Broken Vessels Movie Review 1998

Rent this with "Bringing Out the Dead" and you'll have a double feature that will make you take 911 off the speed dial. Both movies were released in the same year, but Scorsese's movie depicts a paramedic demented by caring too much. The ambulance drivers in "Broken Vessels" become unhinged by a cold, drug-induced indifference. Tom (London) is pulled into a downward spiral by his crazed partner Jimmy (Field), who smokes heroin and feels up unconscious girls while on break from saving lives. Clearly, things are not destined to go well for the pair, not to mention those who end up in the back of their meat wagon. Excellent debut from producer-director Scott Ziehl.

Distribution

A-PIX Entertainment Inc., 200 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., New York, NY 10016, Phone: (206)284-4700, Fax: (206)286-4433

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

L.A., Drug Use & Abuse, Paramedics

Screenplay

Scott Ziehl, Dave Baer, John McMahon

Cast

Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal, Susan Traylor, James Hong, Patrick Cranshaw, William Smith, Dave Baer

Cinematography

Antonio Calvache

Director

Scott Ziehl