''Cement'' is a 2000 American thriller

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film directed by

Adrian Pasdar Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (; April 30, 1965) is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in ''Profit'', '' Near Dark'', '' Carlito's Way'', '' Mysterious Ways'', ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Burn Notice'', '' Heroes'' a ...

and written by Justin Monjo. The film was shot in

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and was Pasdar's first film as director.

Plot

vice detectives Bill Holt and Nin have entered the

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and

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scenes and have allied with drug kingpin Truman Rickhardt. As he tries to stop Holt, Nin narrates the events that led Holt to

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Truman's brother Sean by chaining him inside an iron box that's slowly filling with

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. Cops on the take, missing money, Holt's tempting wife Lyndel, dead police officers are implicated in the events.

Featured cast

Awards

*2000: AngelCiti film festival: Audience Award,

, D.J. Paul

External links

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