Product Details

• Actors: Patrick Swayze, Kim Myers, Gia Carides, Olivia Birkelund, Tina Lifford
• Directors: David Carson
• Writers: John Foster, Nicholas Hicks-Beach, Shelley Miller
• Producers: Bertil Ohlsson, Michael Jackman, Peter Snell
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: February 22, 2000
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305720134
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,724 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nearly was Patrick Swayze's last film, April 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Letters from a Killer (DVD)

This film was not given a fair shake with theatre distribution. Patrick Swayze's performance was very convincing as an innocent man released from prison after serving a long sentence, when new evidence proved the wrong man was convicted. He appeared pale, as you would expect of a person spending so much time locked behind bars. Due to a chain of events beyond his control, he is stalked by a killer, one of several women who had been writing to him while he was in prison. Not having a clue as to who is trying to kill him, a suspenseful pursuit ensues. During filming of a scene where he is fleeing on horseback, his horse bolted and Swayze struck a tree, suffering severe injuries. Trooper that he is, he managed to finish the film (it is noticeable how much pain he is in during the process), but with great effort. Since he is one of the few stars who always felt he should do his own stunt work, he was nearly fatally injured.

This film kept me in suspense to the very end. I give it your top rating.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars THEY'RE REALLY TAPES, March 11, 2005

By	Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Letters from a Killer (DVD)

I guess TAPES FROM A KILLER Didn't have the selling point? Anyway, what ever happened to Patrick Swayze? After RED DAWN and DIRTY DANCING, seemed like he had everything going for him. His performance in this lukewarm thriller isn't bad, but it's not inspired, either. He does some really stupid things, and one can't help but wonder why the screenplay made him so gullible and thoughtless. He's surrounded by four women he wrote to while on Death Row, and then after given a new trial, he's released. Problem is while in prison, the nasty head guard, played with relish by Michael Bowen, switched the tapes he was sending and all four women found out he was leading all of them on. One of them has vowed revenge and wants him back on death row. The script playfully points the finger at one of the ladies, played by Gia Carides. But is she guilty? Carides and Kim Meyer as the southern belle Gloria outact Swayze, and Roger E. Moseley as Horton, the friendly guard and Bruce McGill as the head FBI agent lend capable support. It's not a surprising movie, but it holds your interest.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The suspense keeps on going, April 26, 2007

By	J. Ellis "alchemist405" (Eastern WA state) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't know why others have not liked this movie, I thought it was great. It was suspenseful and you don't know if he really did kill his wife and is now killing his "girlfriends" who he was corresponding with by audio tape while in prison, or if one of the women is trying to set him up out of anger. The prison guard was also well played. I really got into this movie, and I think it deserves a chance, so don't be discouraged by reading other reviews that are less than complimentary.