Botched (2007)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Kit Ryan

Writers:

Derek Boyle (written by)
Eamon Friel (written by)

Release Date:

18 April 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

And you thought you were unlucky?

Plot:

During a heist in Russia, a professional thief finds himself dealing with serial killers, insane hostages, double-crossing psycho Russian hardmen and the real possibility of a horrible death.

Plot Keywords:

Hostage | Heist | Auction | Twins | Severed Head

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

David Heap	...	Auctioneer
Alan Smyth	...	Hugo
Stephen Dorff	...	Ritchie
Sean Pertwee	...	Mr. Groznyi
Igor Chistol	...	Thug 1
Greg Jeloudov	...	Thug 2
Jamie Foreman	...	Peter
Russell Smith	...	Yuri
Bronagh Gallagher	...	Sonya
Norma Sheahan	...	Helena
Gene Rooney	...	Katerina
Jaime Murray	...	Anna
Hugh O'Conor	...	Dmitry
Geoff Bell	...	Boris
Zak Maguire	...	Alex

Also Known As:

13 (USA) (working title)
Botched - Voll verkackt! (Germany) (DVD title)

Runtime:

95 min | Germany:91 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Germany | Ireland | UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:R | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Company:

ApolloProMovie & Co. 1. Filmproduktion

Goofs:

Factual errors: When in the elevator in Russia, the elevator indicates PH at the top floor; meaning Penthouse. Penthouse in Russian is NeHTXaYC (in Cyrillic), so the abbreviation would not be PH. The movie was filmed in Ireland, so the elevator says PH; rather than the Russian lettering appropriate for the story's location.

Quotes:

Dmitry: [speaking into the intercom] Can anybody hear me? Can anybody hear me?
Fake Cop on Intercom: Greetings comrade!
Dmitry: Oh thank God! You have to get the police, various people are trying to kill me!
Fake Cop on Intercom: What is your handle?
Dmitry: [confused] Huh?
Fake Cop on Intercom: I said, what is your handle?
Dmitry: I don't have a handle, I don't have a handle!
Fake Cop on Intercom: Oh you've got to have handle, mine is...
Dmitry: I don't want to know your handle! Just listen! I got on this lift, and you're thinking, 'Hmm, normal passengers, ground floor please.' No, three of them had done a robbery and the rest of us were hostages. And things have changed since then, some of the hostages have taken over! Yeah, they tried to sacrifice me! Come back robbers, all is forgiven! And before I forget, there's also this psycho definite sex-criminal nut-job running around cutting people's heads off! I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet but I'm sure I will later.
Fake Cop on Intercom: Do you want to know what my handle is?
[...]

Soundtrack:

Kalinka

Entertaining and Forgettable Dark Comedy

While escaping from a successful heist of diamonds in an auction house for the Russian mobster lord Mr. Groznyi (Sean Pertwee), the driver of the runaway car crashes a wall and only the thief Ritchie Donovan (Stephen Dorff) survives. He runs with the wallet full of diamonds, but he is hit by a car and loses the stones on the street. The upset Mr. Groznyi sends Ritchie to Moscow to compensate his mistake and steal an ancient and valuable cross in the penthouse of a building with the clumsy Russian brothers Peter (Jamie Foreman) and Yuri (Russell Smith). However the plan goes wrong and Ritchie and his partners take a group of passengers from the elevator as hostage to the 13th floor. They negotiate with the police, but when they release the first hostage in good faith, they discover that their negotiator is not from the police but an evil serial-killer, beginning their night of terror trapped on the floor.

The gore "Botched" is an entertaining and forgettable dark comedy. The weird story has funny and silly moments, but something is missing to make "Botched" a cult-movie or at least a great movie. The jokes do not work well and it is strange to see the bizarre "Russian" characters speaking in English. The daughter of Billy Murray, Jaime Murray, is extremely sexy in the role of the executive Anna and shows a great chemistry with Stephen Dorff. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "13o Andar" ("!3th Floor")