Richard Beattie

Writing

Richard Beattie

Richard Beattie is a seasoned script doctor with a wealth of experience in film, TV, and mini-series, earning accolades like a Genie Award for Cold Comfort. His writing spans genres, including award-nominated works like Almost Heaven. From small-town British Columbia, he funded his education by fighting forest fires and mining for gold. After various adventures, he completed a B.A. in Political Sc…

Known For

Maximum ConvictionMaximum Conviction · 2012
Maximum Conviction
★ 5.02012
MovieActionAdventure
When former black ops operative Cross and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women are revealed, Cross realizes he's caught in the middle of something far bigger than he had imagined.
Cold SweatCold Sweat · 1993
Cold Sweat
★ 4.91993
MovieThriller
Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a blonde, who keeps appearing in his bedroom at the worst of times. His life becomes even more complicated when he becomes caught up in the schemes of two business partners, one of the partner's spouse and her boyfriend(s).
Grizzly FallsGrizzly Falls · 1999
Grizzly Falls
★ 6.01999
MovieAdventure
When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger and thrilling surprises.
Force of ExecutionForce of Execution · 2014
Force of Execution
★ 4.62014
MovieActionCrime
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is forced to pay the price of his failure: banishment in the city that he almost once ruled. But a war is brewing for the soul of the city between Alexander, a cold-blooded gangster known as 'The Iceman" (Rhames) and a merciless Mexican cartel. Hurst, with the help of an ex-con restaurant owner (Trejo) who has a few hidden moves of his own, will rediscover his own will to survive the coming conflict and to wreak vengeance on those who have wronged him.
Angel of DeathAngel of Death · 2013
Angel of Death
★ 6.02013
MovieActionCrime
Steven Seagal reprises his role as Seattle undercover cop Elijah Kane in this action thriller from the True Justice series. Responding to fresh intel, Kane and his team have to intercept and neutralise the threat from terrorists attempting to offload nuclear bombs hidden in two smuggled suitcases. If that wasn't bad enough, Kane is convinced that 'The Ghost' is trying to lay his hands on them.
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from EvilProm Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil · 1992
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
★ 4.71992
MovieHorrorThriller
Thirty years after slashing a Hamilton High couple on Prom Night 1957, psychotic priest Father Jonas gets loose from the chapel basement where the other church fathers had been secretly keeping him locked up and drugged.
RedemptionRedemption · 2002
Redemption
★ 6.22002
MovieAction
A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.
AbsolutionAbsolution · 2015
Absolution
★ 4.62015
MovieActionThriller
When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the government agency that hired him.

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