… Because they are here to be kissed
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | … Because they are here to be kissed |
| Original title | Kiss the girls |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gary Fleder |
| script | David Class |
| production |
David Brown Joe Wizan |
| music | Mark Isham |
| camera |
Aaron Schneider David Klass |
| cut |
Poor Minasian Harvey Rosenstock William Steinkamp |
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... because they are there to kiss is an American thriller from 1997. The film adaptation is based on the novel Kiss the Girls (1995, dt. ... because they are there to kiss ) by James Patterson . A prequel was released in 2001with Im Netz der Spider .
action
Dr. Alex Cross is a police officer in Washington, DC After saving a woman's life as a police psychologist, he learns that his niece Naomi has been missing for four days. He then goes to Durham , North Carolina to investigate.
When Alex Cross arrives there, he sees the photos of eight other kidnapped young women in the police station . Thereupon he drives with the local police officers to a corpse that has just been discovered in the forest, which turns out to be the third victim among the eight women found dead. To Cross' relief, the body tied to the tree is not his niece. Cross takes a closer look at the appearance of the dead and realizes that the perpetrator could be a collector. This would mean that the dead were chosen by the perpetrator because of their good looks and certain character traits. A letter with the pseudonym Casanova was found on the second body .
The doctor Kate McTiernan is attacked, drugged and kidnapped by the perpetrator in her house in the evening. She wakes up in a barren room lit only by candles. The kidnapper shows Kate with a mask and explains that she is here to fall in love and to experience love. Shortly afterwards, the viewer sees "Casanova" in another room sending a photo of McTiernan to someone who knows about it. In the meantime, McTiernan contacts the other abducted women who give her their names through the board door of her dungeon.
A postcard with a dedication by "Casanova" is pushed under the hotel door of Cross. However, he does not catch the person who brought the postcard. During a meeting with his police colleagues, he discovers that the perpetrator only kidnapped women of strong character and resilience. They suspect that the women who violated certain rules of the game of the perpetrator were murdered.
Meanwhile "Casanova" comes to Kate to give her another injection with a drug. The recreational kickboxer beats him unable to act for a brief moment, finds the exit from the labyrinth-like cellar despite the drug fog and flees through the forest. However, "Casanova" catches up with her at the edge of a ravine. Kate jumps down in her fear. Cross makes his way with the other policemen to the hospital , where McTiernan, pulled out of a river by anglers, is lying. It is a post-traumatic shock diagnosed. Your physical condition is steadily deteriorating. Cross finds out through a list of drugs that it is a substitution of a benzodiazepine derivative. Kate then undergoes a detox treatment, which regains her strength. During a press conference , she encourages the relatives of the other abducted women. She tells the perpetrator that she alone violated his rules of the game and none of the other women.
Cross then continues to talk to her about her abduction, but without finding out any further information about the perpetrator or the location of the dungeon. Cross later discovers a Sistol order from Dr. William "Will" Rudolph. He then finds out with McTiernan that similar kidnappings are taking place in California and that these could be related to those in Durham. Because of this, they all fly to Los Angeles to investigate further with Cross' cousin, Det. John Sampson. There they set out to find Dr. To observe Rudolph in a bar, where he speaks to a woman and takes her to his forest hut. They follow him and try to arrest him. However, her partner Henry Castillo is shot by Rudolph while trying to escape and Cross is hit shortly afterwards. After this unsuccessful attempt, the FBI clings to Rudolph's heels and searches his house. There they find a room with clues about the second perpetrator with whom Rudolph is in competition.
Rudolph goes to the underground cellars of a dilapidated plantation, where he meets the other perpetrator and discusses excitedly with him. He calls himself his mentor , sees himself forced to shoot Rudolph and drives him away. Cross searches for the hiding place of the kidnapped women in the forest and finds it through the gunfire. Cross shoots the fleeing Rudolph, "Casanova" escapes, the women are freed.
McTiernan invites Cross to his house for dinner on his last evening in the area. He thinks about the case and realizes that the writing of "Casanova" is similar to that of Detective Nick Ruskin. The unsuspecting Kate McTiernan lets Ruskin, who is "Casanova", into her house. Cross tries to call McTiernan, but Ruskin has cut the line. Cross races to her in the car. Ruskin fights with McTiernan, who manages to handcuff him to the gas stove. Ruskin pulls on the stove and exposes the gas pipe. He wants to blow himself and McTiernan up with a lighter. Cross appears and talks to Ruskin. When Ruskin tries to light the lighter, Cross takes up his gun. He shoots through a milk carton to prevent the muzzle flash from exploding and kills Ruskin.
production
As a film budget of 27 million were US dollars available. On the first weekend, the film grossed 13.2 million dollars in the USA and around 1.6 million DM (around 820,000 euros ) in Germany . The rental income alone generated a further $ 26.2 million in the USA.
The film was shot in the USA and Canada . It was filmed in California , at the California Institute of Technology ; in Irvine and the University of Southern California , Los Angeles. Also filmed in Durham , Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park in North Carolina . The recordings from Canada were made in North Vancouver , British Columbia .
Originally Denzel Washington was to play the lead role, but when there was a timing overlap with his other projects, Morgan Freeman was selected for the lead role.
backgrounds
The names of the two serial killers in the film as The Casanova and Gentleman Caller are also aliases of the two real serial killers The Casanova killer John Paul Knowles and the gentleman killer Wladyslaw Mazurkiewicz.
Awards
- At the 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards , Morgan Freeman was nominated for Favorite Actor, as was Ashley Judd for Favorite Thriller Actress and Cary Elwes for Favorite Supporting Actor in Thriller.
- The following year, Ashley Judd was nominated for the most popular actress in video.
- Ashley Judd was nominated for the 1998 Golden Satellite Award at the Satellite Awards for the best performance by an actress in a leading role in a thriller .
- The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Reviews
“Based on James Patterson's bestselling novel Kiss the Girls, Gary Fleder directed a nerve-wracking thriller, which he cast brilliantly with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. The intelligent script and the tight directing guarantee the finest thrill. Thrill despite logical weaknesses. "
“The film tries to swim in the wake of The Silence of the Lambs and Seven , but fails miserably: the clichéd story seems all too constructed, not even a killer with charisma and which also raises many questions. Why, for example, can no one find the dungeon from which Kate recently escaped for a long time? Probably none of them saw the forest for the trees. "
"Disappointing and not very exciting, calculable from start to finish."
"Absolutely captivating thanks to the strong atmosphere."
“Another attempt on the serial killer issue . After a complicated educational work and a few unbelievable things, the film comes to a psychologically speculative ending, which primarily serves the clichés of the genre. Within the below-average production , the actors also seem lost. "
“When the charismatic Morgan Freeman plays the leading role in a film, the other actors usually don't stand a chance. But with Ashley Judd, Freeman has an equal partner at her side: intelligent, sensitive and powerful. Conclusion: no thriller for the ages. But calculated as ice cold - like a perfect crime. "
"Serial killer from the retort."
Web links
- ... Kiss the Girls are there in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ... Kiss the Girls are there at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In James Patterson's When the Mice Chase Cats, first-person narrator Alex Cross compares his appearance to Denzel Washington.
- ^ Katherine Ramsland: The crimes of John Paul Knowles, aka the Casanova Killer . In: Crime Library on truTV.com . Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved on May 7, 2011.
- ^ Paul John Knowles - The Casanova Killer . francesfarmersrevenge.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. Retrieved on May 7, 2011.
- ↑ MAZURKIEWICZ Vladislav . In: Serial Killer Crime Index . Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
