Catch .44 - The really big coup

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Movie
German title Catch .44 - The really big coup
Original title Catch .44
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2011
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Aaron Harvey
script Aaron Harvey
production Michael Benaroya ,
Megan Ellison ,
Randall Emmett
music Ben Zarai
camera Jeff Cutter
cut Richard Byard
occupation
synchronization

Catch .44 - The Big One is an American action drama directed by Aaron Harvey , who also wrote the screenplay. The main characters of the film, which was released in late 2011, are Malin Åkerman , Forest Whitaker and Bruce Willis . The story is not told linearly, but in different time leaps and flashbacks.

action

Two years before the actual action, the pretty Tes works as a waitress in a strip club. She skilfully defends herself against lewd guests, and she is also very adept at stealing wallets. The guest Ronny helps her in an argument with an intrusive guest and offers to introduce her to Mel. Tes agrees and Ronny brings her to Mel. At the meeting, Mel offers Tes to work for him in the drug business, which she accepts.

After the last job went wrong, Tes and her friends Dawn and Kara get a new job from Mel. Allegedly, a competitor of Mel is transporting his drugs through his territory. The drugs and money are supposed to be handed over at a remote diner . Tes and her friends should find out there who is behind the business. Tes, Kara and Dawn have been sitting in the diner for 20 minutes, but the couriers don't show up. The three then decide to use their weapons to obtain information about the planned drug deal from the waitress, as they are of the opinion that no business will be conducted here without their knowledge. However, the staff and guests of the restaurant unexpectedly also draw their guns. There is an exchange of fire in which Kara and Dawn as well as the woman behind the counter and a trucker die. In the end, Tes and the cook Billy face each other with their guns drawn in a Mexican standoff and ask each other to put down their guns .

Then Ronny enters the diner. He wears the uniform of a policeman who he shot dead on the side of the road when he tried to help him with a supposed car breakdown. Immediately after entering the diner he kills two uninvolved guests without warning, who are sitting at their table frightened after the previous exchange of fire.

In the course of the following conversation it turns out that Mel was angry about the failed last job and asked Billy to kill Tes, Kara and Dawn for their failure. The new order for Tes was therefore just a trap.

Ronny now unexpectedly confesses his love for Tes and claims to have always taken care of Tes. Only with the last order from Tes could he not do this. He tells Tes to shoot Billy so he and Tes can run away with the money Billy received from Mel for killing the three. Tes hesitates, but suddenly aims at Ronny and there is another exchange of fire.

Now Mel enters the bar. Tes is apparently fatally hit on the floor and Ronny is sitting at a table, drinking coffee and holding a bleeding wound on his neck. Mel sits down next to Ronny and tells him in the form of a parable that he knows that Ronny has betrayed and stolen from him and that the money for the murder of Tes and her friends is not in the diner. He then shoots Ronny. When he wants to leave the bar, he is shot by Tes, who is not dead, only injured. Tes escapes from the crime scene in Mel's car, with a bag of money in the back seat that Mel brought with him earlier.

background

The film was shot in Shreveport , Louisiana . The budget for the film is estimated at seven million US dollars . After the horror film The Evil Woods, it is the second feature-length film by director Aaron Harvey. The main film production company was Annapurna Pictures , US distribution was handled by Anchor Bay Entertainment , while Universum Film GmbH secured the rights for Germany.

The cast of the female trio remained unclear for a long time and was only finalized shortly before filming began. Maggie Grace , Lauren German , Sarah Roemer , Laura Ramsey , Lizzy Caplan and Kate Mara were previously discussed for the roles.

The film premiered at the Cannes Marché du Film 2011 and opened in US cinemas on December 9, 2011. The film was released abroad as a direct-to-DVD production . In Germany, the film was released on July 13, 2012 by Universum Film on DVD and Blu-ray Disc with an FSK-16 rating.

German dubbed version

The German synchronous editing was done at VSI Synchron in Berlin . Dennis Schmidt-Foss wrote the dialogue book and also directed the dubbing .

actor German speaker role
Bruce Willis Manfred Lehmann Mel
Forest Whitaker Tobias Master Ronny
Brad Dourif Gerald Paradise Sheriff Connors
Malin Åkerman Ursula Hugo Tes
Nikki Reed Anne Helm Kara
Shea Whigham Michael Deffert Billy
Michael Rosenbaum Norman Matt Brandon
Dan Silver Michael Iwannek Dave
Deborah Ann Woll Dascha Lehmann Dawn
PJ Marshall Frank Röth Deputy Elmore
Edrick Browne Dennis Schmidt-Foss Devon

Film music

The following music tracks can be heard in the film:

There is no soundtrack for the film.

In one scene on the way to the diner, the three protagonists listen to a cassette entitled Return of Bruno by Bruce Willis from the 1980s. In fact, Willis' discography features several internationally successful music tracks from this period. The aforementioned title Respect Yourself , which Willis released as a single in 1996, can be heard throughout the film.

Reviews

Catch .44 received mostly mediocre to poor ratings. The script was primarily criticized, while the actors' performances were presented positively. The film was often compared with the works of Quentin Tarantino , especially Pulp Fiction and Death Proof obviously served as stylistic models, whereby the Mexican standoff contained in Pulp Fiction offers a milder outcome for those involved.

The film editors of the New York Times complained that the film was not witty enough to entertain consistently and did not create tension, and that the audience was indifferent to the characters. The Hollywood Reporter judged that while the film gives Willis and Whitaker the chance to showcase their character acting skills in unfamiliar surroundings, there isn't much to recommend about the film. The German-language film portal Filmstarts stated that the film was simply not the cool gangster break that it was designed to be. Director Aaron Harvey lives out his passion for Quentin Tarantino cinema. Elements from his films alone did not make an instant cult hit, the work lacks heart, the coolness seems intentional. Overall, thanks to great actors , Catch .44 is quite entertaining. The film currently has a popularity of just 14% on the Rotten Tomatoes ratings website .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Catch .44 - The really big coup . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2012 (PDF; test number: 132 606 V).
  2. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations , accessed October 3, 2014
  3. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results , accessed October 3, 2014
  4. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Background information , accessed October 3, 2014
  5. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Launch Dates , accessed October 3, 2014
  6. ↑ a b c Catch .44 - The really big coup. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 3, 2014 .
  7. ↑ The New York Times : Movie Review: Catch .44 - Girls Just Wanna Shoot Up a Diner (English) by Neil Genzlinger, December 8, 2011
  8. ↑ The Hollywood Reporter : Catch .44: Cannes 2011 Review by Duane Byrge, May 26, 2011
  9. ↑ Filmstarts : Catch .44 - The really big coup: Criticism of the FILMSTARTS.de editors
  10. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes : Catch .44 (English)