monolithic in a grey and steely way. His co-patients are all troubled coppers in search of a dry run, and this also sets things up neatly for some rich characterisations, unfortunately it all descends into cliché hell and wastes what is a rather superb cast - while Stallone unfortunately shifts from a believable tortured soul into a muscle head with a gun. Cest la vie!
Good moody atmosphere and some heart jolting deaths keeps the pic on the boil, but ultimately the pandering of the norm renders a promising thriller to being distinctly average. 5/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$55,000,000.00
Revenue:
$6,632,383.00