{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Cement | image = Cement film.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = Adrian Pasdar | producer = D.J. Paul<br />Adrian Pasdar | writer = Justin Monjo | starring = Chris Penn<br />Jeffrey Wright<br />Sherilyn Fenn<br />Anthony DeSando<br />Henry Czerny | music = Doug Caldwell<br />Paul Horrors<br />Anthony Vanger | cinematography = Geary McLeod | editing = Jack Haigis | studio = Ocelot Films Inc | distributor = Lionsgate Home Entertainment | released = {{Film date|2000|4|14|WorldFest|2001|11|20}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Cement''''' is a 2000 American thriller crime drama film directed by Adrian Pasdar and written by Justin Monjo. The film was shot in Los Angeles, California and was Pasdar's first film as director.
==Plot== {{Hook|date=November 2024}} Los Angeles vice detectives Bill Holt and Nin have entered the gangster and drug scenes and have allied with drug kingpin Truman Rickhardt. As he tries to stop Holt, Nin narrates the events that led Holt to torture Truman's brother Sean by chaining him inside an iron box that's slowly filling with cement. Cops on the take, missing money, Holt's tempting wife Lyndel, dead police officers are implicated in the events.
==Featured cast== {{Cast listing| * Chris Penn as Bill Holt * Jeffrey Wright as Nin * Anthony DeSando as Sean Rickhart * Sherilyn Fenn as Lyndel Holt * Henry Czerny as Truman Rickhart * Gregory Jbara as Fergus Rickhart * Titus Welliver as Mo * Yorgo Constantine as Danny * Richard Edson as Robbo * Kevin Jackson as Carter * Max Martini as Mic }}
==Awards== *'''2000''': AngelCiti film festival: Audience Award, Adrian Pasdar, D.J. Paul
==External links== * {{IMDb title}}
Category:2000 crime drama films Category:2000 crime thriller films Category:2000 films Category:2000 directorial debut films Category:2000 English-language films Category:Films directed by Adrian Pasdar Category:American independent films Category:Lionsgate films Category:American neo-noir films Category:American crime drama films Category:2000 independent films Category:2000 American films Category:English-language independent films Category:English-language crime drama films Category:English-language crime thriller films
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