24 hours in his power

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Movie
German title 24 hours in his power
Original title Desperate Hours
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1990
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Michael Cimino
script Joseph Hayes ,
Lawrence Konner ,
Mark Rosenthal
production Michael Cimino ,
Dino De Laurentiis ,
Martha Schumacher
music David Mansfield
camera Douglas Milsome
cut Christopher Rouse
occupation

24 hours in his power (Original title: Desperate Hours ) is an American thriller from Michael Cimino in 1990, in which Mickey Rourke , Anthony Hopkins and Mimi Rogers play the leading roles. It is a modernized remake of the story filmed in 1955 with Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March under the title On a day like every other story based on the script of this film by Joseph Hayes , who wrote his own play based on his novel for the Screen adapted.

action

Defense attorney Nancy Breyers is in love with her client Michael Bosworth. She smuggles a gun into the courthouse where Michael Bosworth's trial for attempted murder is taking place, and helps him escape, killing a police officer. Bosworth's brother Wally and his friend Albert wait in front of the courthouse with a getaway car and bring the fugitive out of town.

The criminals raid the Cornell family's home and take the residents hostage. To ensure that nothing happens to them, the family, consisting of the married couple Tim and Nora Cornell, the 15-year-old daughter May and the eight-year-old son Zack, should pretend to the neighbors and everyone who rings the doorbell that everything is as usual. The troubled Cornells marriage is strengthened again under the tension of the hostage situation. A real estate agent who walks by is coldly murdered by Bosworth.

One of the hostage-takers wants to leave and takes the body with him. He is discovered on his escape and shot when he does not surrender.

The FBI -Agentin Brenda Chandler has the defender Nancy Breyers suspected and allows them to pursue. While her colleagues want to storm the house at gunpoint, she wants to wait until the hostage-takers come out of the house. When Tim is supposed to get the car, Chandler gives him a gun, from which he takes the bullets.

When Wally goes to the getaway car with the defense attorney, they discover an FBI agent. A shooting begins, in which FBI agents and Wally are injured, and they retreat into the house. Tim takes the gun from the dying Wally and finally points it at Bosworth, who threatens Nora. When Bosworth pulls the trigger and nothing happens, Nora escapes and Tim drags him out of the house. Bosworth keeps the unloaded gun in hand and is eventually shot by the police outside.

background

The film was shot in Salt Lake City , Park City , Coalville and Alta , Utah . It was also filmed in Zion National Park in Springdale , Utah. Further recordings were made in Colorado . Filming began on October 23, 1989 and ended on December 2, 1989. The film opened on October 5, 1990 in the United States. The film was shown in cinemas in Germany from January 31, 1991. The distributors grossed over $ 2.7 million in US cinemas . Over 57,500 cinema-goers were counted in Germany.

The German title “ 24 hours in his power” is wrongly chosen, as the hostage-taking takes around 1.5 days. It starts in the morning while the children are at school and lasts until the evening after next.

criticism

The editors of kino.de judged: “With his remake of the Bogart classic 'On a day like everyone else' as an ice-cold psychological thriller, Michael Cimino is trying to tie in with masterpieces such as Those Going Through Hell and Heaven's Gate . Starring Mickey Rourke ( Wilde Orchidee ), Anthony Hopkins ( The Silence of the Lambs ) and Mimi Rogers ( The Man in the Background ), Cimino's weak script full of superficial characterizations only partially succeeds in making people in extreme situations exciting and credible. It remains a masterfully photographed piece of suspense with great moments. "

The Bayerische Rundfunk concluded: "Cimino voted for the occupation of the charismatic psychopath Michael Bosworth the early 90s on his career peak standing Mickey Rourke ( Angel Heart , The Wrestler ), with whom he at in 1985 of the Dragon Year had worked. Perfectly complemented by well-known actors like Anthony Hopkins ( The Silence of the Lambs , Nixon ) and Mimi Rogers ( The Man in the Background , The Doors ), he succeeded in creating a stylized, exciting thriller that demands a lot of nerves from the audience. "

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 5, 1990 that the film was a modern version of the 1955 film On A Day Like Any Other, starring Humphrey Bogart . Ebert described the plot as idiotic. The film has more style than substance.

Hal Hinson sneered in the Washington Post on October 10, 1990 that Michael Bosworth's character had an IQ of "over 130" and asked why he was not acting accordingly. The one-dimensional characters would not claim the actors' talents.

The editors of cinefacts.de found: "The film adaptation of the novel On a day like any other by Joseph Hayes shines above all through the achievements of Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins."

Awards

Mickey Rourke was nominated for the Golden Raspberry for the worst actor for this film and Wild Orchid in 1991 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Background information
  2. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations
  3. ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results
  4. ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
  5. ↑ Film review on kino.de
  6. ↑ Film review - 24 hours in his power feature film USA 1990 (Desperate Hours) | Das Erste - details in Bayerischer Rundfunk (www.br-online.de), accessed on July 3, 2013.
  7. ^ A film review by Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times , October 5, 1990.
  8. ↑ Hal Hinson's review in The Washington Post , October 10, 1990
  9. ↑ Film review on cinefacts.de