Hit Me (1996)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Steven Shainberg

Writers:

Denis Johnson (writer)
Jim Thompson (novel)

Release Date:

25 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Bellhop | Brother Brother Relationship | Robbery Gone Awry | Illegal Gambling | Deposit Box

Cast

Elias Koteas	...	Sonny Rose
Laure Marsac	...	Monique Roux
Jay Leggett	...	Leroy Rose
Bruce Ramsay	...	Del Towbridge
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Cougar
Philip Baker Hall	...	Lenny Ish
J.C. Quinn	...	Fred Bascomb
Haing S. Ngor	...	Billy Tungpet
William H. Macy	...	Policeman
Jack Conley	...	Mr. Ish's Bodyguard
Arthur Senzy	...	Peter Stillwell
Tom Lillard	...	Patron

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language, a scene of strong sexuality and some drug use.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Slough Pond

Trivia:

Haing S. Ngor's last film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last scene, once the rain stops, the car's windshield goes from streaming wet to very dry in seconds.

Quotes:

Billy Tungpet: I know you men. You are all sailing to the edge of the world like empty ships.

An abominable misuse of a Great Jim Thompson Novel.

Hit me wastes the film rights to Jim Thompson's excellent novel A SWELL-LOOKING BABE. The story is discarded in favor of a pointless exercise in Scenery-chewing by the usually superb Elias Koteas. We witness pointless double-crosses and mindless plot twists while perverting the novel."Hit Me" is a show of mediocre style instead of things that most people like in movies: good characters, exciting plot, witty dialogue, things like that.

Jim Thompson fans, the only people who would want to see this movie anyways, should be prepared for disappointment.