John Woo's Blackjack
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | John Woo's Black Jack |
| Original title | Blackjack |
| Country of production | Canada , USA |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18, 16 on video |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Woo |
| script | Peter Lance |
| production | John Ryan |
| music |
Mickey Heir Maribeth Solomon |
| camera | Bill Wong |
| cut | Ron Wisman |
| occupation | |
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John Woo's Black Jack is a 1998 film directed by John Woo for US and Canadian cable television, starring Swedish action superstar Dolph Lundgren .
content
Jack Devlin, better known as Black Jack because of his card ticks , is the security manager for personal protection. The plot begins with protecting the daughter of a billionaire casino owner. This is threatened by Russian gangsters, because they own shares in his casino and thus primarily have the goal to buy the entire shares. The leader blackmailed the owner. Jack Devlin's father and friend arranges this, which makes short work of it. In addition to his card madness , he owns a lighter from his father, the Zippo brand , which he had with him when his father died as a little boy. He was beaten up and murdered in a casino by several gangsters.
A few years later, Devlin is in New York , who has already retired from his job. Devlin is hired again for a protection program of a highly endowed supermodel Cinder James , on which numerous assassinations have already been carried out. Not only that awaits him in NY, but also the tragic news that the parents of the casino owner's daughter were killed in a car accident. At first he refuses the job, but does it when his old colleague is seriously injured by a psychopath. In addition, he and his friend take care of the fate of the little girl and play the role of father and uncle in one. Unfortunately, the villain knows his only weakness, the fear of the color white (which can be traced back to an incident in the house of the casino owner's parents with a stun grenade.) It turns out that the model's ex-husband was behind the assassinations. This time it will be one of the toughest challenges of his life.
Reviews
TV Spielfilm criticized the film despite some “superb directorial ideas” and said that it remained “far below John Woo's possibilities”.
The lexicon of international films judged: “A completely half-baked film that tries to compensate for the shortcomings of the book and the staging with turbulent action sequences, which, however, does not succeed in view of the stupid plot. Another proof of how a talented action director wastes his talent. "
backgrounds
In November 1997 the film was shot exclusively in Canada, in Toronto. The budget was about $ 10 million.
The German reference title is Blackjack - Der Bodyguard .
literature
- Thomas Gaschler & Ralph Umard: Woo. Verlag Belleville, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-933510-48-1 .
Web links
- John Woo's Blackjack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Woo's Blackjack at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- John Woo's Blackjack in the online movie database
- Blackjack - The Bodyguard. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on December 18, 2016 .
- Comparison of the cut versions Pro 7 from 16 - FSK 18 , Tele 5 from 12 - FSK 16 by Blackjack - The Bodyguard at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b John Woo's Blackjack. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Certificate of Authorization for John Woo's Blackjack . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2009 (PDF; test number: 79 649-b V).
- ↑ TV feature film
- ↑ locations
- ↑ budget