Circus (2000)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Circus |
| Original title | Circus |
| Country of production |
United States United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rob Walker |
| script | David Logan |
| production |
James Gibb , Alan Latham |
| music |
Simon Boswell , Alex Heffes |
| camera | Ben Seresin |
| cut | Oral Norrie Ottey |
| occupation | |
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Circus is an American - British thriller released in 2000 . Directed by Rob Walker and written by David Logan .
action
The film begins with the casino owner Bruno Maitland and his brother torturing the casino's former accountant who stole the casino. Maitland tells the man he will not kill him - he returns his gratitude by saying that his brother will do it.
The American Lily is married to Leo, who is related to Maitland. He and Lily dream of traveling to Cuba . Maitland urges Leo to take over the management of his casino in Manchester , which the killed accountant had stolen from, for at least a few weeks. He promises Leo that he would take care of him if he were arrested. Leo then mockingly remarks that he has already been in prison three times - each time because of Maitland.
Leo accepts an order from Julius, Maitland's new accountant, to kill his wife, Gloria. Leo does it, whereupon he learns from Julius that the woman who was killed was in reality not his wife, but a street whore he had hired for the evening. Julius recorded the murder on video tape and is now blackmailing Leo with it. Meanwhile Lily is blackmailed by Maitland's brother as well. She had once lived under a different name in the United States and committed robberies with Elmo. A flashback shows that she handcuffed Elmo to the bank door after a robbery and accused him of cheating on her. Elmo tries to shoot her, but his gun doesn't work.
Elmo comes to England from the USA and finds Lily. He says he almost forgave her for the events and four years in prison. Leo is able to stop Elmo from shooting Lily and the two men talk about Elmo's family over a glass of whiskey.
It turns out that Lily is also having an affair with Maitland, who has been planning Julius' blackmail with her. Meanwhile, Julius has developed a computer system for Maitland that is supposed to enable Maitland to be the only one to have access to its accounts in order to prevent theft as the former accountant did.
To make matters worse, Leo also has to learn that the woman he killed as Julius' wife was the favorite whore of Maitland's huge bodyguard, who is now desperately looking for her.
A complicated web of intrigues and confusions emerges, which ultimately dissolves as follows: Elmo shoots Maitland's brother because he wanted to use him to kill Lily only because of his personal jealousy. Then he disappears back to his family in the USA.
Julius turns out to be Leo's accomplice. He only accepted the bookkeeping job at Maitland in order to gain access to Maitland's accounts via the computer program he had developed and to take it out completely together with Leo.
The story of the murder of the wrong wife had been orchestrated by the two of them so that Maitland believed he could blackmail Leo. In fact, the murder was only an act and the whore is alive, which also leads the Maitland bodyguard to spare Leo - whom he is hunting as the alleged murderer.
In a final showdown, Leo shoots Lily for cheating on him with Maitland. He then gets Julius to shoot Maitland and then numbs Julius with a sleeping pill.
Apparently Leo is the only winner - until he meets Lily at the train station on the way to the airport, with whom he emigrates to Cuba - as planned, but now extremely rich.
Reviews
The film service wrote that the film was a "failed attempt to mix American gangster cinema with British understatement" . His script fails " because of a lack of rigor and lack of drawing of the characters" , the direction lacks "timing and speed in the action scenes" . "Unnecessary cynicism" would dilute "the intended British humor" .
The magazine TV Spielfilm 8/2008 described the film as a “grotesque thriller” and wrote that it offered a “hip-styled confusion” .
backgrounds
The film was shot in Brighton and London . It grossed around £ 302,000 in UK cinemas .
Web links
- Circus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Circus at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Circus at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Circus in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 20, 2008
- ↑ TV Spielfilm 8/2008, page 158
- ^ Locations for Circus, accessed April 20, 2008
- ^ Box office results for Circus, accessed on April 20, 2008