Father Hood
Father Hood | |
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Anant Singh | |
Starring | Patrick Swayze Halle Berry Diane Ladd |
Cinematography | Mark Vicente |
Edited by | David Heitner |
Music by | Patrick O'Hearn |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.4 million |
Father Hood is a 1993 American
.Plot
Two years after his children became wards of the state of California following his wife's death, petty criminal Jack Charles meets with his attorney to discuss his impending jail sentence for robbing an undercover policeman posing as a drug dealer. Afterwards, he encounters his teenage daughter Kelly, who has escaped from the Bigelow Hall juvenile center, at his
While the judge doubts his claims that Bigelow staff handcuffs the children, Kelly and Jack observe Lazzaro, the Bigelow overseer, shackling Eddie and the orphans and loading them onto a bus. Furious, Jack intercepts Lazzaro and holds him at gunpoint until he releases Eddie and Kelly’s pregnant friend, Delores. Evading police, Jack drops Delores at her former foster house. In
Escaping on foot, the fugitives board a speedboat hitched to another traveler’s pickup truck, and as they eat the owner's food, Kelly defensively denies to Jack that she was ever sexually abused in Bigelow. When the driver stops, Jack calls Kathleen via payphone, informing her of his suspicion that his daughter was mistreated, but then the owner of the boat drives away with the children still onboard. Jack eventually catches up to them, but Kelly is annoyed that his reckless behavior is setting a bad example for Eddie. Once the boat is docked in a Louisiana lake, Jack starts the engine and hijacks the vessel through the wetlands. Kelly ignites a flare gun, enabling them to jump overboard undetected and escape to New Orleans to find Jack’s contact, Jerry. Phoning Kathleen, Jack learns that his lawyer has negotiated a reduced two-year sentence if he agrees to return to Los Angeles and testify against Lazzaro’s corrupt foster care system. The next day, Jack and Jerry drive onto a ferryboat to meet the drug dealers they intend to rob, hoping to garner enough money to start afresh in Belize. During the operation, however, Jack realizes his children are in the trunk and gets out of the car to release them; the drug dealers flee, shooting Jerry in the scuffle. Although Jack considers killing them and stealing the money for himself, he ultimately decides against it.
Back in Los Angeles, Lazzaro appears in court, asserting that Kelly is a "troubled youth". After a brief meeting, Jack and Kathleen barge into the courtroom, and Jack, assisted by Kelly’s implication that Lazzaro witnessed and subsequently ignored her sexual assault at Bigelow, offers his defense, emotionally pleading for full custody of his children after he completes his sentence. On the day of his release, Kelly and Eddie wait with Kathleen outside the prison and greet him with a hug.
Cast
- Patrick Swayze as Jack Charles
- Halle Berry as Kathleen Mercer
- Sabrina Lloyd as Kelly Charles
- Brian Bonsall as Eddie Charles
- Michael Ironside as Jerry
- Diane Ladd as Rita
- Bob Gunton as Lazzaro
- Adrienne Barbeau as Celeste
- Josh Lucas as Andy
Locations
Father Hood was shot in
Release
Critical reception
The film was released in North America on August 27, 1993 to generally unfavorable reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it holds a score of 10% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 2.8/10.[citation needed]
Box office
Father Hood opened at No. 15 at the North American box office, with only $1,286,806 on its opening weekend. Its widest release was 643 theaters. By the end of its run, the film has grossed $3,418,141 worldwide.[1]
References
- ^ "Father Hood (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
External links
- Father Hood at IMDb
- Father Hood at Rotten Tomatoes