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4.8/10   164 votes
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Release Date:
17 June 1991 (USA) more
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The jealousy inside a man's heart . . . can be the deadliest weapon of all
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A group of young British guardsmen have to cover up a hit and run incident that occurred at the end of a night of drunken revelry. full summary | add synopsis
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empty tale of murder in the British upper classes more (4 total)

Cast

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Gabriel Byrne ... Lord Hugo Bruckton

Amanda Donohoe ... Ginny Bruckton

Struan Rodger ... Peter Eggleton
Douglas Hodge ... Jamie Skinner
Peter Sands ... Colonel
David Delve ... Alec

Ralph Brown ... Jack
Alexander Clempson ... Edward
Catherine Livesey ... Nanny
Michael Hordern ... Lord Crewne
Ian Carmichael ... Exeter
Matthew Marsh ... Raul
Judy Parfitt ... Lady Crewne

Sadie Frost ... Rebecca
Edward Burnham ... John the Gardener
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Also Known As:
Dark Obsession (USA)
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Australia:84 min | USA:100 min
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empty tale of murder in the British upper classes, 21 January 2005
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Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

This film tries to be much more clever than it actually is. An aristocrat, empty and brutal, runs down a woman while the worse for drink at the wheel of his car. The woman resembles his wife more than a little. Murder, or mistake? Gabriel Byrne, in the stage of his career when he was still playing low-lifes, bad guys, and simmering sadists, is OK as the lead character, Hugo. Sexy Amanda Donohoe has another interesting role to set against her big break in 'Castaway' a couple of years earlier, but there is little chemistry between her and Byrne - it can't have been an easy film to do, though.

As a depiction of ruling Britain, 'Diamond Skulls' falls into the trap of showing drunken, orgy-obsessed cretins who serve very little purpose. It tries to be both intellectual and psychological, but Nick Broomfield's direction is muddled and the film is a mess.

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