Kill Me Later (2001)

Shawn Holloway has a miserable life since she was eleven, when her father left her mother and she stayed alone with her problematic mother. Presently she is graduated, works in a bank and ... See full summary »

Director:

Dana Lustig

Writers:

Dana Lustig (story), Annette Goliti Gutierrez (story)

Stars:

Selma Blair, Max Beesley, O'Neal Compton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Selma Blair	...	Shawn Holloway
Max Beesley	...	Charlie Anders
O'Neal Compton	...	Agent McGinley
Lochlyn Munro	...	Agent Reed
D.W. Moffett	...	Mathew Richmond
Brendan Fehr	...	Billy
Tom Heaton	...	Jason Thompson
David Adams	...	Ara
Alex Zahara	...	Officer Larry
Keegan Connor Tracy	...	Heather (as Keegan Tracy)
Pam Hyatt	...	Lucy
Stacy Fair	...	Elizabeth Richmond
Marcel Maillard	...	Lyle Holloway
Keith Martin Gordey	...	Elevator Cop (as Keith Gordy)
Dana Lustig	...	Suzan Holloway

Storyline

Shawn Holloway has a miserable life since she was eleven, when her father left her mother and she stayed alone with her problematic mother. Presently she is graduated, works in a bank and is the mistress of her married colleague Matthew Richmond. When she finds that Matthew's wife is pregnant, she decides to commit suicide. She goes to the roof of the building, drinks some vodka, trying to get enough courage to jump to the floor. The neighbors see the scene and call the police to save Shawn. Meanwhile, the bank where she works is being robbed by Charlie Anders and two friends of him. When the cops arrive to save Shawn, the heist is in progress and the police shoot one robber, the driver escapes and Charlie runs to the top of the building. There, he does not allow Shawn to jump off and saves her. They make an agreement: she would help him to escape, and he would give US$ 50,000.00 to her and kill her later with a shot in the head.

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Plot Keywords:

2000s | female protagonist | bank employee | female bank employee | suicide | 

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Taglines:

Not every hostage wants to be saved!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Take My Life

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curb Entertainment, Amazon Film Productions, Bergman Lustig Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A large number of filter effects, shutter effects, and jump cuts are used to make long dialogue scenes (particularly between the two cop and between the two lovers) more visually interesting. The audio itself on both is done as a single long take.

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Goofs

Mathew Richmond's first name is spelled "Matthew" on the name plate on his desk (while it's not unusual for people to get things like that wrong, and order the wrong name plate, it's unusual for people to put up with it for long).

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Quotes

Shawn Holloway: You wanna know my dream? It's a beautiful dream; to be cremated.

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Connections

References Rugrats (1990)

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Soundtracks

Eilat
Written by Danny Lerman, Tal Bergman, Oskar Cartaya, and Tim Gant
Published by Steel Warehouse Music/TAG/ART (ASCAP)
Performed by Danny Lerman
Courtesy of Steel Warehouse Music

User Reviews

Enjoyable

Kill me Later has a concept that has been done to death. The script is a bit immature, but still very much enjoyable. Both Max Beesely and Selma Blair pull in solid performances in this piece. One thing that's enjoyable about this movie is that all of the characters are generally relatable. Selma Blair's Shawn is utterly pessimistic, While Max Beesely's Shawn is hopelessly optimistic about things. The film may be a little contrived but the ending is a little more realistic. It's sweet, it's funny and at moments, you'll want to cry. An enjoyable film.