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17 June 1991 (USA)
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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
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Dark Obsession (USA)
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Australia:84 min | USA:100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) |
Finland:K-16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:M |
UK:18 |
USA:NC-17
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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.