The Butcher is a 2009 Action film

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

 directed by Jesse Johnson

Jesse Johnson (filmmaker)

Jesse V. Johnson is a stunt coordinator and filmmaker, born on November 29, 1971, in Winchester, England, UK.Johnson has made primarily Action films. These include the 2009 revenge thriller The Butcher and the Crime drama Charlie Valentine. Johnson frequently works with actors Keith David and...

 and starring Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

.

Plot

Merle Hench, nicknamed "The Butcher" (Roberts) is a henchman for gangster Murdoch (Davi), until Hench takes the fall for his boss. Having survived, Hench will earn his nickname on a mission for revenge.

Cast

• Eric Roberts
  Eric Roberts
  Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
  
   as Merle Hench
• Robert Davi
  Robert Davi
  Robert John Davi is an American actor and singer. He has played such roles as Vietnam veteran and Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard, the villainous Jake Fratelli in The Goonies, and Al Torres in Showgirls...
  
   as Murdoch
• Keith David
  Keith David
  Keith David Williams , better known as Keith David, is an American film, television, voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work...
  
   as Larry Cobb
• Geoffrey Lewis
  Geoffrey Lewis
  Geoffrey Lewis is an American character actor.His filmography includes television shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent and My Name is Earl, as well as films such as Down in the Valley, alongside Edward Norton, The Butcher, alongside Eric Roberts, Maverick, alongside Mel Gibson, and When...
  
   as Naylor
• Irina Björklund
  Irina Björklund
  Irina Björklund is a Finnish actress.Björklund was born in Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden but she quickly moved to Finland with her family. She has acted in movies and in television series. Some well known movies include Rukajärven tie , Levottomat , Minä ja Morrison , and Vieraalla Maalla...
  
   as Jackie
• Michael Ironside
  Michael Ironside
  Michael Ironside is a Canadian-born actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed...
  
   as Teddy Carmichael
• Bokeem Woodbine
  Bokeem Woodbine
  Bokeem Woodbine is an American film and television actor.-Personal life:Woodbine was born in Harlem, New York to an actress mother. He attended the prestigious Dalton School in New York before transferring to the also prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city...
  
   as Chinatown Pete
• Guillermo Díaz
  Guillermo Díaz
  Guillermo Díaz is an American actor. He has starred in movies such as Half Baked , 200 Cigarettes and Stonewall ....
  
   as Owen Geiger
• Paul Dillon
  Paul Dillon
  Paul Dillon is an actor born in Joliet who began his career in show business in Chicago. His movie career began in 1994 with the movie Blink in which he played the role of Neal Booker...
  
   as Doyle

Production

Filming of The Butcher took place in California

California

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, particularly Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 and Rosemead

Rosemead, California

Rosemead is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 53,764. Rosemead is part of a cluster of cities, along with Arcadia, Temple City, Monterey Park, San Marino, and San Gabriel, in the west San Gabriel Valley with a growing Asian...

 in September of 2007. Arriflex 35

Arriflex 35

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 cameras were used to shoot the film. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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 released the film straight to DVD

Direct-to-video

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in July of 2009.