The Sunset Killer 4

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Movie
German title The Sunset Killer 4
Original title Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 91 (shortened 90) minutes
Age rating FSK 18 (shortened 16)
Rod
Director Oley Sassone
script Mark Sevi
production Russell D. Markowitz
music Terry Plumeri
camera Russ Brandt
cut Glenn Garland
occupation

The Sunset-Killer 4 (Alternative title: Sunset Killer - Der Erlöser ; Original Title: Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes , Relentless 4 ) is an American thriller from 1994 . Directed by Oley Sassone , the screenplay was written by Mark Sevi . It is the third sequel to William Lustig's 1989 film The Sunset Killer .

action

A serial killer kills people who have had near-death experiences . Police investigators Sam Dietz and Jessica Parreti are investigating the case. Dietz consults the psychologist Sara Lee Jaffee, who explains to him the meaning of the ritual signs like a stone in the mouth of one of the victims. A woman who was killed was deaf - since the murderer broke down the door of her apartment while she was in the apartment, Dietz came to the conclusion that the perpetrator must have known about it from a medical file. Jaffee's business card found in the victim's home suggests that she treated the victims.

With some medical records missing, Jaffee accuses Parreti that the policewoman stole them. The psychologist threatens to file a criminal complaint. Meanwhile, Dietz, who is raising his growing son Cory alone, is confronted with upbringing problems.

A murdered woman went shopping in a supermarket shortly before she died. Dietz and Parreti evaluate the tapes of the surveillance cameras, on which they recognize a car that was following the victim's car. The police find the perpetrator's apartment, but he drives into Parreti in his car and escapes. Dietz finds a family photo in the murderer's apartment that shows Jaffee. Jaffee talks about her half-brother Martin Trainer, who caused their parents to die in a car accident as a teenager. After that he spent several years in a closed institution.

Trainer kills Dietz, whose visions of the near-death experience are shown - then he reanimates the police officer and escapes. Dietz seeks out Jaffee, who hides her brother but does not want to reveal him. After a short fight, Dietz keeps the murderer in the sights of his service weapon, then Trainer takes his half-sister hostage and threatens her with a knife. He throws it out the window of the apartment and then plunges himself into the depths.

At the end, Cory organizes a festive dinner for his father and Parreti.

Reviews

Scott Weinberg wrote on November 10, 2006 on www.dvdtalk.com that he was surprised that the 1989 film The Sunset Killer starring Judd Nelson had already made it into three sequels . The fourth part is worse than the third; his ideas are borrowed from films like Sieben and Basic Instinct . The "sexy" Famke Janssen provide a slight "kitschy added value" compared to the previous film.

Film-Dienst wrote that the tension was "quickly (...) out of the film" , as the perpetrator was suspected relatively early. The film was "cheap" , "badly assembled and photographed without motivation" . Only "the squabbles of the main participants about investigation and educational methods " wouldoffer "some amusing attraction" .

The magazine TV Spielfilm 4/2008 wrote that the film was a "clumsy, confused shocker" .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Los Angeles . It was released on video in the United States in December 1994.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Scott Weinberg, accessed February 24, 2008
  2. ↑ The Sunset Killer 4 in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on February 24, 2008
  3. ↑ TV Spielfilm 4/2008, page 128
  4. ↑ Filming locations for Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes, accessed February 24, 2008
  5. ↑ Release dates for Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes, accessed February 24, 2008