A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
The "American Gods" star credits amazing co-stars and killer special effects for his mind-bending performance.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rutger Hauer | ... | Frank Warren | |
| Mimi Rogers | ... | Tracy Riggs | |
| Joan Chen | ... | Noelle | |
| James Remar | ... | Sam | |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Warden Holliday | |
| Basil Wallace | ... | Emerald | |
| Grand L. Bush | ... | Jasper | |
| Denis Forest | ... | Puce | |
| Glenn Plummer | ... | Teal | |
| Belle Avery | ... | Deborah | |
| Ismael 'East' Carlo | ... | Chief Officer | |
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Ed Crick | ... | Sergeant #1 |
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Zaid Farid | ... | Policeman #1 |
| Richard Gilbert-Hill | ... | Security Guard #2 | |
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Colin Hamilton | ... | Minister |
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Frank (Rutger Hauer has been convicted of stealing millions of dollars of diamonds which have not been recovered. In his uni-sex prison, each inmate has an unknown partner; when the two are separated by more than 100 yards, an explosive collar kills both inmates. Frank and his female partner escape and head for the money, but they are hotly pursued by his double-crossing colleagues. Written by Rob Hartill
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5 September 1991 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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A TV movie made for the HBO network. See more »Goofs
Movie crew can be seen in Warden Holloway's glasses when Noelle give him the suitcase. See more »Crazy Credits
The closing credits end with the sounds of the wedlock collar's warning alarm and an explosion. See more »Alternate Versions
The Singapore laserdisc release has the head explosion scene censored. See more »Soundtracks
All the Good Times Are Past and Gone(uncredited)
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Rutger Hauer's movies tend to be better than one would expect from genre pieces, often because of a special feel for atmosphere and quirk. Deadlock was one of the first movies to feature the newer, heavier Hauer, who uses his heft to the advantage of his characterization, creating a slightly ridiculous figure (who goes from a ludicrous pony-tail for his duel-to-the-death to a sort of swami outfit to something that looks like it ought to be upholstering a chair in a whorehouse) who is not quite up to the circumstances he finds himself in, but perseveres anyway. Smart, but hardly a criminal mastermind, his Frank is teamed with an especially charming Mimi Rogers. Hardly surprising that they go from insults to clinches, but it is appealing that the main thing keeping them apart (their abysmal track records in romance) is what, thanks to empathy, helps bridge the differences between them. The sci-fi gimmick here is really beside the point. What counts is the presence of several skillful actors and their deftly drawn characters. Stephen Tobolowsky is especially amusing, and he has the movie's best line: "You nonconformists are all alike."