John Savage

Date of Birth: 25 Aug 1949
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 93 (Actor)
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The Anarchist Collective and their crash pad known as SAM housed an idealistic assortment of unruly characters looking to make a difference and find a happier way of life. And then came Johnny Black... (Freedonia Productions)
An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
Gifted surgeon Dorian Shanley (Kirk Harris) has a serious drug problem, trading stolen pharmaceuticals in exchange for cocaine from his dealer (Eric Roberts). Numbing himself from the pain of his father's (John Savage) descent into Alzheimer's, Shanley plummets toward rock bottom, pulling his new girlfriend (Camilla Overbye Roos) into his dark world in the process. Can he put a halt to the downward spiral of addiction before it's too late?
Walking along a deserted stretch of coastline, Theresa Osborne discovers a moving, passionate message in a bottle. The letter's poetry and heartache reach Theresa, and her search for the author leads her to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to a sailboat builder named Garret Blake. (Warner Bros.)
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another. (imdb)
A sweeping adventure set amidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607.
Claude leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly indoctrinated into the youth subculture and subsequently drafted. (imdb)
Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl. (imdb)
A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy, and addiction, Iowa follows two young lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business -- cooking their own methamphetamine -- only to watch it burn a jagged hole in their lives. (Full Fathom 5)
Nature's strongest force is the will to survive. That's a hard-learned lesson in this true story about a noble mission turned into disaster. In the early 1960s, Capt. Christopher Sheldon (Jeff Bridges) operates the sailboat Albatross as a floating school for troubled teen boys needing discipline. But a chance encounter with a freak storm offers a traumatic and troubling education in life and death.
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship... (imdb)
The teenager Christina (Allison Lange), her younger brother Bobby (Lorne Stewart), and their father... (imdb)
They Nest - Creepy Crawlers (2000) - TV Movie
A Maine island becomes infested with lethal insects that root inside their victims, while a local doctor battles the bugs and incorrigible locals that don't believe him. (imdb)
Largely ignoring the "end of the world" finale of the original Carnosaur, this movie opens at the Yucca Mountain Facility, a government-run mine which is experiencing problems with its new monitoring and security system. At least, that's what the last crackly transmission said before the communications system also went dead... (Cold Fusion Video)
A group of naive boys find that life as desperadoes in the west is more serious that they understood when they embark on abortive careers in bushwhacking. Violence, betrayal, sombre colours and a Beckettsian whimsy mark this ironic western. (imdb)
Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a pair of cops for broken brake-lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith, as always, reluctantly goes along with Powell's crazy scheme... (imdb)
A drama about homeless teenagers who've bonded through their trials on the streets on Manhattan. (Slowhand Cinema Releasing)
Set in contemporary New York's literary world, this is a re-telling of the classic fable of a man who sells his soul to the devil for fame and fortune and ultimately decides that he wants to get it back. Jabez Stone, a down and out writer, exchanges his soul for a successful literary career, but soon realizes it was a mistake. Jabez must enlist the help of Daniel Webster in order to win his soul back from the Devil. (Yari Film Group Releasing)
Young Terry Lambert (John Savage) returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer (Ruth Roman) and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother (Ann Sothern), whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing him glasses of chocolate milk. One of her boarders, Lori (Cindy Williams), becomes attracted to him.(imdb)
The Jack Bull (1999) - TV Movie
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's complaint, the war he wages to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health escalates into a vigilante manhunt, murder and the possible defeat of Wyoming's bid for statehood. (imdb)
Naive but determined young hero unexpectedly fights a mysterious power in a supernatural tale of good versus evil. (imdb)
The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling through. It is also the teller of different stories including the story of a traveling salesman whose only commodity is death and the story of a young man who finds that the death that he wishes for is difficult to find... (imdb)
The horrors of war haunt a Second World War soldier who returns home and marries his childhood sweetheart. A compelling drama about the many terrible wounds, both physical and emotional, caused by violent social conflict. (www.rottentomatoes.com)
Living in the rural Texas panhandle is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, who have an incestuous relationship at the insistence of the dad; and, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. (imdb)
Packard Schmidt is a burnt-out, middle-aged college English professor. In a desperate attempt to restore some sense of vitality to his lonely existence he embarks on a series of impulsive romantic exploits resulting in a cavalcade of disaster both personally and professionally. These disasters change and educate Pack and serve eventually as a meditation on the meaning and power of desire, loss, and love. (imdb)
All the Kind Strangers (1974) - TV Movie
A guy trying to give a child a ride home gets lured into a house with several kids and no parents. They want him to become their pop; it may prove to be an offer which he is in no position to refuse.
A young man has mysterious encounters with an unknown woman, an ominous hearse, and other supernatural events on the road during an aimless drive around Louisiana after the funeral of his father. (imdb)
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death. (imdb)
Sucker Free City (2004) - TV Movie
In the streets of San Francisco, three young men are drawn into corruption as they struggle to survive: Nick, a young white man who uses his mail room job as an avenue to credit card fraud; K-Luv, a serious-minded black youth who becomes involved with gangs; and Lincoln, a rising star in the Chinese mafia.
Alien Lockdown (2004) - TV Movie
In a secret government lab, Dr. Alan Woodman conducts experiments to develop a violent alien into a revolutionary fighting machine. The trial fails and the creature escapes into compound, killing everyone in its path. Only Woodman and his assistant Charlie survive. After locking down the facility, they send out a distress call and the top covert military force responds. Led by the beautiful but tough Rita Talon, the team has been instructed to locate and destroy the creature. (imdb)
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp? (imdb)
Nightworld: Lost Souls (1998) - TV Movie
As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their autistic daughter is somehow communicating with the victims of an unsolved murder 8 years earlier. (imdb)
A romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1905, about three 70-year-old retired sea captains who try to lure an attractive middle-aged woman into marriage.
A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry. (imdb)
To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast. (imdb)
A documentary filmmaker finds himself drawn into the seedy world of a snuff filmmaker with a mysterious dark side. (imdb)
A FBI agent going back to his home town. He have to decide if he should be true to his job or take care of his brother who is on the wrong side of the law. (imdb)
During the Korean War a grudge was born between an American soldier and his captor, General Kang. Fifty years later Tiago Sanchez is forced to use his skills as a fighter to settle their feud and save his family
An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime. (imdb)
Alexa is one of the best, but her handiwork is done for terrorists. When she is finally captured, it is up to CIA agent Graver to turn her against her latest employer who has diplomatic immunity. Graver is one of the best at the CIA, but since the chip has been stolen, he has to use Alexa to find it. Alexa is too tough to turn on her own, so Graver must find the key to unlock her conviction. While he is working on Alexa, his boss is working on Graver. (imdb)
Set in 1893 as a gang led by longtime outlaws Bill Doolin and Bill Dalton is on the verge of falling apart due to time and fatigue. Two teenage girls who long to be part of the outlaw mythos of the west meet up with Dalton and Doolin: Jenny and Annie. The girls brings an unexpected second wind to the gang, as they help them plot a new series of robberies and escapes, but this burst of new activity also attracts the attention of law officer Tilghman, who is determined to put them behind bars. (allmovie.com)
Brother and sister Ninja warriors get revenge for their sister's death by killing the drug dealers in New Orleans. The police enlist the help of a biker warrior to solve the crime. The head drug dealer stirs the pot even further by hiring Cajun warriors to kill those he believes are responsible for the deaths of his dealers. (imdb)
Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab. (imdb)
The Attic (2008) - Direct-to-Video
After moving into her new home, Emma is haunted by what appears to be the ghost of her twin sister after discovering her in a mirror in the attic.
A young doctor is linked to a series of mysterious and brutally executed murders while performing a controversial medical experiment with mysterious origins. (imdb)
Bed and Breakfast is a romantic comedy about a saleswoman from a large department store in Rio who discovers she has inherited property in the wine country of California. She could never expect what she would find in "Webster", a small country town. (imdb)
Love's Long Journey (2005) - TV Movie
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges,and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead. (imdb)
After a seven-year stint in prison, a weary man must return to the brutal world of street fighting in director Art Camacho's edgy drama set in East Los Angeles. Eddie Castillo (Hector Echavarria) is determined to leave h is past behind, but when his brother gets killed during a savage bout, Eddie goes back to high-stakes pit fighting to avenge his sibling's death.
The horrific account of 6 year old Martin Bristol, abducted from his backyard swing and forced to witness the brutal crimes of a deranged madman. (imdb)
OP Center (1995) - TV Movie
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On his first day on the job, nuclear missiles are stolen from the former Soviet Union by terrorists. The team must find out who did it, why, and most importantly, where they are heading so they can retrieve them. (imdb)
An elite group of "soldiers" are assigned the job of infultrating a right-wing militia group. Each team member has unique skills (what's new ?). The right wingers have a heavily guarded camp, and are about to launch a nationwide campaign of violent action.. Will our heroes thwart the neo-nazis in time. (imdb)
The Virginian (2000) - TV Movie
A cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the pretty schoolteacher he is in love with. (imdb)
Paint-ball playing computer geeks who invent a computer chip which can keep the government or any agency from gaining access to computer files are targeted by government assassins during a paint-ball competition. (imdb)
The story centers on around the mysterious death of repeat drunk driving offender Kevin Thacker and the discovery of his body in an alley behind the Marshalltown, Iowa, police department after his latest DUI arrest. (en.wikipedia.org)
This full-contact action drama, loaded with authentic mixed martial arts, is a transcending inspirational story of redemption. (imdb)
Before he was locked up in Parkview State Psychiatric Unit, Albert Clifton stabbed his mother's housekeeper to death and whisked away her 11-year old daughter, Annie Smith, to the Elysee Hotel, where he performed a mock wedding ceremony. Released decades later, Albert decides to renew that bond, combing the telephone book for all the Annie Smiths he can find. (TV Guide)
"Where will the road take her?"
Angie, a young Brazilian artist, abandons her old life and embarks on a journey around the country. Running from her past, and searching for her foundation in life, Angie finds not only herself but love in its many forms.
In the year 2024, a fierce battle rages on between a ruthless villain and an android resistance group. Prsents a strong case for waging a war over rights of possession. (imdb)
Former hit man Paul Thorn has left his violent life behind, but his newfound peace is shattered when a dying ex-colleague passes him vital information. While trying to learn the truth and expose the man's killers, Paul must elude a rival assassin. (Netflix)
Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central American terrorists. (Netflix)
A young man struggles with unexplained events inside of a New York apartment where tenants are not who they appear to be (imdb)
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son. (imdb)
Bermuda Tentacles (2014) - TV Movie
After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet. (imdb)
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
Dark Angel (2000) - TV Series
A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest. (imdb)
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo (Nick Mancuso) and Jack Lo Giacamo (Frank D'Angelo) Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means. (imdb)
An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s. (imdb)
A series of horrifying murders - the victims, always couples - staged in bizarre collage dioramas with cardboard cutouts and scribbled, childlike messages about the corrupting power of love. (imdb)
Silent Witness (1985) - TV Movie
The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar.
Follows a man who, after 40 years, comes back to his hometown. There he has nobody. His friends from America are coming after him to get him back and small village in Vojvodina becomes lively as never before. (imdb)
Empire of the Sharks (2017) - TV Movie
In the future, most of Earth is covered by water. The only land left is controlled by a lone warlord and his army of ever-vigilant, hyper-intelligent sharks. The humans are forced to pay tribute to the warlord, and the unlucky ones are caged up and kept as food for the shark army. (horrorpedia.com)
Charlotte is a woman with anger management issues whose therapist suggests she write a journal to keep her emotions in check. Unlucky in love, she ventures online to find a boyfriend. Just as she reaches her limit of unsuccessful dates, Charlotte meets her soul mate Lyle. Everything is perfect until Lyle finds Charlottes journal and sets out to prove just how deeply he loves her.
Three Seconds is a film based on real events that occurred in 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It focuses on a legendary final battle between USSR and USA basketball teams.
A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kids until they step on the wrong toes and get caught up in a war with an old-school mafia king pin and their lives soon become hell on earth. (imdb)
A corrupt CEO grows increasingly paranoid he is being stalked by his former victims and a psychiatrist who rewards patients with pink socks. (imdb)
In an effort to control the city, the Mayor opens the doors to the Russian Mob. It is not long until he realises they aren't going to follow his rules. To fix the problem he accepts an offer to set up the Russians and open the door for the Cartel. When the Russians find out, they take the Mayor's daughter and then the real games begin. (imdb)
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield. (imdb)
Dwindling clientele and smoking laws have forced Murray to close his remote karaoke bar. But when a freak blizzard strands a disparate collection of dysfunctional misfits, his hope for a quiet closing is overcome by an avalanche of unexpected events. (imdb)
David begins experiencing cloudy memories of a long-lost life amidst the violent Cortello family in Sicily, a family he ultimately betrayed. And the wages of sin are deadly.
Gold miner Roger Hazard brings his twelve year old son Casper to the treacherous gold fields of 1870s California. The two of them work a small mine in the southern fields but when Roger begins to lose touch with reality young Casper ends up on his own. Casper faces danger around every corner but must find the strength to save his father from himself and still manage to fight off the savage Indians and ruthless bushwhackers that plague them across California's breathtaking Sierra Nevadas.
To gain more subscribers, a controversial social media influencer stays at a cursed hotel to terrifying results.
Robert and Edward are brothers involved in a web of adultery and deceit. They share Edward's wife and his mistress and a mission to deliver a package of jewels across the Canadian border, but the mission turns out to be deadly. (imdb)
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
Jian, a martial artist who possesses clairvoyance, investigates the death of his brother with the help of LA Detective Abby. Together, they seek justice while fighting against a high-tech criminal. (imdb)
Based on the incredible true-life story of Chiefess Kapiolani who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii. (imdb)
When a young Italian-American living in New York hears that his older brother, and infamous terrorist, committed suicide in South America after fleeing Italy, he flies to Columbia to identify and bring his brother's body home. Instead of finding him, he is lead into a hellish nightmare of violence and disillusionment.
Hawk, a brutal sadist, derives his pleasure from the pain and degradation he inflicts upon others. Skilled at exploiting human weakness, he forces men to sell their wives into white slavery for a bag full of a white, powdered drug. No woman can resist his overpowering evil.
The Takeover (1994) - Direct-to-Video
Both Danny Stein and Tony Vilachi are drug lords in a struggle to gain control of the same territory. Jonathan and Mickey are ex-cons who come in wearing white hats and attempt to settle the dispute. (imdb)
An eighteen year old Boston woman from a well-off family falls in with the wrong crowd. A probation officer with an unhealthy obsession uncovers her abusive traumatic past.