Tenderness

Jan 15, 2009

1h 41m

★ 5.2

The intimacy of the kill

Overview

A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Hanson Allen Films

Ideal Partners

TurtleBack Productions

Lionsgate

GreeneStreet Films

Tenderness Trailers

Cast

Detective Cristofuoro

Russell Crowe

Eric Poole

Jon Foster

Lori

Sophie Traub

Teresa

Laura Dern

Debbie

Alicia Harding

Gary

Michael Kelly

Maria

Alexis Dziena

Marsha

Arija Bareikis

Dan Komenko

Tim Hopper

Jackie Cristofuoro

Tanya Clarke

Juvenile Delinquent

Karina Colon

Amusement Park Mom

Ingrid Johnson

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.

6.8

King of New York

Jul 18, 1990

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

7.3

Stroszek

May 20, 1977

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.

7.1

Baby Boy

Jun 27, 2001

The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.

5.9

A Bluebird in My Heart

Mar 10, 2018

An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.

6.0

Undertow

Oct 22, 2004

The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.

5.8

A Score to Settle

Aug 1, 2019

A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.

6.6

Kalifornia

Jun 24, 1993

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

6.0

Tough Guys

Oct 3, 1986

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.

5.5

Gods of the Plague

Jul 24, 1970

A man is released from prison and finds society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

7.1

Buffalo '66

Jan 20, 1998

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

6.8

He Got Game

May 1, 1998

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

6.4

Barbershop

Apr 1, 2002

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.

7.2

The Edge of Heaven

Sep 27, 2007

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.