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2004 (UK) moreTagline:
Life has rulesPlot:
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Don't listen to the critics - a decent little film moreUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. July 20 | 9:00 AM | TMC | |||
| Mon. July 20 | 6:15 PM | TMC | more |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dennis Hopper | ... | Krebs | |
| Asia Argento | ... | Gina | |
| Helen Shaver | ... | Ruthie | |
| Lochlyn Munro | ... | Sgt. Burns | |
| Charles Frederick | ... | Joe Cody - Man in Black | |
| Alex Zahara | ... | Derick | |
| Alejandro Abellan | ... | Burley Driver | |
| Fred Keating | ... | Mayor Watson | |
| Philip Granger | ... | Lt. Stone (as Phillip Granger) | |
| Joe McCoy | ... | 4th Man | |
| Angela Uyeda | ... | Raven Starr | |
| Brad Loree | ... | Bouncer | |
| Robert Saunders | ... | Trucker | |
| Charlie Gudgeon | ... | Bus Kid | |
| Garfield Wilson | ... | Alex |
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Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content.Parents Guide:
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95 min | Canada:96 min (Ontario)Language:
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Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaFun Stuff
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Factual errors: When Sgt. Burns is showing a police mugshot of Joe Cody to Lt. Krebs, the words "Sacremento City Police" appear across the photograph instead of the correct spelling of "Sacramento City Police" moreSoundtrack:
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It's truly odd how individuals who can't seem to master simple grammar and syntax will unabashedly critique a movie as if they have the cinematic genius of Roman Polanski.
If you fall into the category of viewer who thinks a film just isn't gosh darn entertaining unless things are "blown up real good", then by all means, give this one a pass. However if you don't spend your day breathing through your mouth and admiring your unibrow, then you will probably find this film to be the entertainment it aims to be.
If there's one type of role Dennis Hopper has down, it's that of a restrained nut job. And in this movie he gets to sink his teeth into the meaty role of a supreme nut job by playing a twisted small town sheriff who thinks he can convince a woman to fall in love with him by abducting her and locking her in a cell in his basement.
Heavily dialog driven, Hopper at times carries this film on his back with his highly compelling performance. Asia Argento, the daughter of Italian horror director Dario, is easy on the eyes and does a perfectly capable job in the role of the captive. Veteran Canadian actress Helen Shaver, surfaces as an equally unhinged groupie to Hopper's character, and her scenes with him eerily evoke fleeting similarities to that of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, Canada's infamous serial killer couple.
The film is capably directed by Paul Lynch, who has made a career out of directing Canadian-filmed US television shows, something which isn't a leap considering that this film was shot in British Columbia.
Overall it's a pretty decent and entertaining little movie. It will hold you to the end and not leave you feeling ripped off. As for some of the other reviewers of this film, well, let's just say it's probably time that they changed the batteries in their singing wall-mounted fish and sat down to some more engaging entertainment.