China Moon
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | China Moon |
| Original title | China Moon |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Bailey |
| script | Roy Carlson |
| production | Barrie M. Osborne |
| music | George Fenton |
| camera | Willy Kurant |
| cut |
Carol Littleton , Jill Savitt |
| occupation | |
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China Moon (alternate title: A Hot Affair ) is an American thriller directed by John Bailey from 1994 .
action
Kyle Bodine is a homicide police investigator. He meets Rachel Munro in a bar, whom he finds a few days later and asks if she would like to meet him. She refuses, but later she calls him at the office. Bodine makes an appointment with Munro for a boat trip on a lake. The journey takes place under the full moon, the Munro porcelain moon (English: China Moon , of coll. China for fine porcelain ), respectively. Munro jumps naked into the water, Bodine follows her. They make love in the water and start an affair with it.
Bodine accuses his partner in the police force, Lamar Dickey, of being too bored to notice various important details during the investigation. He says he hopes Dickey will surprise him one day.
When Rachel is beaten up by her husband Rupert, the police headquarters are just summoning Bodine and his partner, who are nearby, to the Munros house. Bodine talks to Rachel alone while her husband and Dickey wait in front of the house. Bodine urges her to break up with Rupert. A few days later, Bodine said that she had often thought of flying to Miami , secretly returning and shooting Rupert.
Munro has already bought a pistol from a black market trader. She flies to Miami, secretly returns, visits Bodine and tells him she wants to leave Rupert. Rachel then drives back to her house and packs, whereupon she is surprised by Rupert. There is a fight. Rachel shoots her husband and tells Bodine it was self-defense. Bodine helps her hide the body, but it is found shortly afterwards. Dickey tries to clear the case and moves quickly. Soon Bodine is suspected as a perpetrator and suspended from duty. Ultimately, Bodine finds out that it was all an intrigue between Rachel and Dickey to get rid of Rupert and get his money. He also finds out that Dickey drew suspicion on him by swapping the projectiles from the murder weapon with those from Bodine's service weapon.
When Bodine confronts Rachel, Rachel admits that she loves him. Bodine does not believe her at first and becomes violent. After he has calmed down again, they both drive to a bar where Dickey is and Bodine confronts him. With a gun in hand, Bodine first forces Dickey into an adjoining room and later into a parking lot. The bartender notices this and informs the police.
When Bodine accidentally fires a shot in the parking lot next to Dickey, he is shot by the police officers who have already arrived. Bodine dies in Rachel's arms. Rachel then grabs the revolver lying on the floor and shoots Dickey.
Reviews
James Berardinelli criticized on ReelViews that the first 40 minutes of the film were "dull" and that the dialogues were bad during this time. The second half of the film partially compensates for these shortcomings. Berardinelli praised the work by Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe. The film is good if you follow the standards of the B films .
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was routinely staged and interesting “because of the nuanced play of the two main actors”. The plot, however, is extremely constructed and borders on the unbelievable.
background
The film was shot in Florida in 1991, but did not open in US cinemas until March 4, 1994. It grossed around 3.0 million US dollars there.
Web links
- China Moon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- China Moon at Rotten Tomatoes (English)