Coldblooded (1995)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Wallace Wolodarsky

Writer (WGA):

Wallace Wolodarsky (written by)

Release Date:

15 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Cosmo's planning to get his life in order. He just has to kill a few people first.

Plot:

Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Yoga | Basement | Television | Black Comedy

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jason Priestley	...	Cosmo Reif
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Jasmine (as Kimberly Williams)
Peter Riegert	...	Steve
Robert Loggia	...	Gordon
Jay Kogen	...	John
Janeane Garofalo	...	Honey
Josh Charles	...	Randy
David Anthony Higgins	...	Lance
Doris Grau	...	Rose
Anne Carroll	...	Receptionist
Buck McDancer	...	Fleeing Man
Marcos A. Ferraez	...	Man with Uzi
Gilbert Rosales	...	Man with Briefcase
Jim Turner	...	Doctor
Michael J. Fox	...	Tim Alexander

Also Known As:

The Reluctant Hitman (Australia) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some graphic violence, sexual dialogue and language.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Movie Connections:

Features Sweet Revenge (1987)

Another in the Best you've Never Seen

There are fewer and fewer ‘labours of love' in the movies these days- you start with a clever guy and a clever idea (right there most projects grind to a halt) get together a few bucks and some close ‘famous' friends-far too big a stars for this little project…and go out for an obscenely FEW amount of days and locations, add a little spit and bailing wire, and somehow come away with a movie.

Two Girls and a Guy is a good example, Let it Ride another one, but for my money, COLDBLOODED is the best of them all.

It's just that good.

Wallace Wolodarsky (supervising producer of The Simpsons) wrote and directed this darker than dark, black, dark black comedy about a young hit man protegee and his kooky environs.

Jason Priestly (as Cosmo Reif) shows the acting form not of Bev Hills 90210, but a foreshadow of his later work in Love and Death on Long Island. Kimberly Williams is perfect as the ingenue girlfriend, and Peter Riegert is spectacular as Cosmo's mentor Steve.

Robert Loggia, Janeane Garofalo and even Michael J Fox show up in smaller roles.

Not available on laser, you'll have to dig this one up on video, or on some of the more obscure cable options-but well worth the effort.