Fresh
"Puncture" has the unusual problem of being almost too intriguing; its based-on-true-events story seems to cry out for documentary treatment.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Puncture
Madman. Genius. Playboy. Friend. Fool. Lawyer.
2011 · 1h 40m · R
Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Adam Kassen
,
Mark Kassen
Overview
Based on a true story. Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a brilliant but self-destructive Houston attorney whose drug addiction threatens to destroy his career. When he and his law partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen) take on a case involving a nurse injured by a contaminated needle, they uncover a $130 billion medical supply monopoly that has been blocking a life-saving safety
Director and cast
- Adam Kassen Director
- Mark Kassen Director
- Chris Evans as Mike Weiss
- Mark Kassen as Paul Danziger
- Michael Biehn as Red
- Vinessa Shaw as Nurse Vicky Rogers
- Kate Burton as Senator O'Reilly
- Brett Cullen as Nathaniel Price
- Marshall Bell as Jeffrey Dancort
- Jesse L. Martin as Daryl King
- Jennifer Blanc as Stephany
- Paris Smith Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
52%
Tomatometer
Rotten
"Puncture'' is based on an actual court case. But is this a story best served by focusing on the legal battle or the arc of Mike's flawed hero?
Ethan Gilsdorf, Boston Globe
Rotten
Evans works so hard to look like a drug addict that it undermines the character's effort not to look like one.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
It's a thoughtful entry in the growing subgenre of whistle-blower dramas.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Does a commendable job of merging its David vs. Goliath elements with Weiss' personal problems, doing justice to the fact that "Puncture" is based on true people and an actual case.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
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