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25-564: (Redirected from Brodbin ) Irish screenwriter Kevin Brodbin is an Irish screenwriter. His credits include writing the screenplay and story for The Glimmer Man (1996) and Mindhunters (2004). He is also the co-author of Constantine (2005), the film adaptation of the DC Comics comic book Hellblazer . In addition, Brodbin worked on the film version of The A-Team. He scripted and produced

50-658: A budget of $ 45 million. Jack Cole was once a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative known as "the Glimmer Man", because he could move so quickly and quietly through the jungle that his victims would only see a glimmer before they died. Having retired from the CIA, Cole–versed in Buddhism and unaccustomed to working with others–has become a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Cole

75-457: A cop with a dog , but uses the same element of unlikely partnership to create comedic hijinks, such as Turner & Hooch , Top Dog and K-9 . Akira Kurosawa 's 1949 Japanese film Stray Dog , starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura , is considered a precursor to the buddy cop film genre. Other early pioneers of the buddy cop film genre are the 1967 American film In the Heat of

100-408: A different city or foreign country) or role (like requiring police field work of a non-cop, rookie, or office-bound "desk jockey"). In these cases, they are usually guided by the other partner. In his review of Rush Hour , Roger Ebert coined the term "Wunza Movie" to describe this subgenre, a pun on the phrase "One's a..." that could be used to describe the contrasts between the two characters in

125-465: A second party has been massacring households and blaming it on Maynard, whom Cole is forced to shoot in self-defense . Seeking a lead on the "other" Family Man, Cole goes to the home of Sonya Roslov, Deverell's Russian translator and a recent victim of the serial killer. Jack finds out that the Roslovs had tickets to Russia, paid for by Deverell's company. The Family Man makes an unsuccessful attempt on

150-403: A sign that the distributors have detected cinematic rigor mortis before audiences formally withdraw such life-support systems as tickets, popcorn , and the glucose drip of spilled Coke . Leonard Klady of Variety gave the film a negative review, commenting, "For a rock'em, sock'em action thriller, The Glimmer Man is a hopelessly slow-moving, slow-witted shaggy-dog tale that delivers

175-422: A typical film. The cliché was satirized in the film Last Action Hero . While the movie in itself was a buddy cop film (i.e. pairing a fictional cop with a real world boy), the film's police department obligatorily assigned all cops a conflicting buddy to work with, even to the extreme of one officer being partnered with a cartoon cat. A subgenre of the buddy cop film is the buddy cop-dog movie , which teams

200-555: A welfare hotel in downtown Los Angeles . When Cole and Campbell storm the hotel to disrupt the weapons deal, Cunningham kills Deverell (because Deverell set up Cunningham for the LAPD, to clear himself of the arms-running charges) and wounds Campbell. Cole fights Cunningham, finally throwing him through a window to be impaled on a wrought iron fence. Campbell jokes that Cole has brought him nothing but bad luck ever since they became partners. Cole says he will keep that in mind, as Campbell

225-432: Is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from April 2022 The Glimmer Man The Glimmer Man is a 1996 American buddy-cop action comedy film directed by John Gray , written by Kevin Brodbin , and produced by Steven Seagal and Julius R. Nasso . Seagal and Keenen Ivory Wayans star as recently-partnered Los Angeles Police Department detectives Jack Cole and Jim Campbell, whose first case together –

250-416: Is driven off to the hospital. In the original screenplay, which was 114 pages long, Cole was called Calhoun, Campbell was named Leary, and Donald Cunningham was called Abraham. Originally envisioned as a much larger action picture, the film was similar in scope to The Last Boy Scout (1991), which starred Wayans' brother Damon Wayans . Several action scenes were removed to cut down the budget, including

275-594: Is partnered with Detective Jim Campbell, who has little patience for Cole's New Age philosophies and "outsider" attitude. Cole and Campbell must set aside their differences when they are assigned to track down a serial killer known as "the Family Man", named for his habit of killing entire households. The Family Man's latest victims turn out to be Cole's ex-wife Ellen and her current husband Andrew Dunleavy. When Cole's fingerprints are found on Ellen's body, Campbell and he suspect that Smith - Jack's former superior in

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300-708: Is the other Family Man, whose killings were confused with Maynard's. Johnny also reveals Smith's partnership with Deverell. The detectives confront Smith, who reveals that Deverell has been smuggling chemical weapons into the USA from Russia and selling said arms to the Serbian underworld. Smith is arranging contacts for the deal, which is being cut by the Russian Liberation Fighters (the Organizatsiya ). The sale has been scheduled to take place at

325-1457: The 2016 film The Siege of Jadotville , which was released by Netflix Original Films . Filmography [ edit ] The Glimmer Man (1996) Mindhunters (2004) Constantine (2005) The Siege of Jadotville (2016) (Also producer) References [ edit ] ^ "10 Questions with Kevin Brodbin co-writer of CONSTANTINE" . Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. ^ Harris, Dana (7 February 2001). "Brodbin to pen 'A-Team' pic" . Variety . Retrieved 12 November 2020 . ^ " 'Netflix Picks Up 'Jadotville' War Drama Starring Jamie Dornan for 2016 Debut" . Variety. 15 February 2015. External links [ edit ] Kevin Brodbin at IMDb Authority control databases [REDACTED] International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National Germany United States France BnF data Czech Republic Spain Poland Other IdRef Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Brodbin&oldid=1190377654 " Categories : 1964 births Living people 20th-century Irish screenwriters 21st-century Irish screenwriters Irish male screenwriters Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

350-486: The CIA - may be connected with the killings. Cole contacts Smith, who (unbeknownst to Campbell and him) has been working with local crime boss Frank Deverell. Cole and Campbell receive a tip that leads them to Christopher Maynard who insists that the Family Man murders were actually committed by more than one killer. Only the slayings that occurred before Jack arrived in Los Angeles were Maynard's work; more recently,

375-530: The Night and 1974's Freebie and the Bean . The genre was later popularized by the 1982 film 48 Hrs. , starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte , then also the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop along with its 1987 sequel Beverly Hills Cop II , all three are among the most successful buddy cop films. The genre was further popularized by the 1986 film Running Scared starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal and

400-462: The bombing of a boat owned by Campbell (who lived on a houseboat instead of an apartment), an encounter between Cole and a SWAT team, who have raided his house, and the final confrontation/gunfight at the LA museum. Roland Joffé was originally considered to direct the picture. Brian Cox 's character Mr. Smith was originally intended for Steven Seagal's Under Siege co-star Tommy Lee Jones , and he

425-407: The even-tempered partner having more patience and experience. These films sometimes also contain a variation on the good cop/bad cop motif , in which one partner is kinder and law-abiding, while the other is a streetwise, "old school" police officer who tends to break (or at least bend) the rules. Another frequent plot device of this genre is placing one of the partners in an unfamiliar setting (like

450-407: The film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Buddy cop film Frequently, although not always, the two heroes are of different ethnicity or cultures. However, regardless of ethnicity, the central difference is normally that one is "wilder" than the other: a hot-tempered iconoclast is paired with a more even-tempered partner. Often the "wilder" partner is the younger of the two, with

475-563: The film was an overall box-office flop, grossing only $ 20,351,264 in the United States and Canada and $ 41.8 million worldwide, against an estimated production budget of $ 45 million. The film received mostly negative reviews from film critics. Lawrence Van Gelder , writing for The New York Times , did not like the film. He wrote, Short on suspense, routine in its action and monotonous in its performances, this movie opened yesterday without [the] benefit of press screenings, usually,

500-452: The jolts, but lacks the juice necessary for high-voltage entertainment." On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a score of 11% based on 27 reviews with the consensus: "A grimy, humorless glimpse of Steven Seagal's direct-to-video future, The Glimmer Man fails to shine." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 33% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

525-490: The lives of both Cole and Campbell, blowing up the latter's apartment. The Family Man is revealed to work for both Deverell and Smith, who have murder contracts out on both of the detectives and also on Johnny, Deverell's own stepson. Cole and Campbell question Johnny's girlfriend, Millie, who tells them where to find Johnny. The detectives trick and kill a hitman sent by Johnny's stepfather. Johnny informs Campbell and Cole that Donald Cunningham, Deverell's private security chief,

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550-410: The pursuit of a serial killer who murders entire families – reveals connections to Cole's mysterious past. Bob Gunton , Brian Cox , and Michelle Johnson also star. Filming took place on location in and around Los Angeles . The Glimmer Man was released in the United States on October 4, 1996, by Warner Bros. It received mostly negative reviews from film critics and grossed $ 41.8 million against

575-422: The scene in which Cole kills Maynard. Due to his spiritual beliefs, Seagal did not want to kill villains in his movies anymore. Tobolowsky convinced Seagal that Maynard was a deeply unhappy person and killing him would allow for reincarnation and redemption. Seagal agreed and the scene was filmed as written. Months later, however, Seagal wanted to change the scene to show that Maynard survived the shooting. Tobolowsky

600-549: Was attached to the film before leaving shortly before filming began. Cox replaced him on very short notice. The film was shot on location in and around Los Angeles, California. After the filming was completed, Warner Bros. conducted additional editing to make it faster and appear more like previous Steven Seagal movies. Cut scenes included several comedic and dramatic exchanges between Campbell and Cole, as well as several scenes of Cole's wife Jessica, played by Michelle Johnson. According to Stephen Tobolowsky, Seagal wanted to change

625-531: Was brought in to overdub lines to indicate that Maynard was still alive, though this was not used in the final cut. Seagal wrote two original songs for the film, "Bulletproof" and "Snake", performed by the Jeff Healey Band and Taj Mahal , respectively. Guitarist Trevor Rabin , formerly of Yes , composed the score, his first as a film music composer. The film debuted at number two at the box office behind The First Wives Club , but despite this,

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