Wild Side (1995)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Donald Cammell

Writers (WGA):

China Kong (written by) &
Donald Cammell (written by)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

It's Not About Sex, It's About Power!

Plot:

While Bruno is an international money mover and influence peddler and Virginia is his very beautiful wife...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Bank | Call Girl | Undercover | Humor

Cast

Anne Heche	...	Alex Lee / Johanna
Christopher Walken	...	Bruno Buckingham
Joan Chen	...	Virginia Chow
Steven Bauer	...	Tony
Allen Garfield	...	Dan Rackman
Adam Novak	...	Lyle Litvak
Zion	...	Hiro Sakamoto
Richard Palmer	...	Cop Driver
Randy Crowder	...	Federal Agent
Marcus Aurelius	...	Agent James Reed
Michael Rose	...	Agent Morse Jaeger
Lewis Arquette	...	The Chief
Rolando De La Maza	...	Steward
Candace Kita	...	Lotus Ita (as Candace Camille Bender)
Ian Johnson	...	Philip Hamlyn

Also Known As:

All the Way (Philippines: English title)
The Wild Side (Australia) (TV title)

Runtime:

96 min | UK:111 min (director's cut)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Channel Four Films

Quotes:

Bruno Buckingham: [after his girlfriend finds him in Alex's hotel having sex with Tony] Virginia, wait, wait. It's not what you think.
Virginia Chow: Whore.
Bruno Buckingham: [thinking she means Alex] I know, honey. She's outrageous. I can't believe I'm paying for this.
Virginia Chow: Not her. You, pig.

Movie Connections:

References Performance (1970)

Soundtrack:

Enamorado

Brutal, mental, maybe brilliant thriller

Intriguing, eye-opening thriller this, featuring an outrageous, insane and over-the-top performance from Christopher Walken even compared to his usual crazed output. Essentially a romance between the two leading ladies, Walken is the central figure and catalyst of all events as his loopy as hell gangster feller messes around with some women, is picked on by some dodgy coppers, and generally acts like a total loon. Joan Chen and Anne Heche are good as, respectively, his longtime girl and partner in crime, and his newest conquest and hobby, both putting in subtly sensual and remarkably sympathetic performances, and Steven Bauer is impressive (in the first role I've really noticed him in since Scarface) as the totally twisted, corrupt undercover cop on Walken's back, but this is really all Walken's show, as he chomps at the scenery with massive gusto. The atmosphere is dark and warm and a little steamy, there's plenty of expensive looking whisky about the place and people leading lives on the edge of sanity; the tragic Cammell's last film is a dark, intense, often inspired and occasionally hilarious gaze into the wilder side of sexuality and empowerment. Definitely one to watch with an open mind.