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Director:

John Mackenzie

Writers:

Desmond Lowden (book)
Timothy Prager (story)

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Release Date:

26 May 2005 (South Korea) more

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Thriller more

Tagline:

He's running for his life and running out of time. more

Plot:

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Keaton ... Martin Raikes

Michael Caine ... Jake Mellows
Judith Godrèche ... Lela Forin (as Judith Godreche)

Rade Serbedzija ... Oleg Butraskaya (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Matthew Marsh ... Michel Cote

Xander Berkeley ... Joey Patterson
Kathleen Wilhoite ... Beth Ann
Rachel Ferjani ... Rachel
Elina Löwensohn ... Vannessa (as Elina Lowensohn)
Clare Thomas ... Emma
Hermione Norris ... Sarah
William Beck ... Nicoli
Jean-Yves Berteloot ... Vincent Deschamps
Jean-Pierre Castaldi ... Jean Pillon

Colin Stinton ... Harbinson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Quicksand (France) (video title)
Quicksand - Gefangen im Treibsand (Germany) (video title)
Quicksand - Schmutziges Geld (Germany)
Un tueur aux trousses (France) (TV title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

Argentina:94 min | Norway:91 min | USA:95 min

Country:

France | UK | Germany

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Jake Mellows: [pointing a rifle at Oleg and Lena] I am going to start counting. But I can only count up to three, because I am so thick. is'nt that right, Oleg? more

Movie Connections:

References "Sky News: Live at Five" (1989) more


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Not much cop, 17 November 2004
Author: davideo-2 from United Kingdom

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

Banking boss Martin Fraikes (Michael Keaton) is sent off to France to investigate a suspected fraud taking place on a movie set.However,as he delves deeper and deeper into the case,he finds himself framed for murder,money laundering and his daughter is kidnapped.It's a web of lies that leads directly to has-been movie star Jake Mellows (Michael Caine) right down to the local mob...

Everything about this film is back to front,topsy-turvy.It's been held back since 2001,but I'd have believed you if you'd told me it had been made in 1991,judging by it's presentation.Keaton's character finds himself in a host of inexplicable situations in the film,yet on the front cover he appears the confident,self-assured villain.It looks like a really entertaining film,but it really isn't.It's a film with production values and attention-payed-to-detail that appears really befitting to the state of both it's lead stars careers,Keaton re-appearing out of nowhere after a five year absence having last appeared on the big screen five years ago in the children's film Jack Frost and Caine moreorless just playing himself as a washed-up,has-been movie star who nowadays can only seem to get work appearing in low-budget fudd like this.It's a film of laugh-out-loud implausibility that,as it veers towards the end,steadily progresses into out and out preposterousness.

It's nice to see Keaton return and it's very hard to see why his career has veered into DTV oblivion and someone like Richard Gere still manages to rake in the big bucks,but that's truly where the novelty wears off.**

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