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Dad Savage (1998)

Dad Savage poster
Directed by
Betsan Morris Evans
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy tulip plantation owner brings three people to a remote farmhouse at gunpoint. He believes they killed his son and gives them a chance to explain themselves.

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What happens

Dad Savage is a 1998 British crime film directed by Betsan Morris Evans starring Patrick Stewart as the title character, a tulip plantation owner, quasi-legal entrepreneur and 'cowboy'. The film was tagged as 'a tale of untamed revenge.' A jeep carrying Dad Savage (Patrick Stewart) and H (Kevin McKidd) crashes through the wall of a deserted farmhouse and lands in the cellar. Of the three people inside the house—Bob (Joe McFadden), Vic (Marc Warren), and Chris (Helen McCrory). Accusing the three of killing his son Sav (Jake Wood), Dad pulls a rifle on them and orders them to talk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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