Judas Kiss (1998)

Director:

Sebastian Gutierrez

Writers:

Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay) and
Sebastian Gutierrez (story) ...

Release Date:

23 April 1999 (Austria)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A woman and her lover, who has made a living by running sex scams at hotels, decide to enter the big...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Sex | Foot Fetish | New Orleans Louisiana | Dominatrix

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Carla Gugino	...	Coco Chavez
Simon Baker	...	Junior Armstrong (as Simon Baker-Denny)
Emma Thompson	...	FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Alan Rickman	...	Detective David Friedman
Gil Bellows	...	Lizard Browning
Til Schweiger	...	Ruben Rubenbauer
Hal Holbrook	...	Senator Rupert Hornbeck
Philip Baker Hall	...	Pobby Malavero
Joey Slotnick	...	Walters
Greg Wise	...	Ben Dyson
Lisa Eichhorn	...	Mary-Ellen Floyd
Richard Riehle	...	Security Guard
Beverly Hotsprings	...	Space Vixen
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Chief Bleeker
Tom Hodges	...	Jake

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | France:-12 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:T | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Bandeira Entertainment

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The porn video seen at the beginning of the film continues to play on a monitor after the tape has been ejected.

Quotes:

Detective David Friedman: I understand that this isn't personal because you're not a person.

Movie Connections:

References Objective, Burma! (1945)

Soundtrack:

Junkyard

Generally an intelligent caper film

What I really like about this movie is that the kidnapers generally show some intelligence...a rare thing in films. They don't have many of the film clichés that plague this types of films--they don't openly fight showing little or no cohesion, a rift isn't created in which the hostage can exploit to get away, and they don't fall for the "stall them and tell them it takes more time" ploys. The only two discernable "stupid criminal" clichés I noticed was opening up the case and gawking at the money in the gateway car and stopping the car to get another cell phone battery from the trunk...but there are other reasons for that. I also like the way Rickman's and Thompson's characters play off each other...it's fun to watch.