Dark Summer (2000)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Gregory Marquette

Writer:

Gregory Marquette (writer)

Release Date:

6 February 2002 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Two's company. Three's murder.

Plot:

A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away...

Plot Keywords:

Wig | Teacher | Blonde | Piano | Father Daughter Relationship

Cast

Jean-Hugues Anglade	...	Gerard Huxley
Keith David	...	Detective Davis
Kent Allen	...	Detective Markofsky
Connie Nielsen	...	Megan Denright
Mia Kirshner	...	Dominique Denright
Frank Langella	...	Robert Denright
Charles Knecht	...	Priest
Trae Thomas	...	Gas Station Attendant
Joseph Culp	...	Mike
James Quill	...	Tony
Mark Adams	...	Highway Patrolman #1
Jack Semple	...	Guitarist
Robert Culp	...	Judge Winston
Anne Archer	...	Beryl Denright
William L. Marshall	...	Plainclothes Policeman #1

Also Known As:

Blond und skrupellos (Germany)
Innocents (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Saskatchewan, Canada

Company:

Adagio Films

Soundtrack:

Cello Boogie

One of the most thrilling and surprising movies I have seen in a long time.

I just returned from a trip with my wife to Paris. Our friends there were raving about a movie called "Dark Summer". So much so that my wife insisted (She's a huge Connie Nielsen fan).

I have to be honest my wife and I don't usually agree on our tastes in movies but the second this film started I was on the edge of my seat. The main star (Jean Hughes Anglade) was a French superstar from what i was told, but his portrayal of the cellist Huxley was sublime. The film opens up with him being interrogated by a detective portrayed by Keith David. (From Platoon, and Something About Mary, the guy is always great)

After getting in a car accident he meets Connie Nielsen's character, a nurse named Megan who nurses him back to health. In appreciation, and of course a mutual attraction, he takes her up on dinner and to meet the family.

Mia Kirschner played her crazy sister with frightening aplomb. At first the meal and their good times seems a given until he meets the father. (Played by the always- amazing Frank Langella!!) The father is sick and dyeing yet the power he still commanded over his daughters and the shocked Huxley was unmistakable.

The father dies and in an incredibly erotic interlude, Huxley makes love to Megan the whole while the sister watches!!!

I don't want to give away anymore but the cameos keep poring on and the twists and turns never stop. There are serial killers, country music and beautiful landscapes.

The main reason I am writing this review was that after I saw this film I couldn't stop thinking about it. The whole time i was on the plane i kept talking about it and my wife told me about this website and I had to tell the world.

I don't know where it is playing or if you can rent it but see this movie!!!