Bad luck - kidnapping for beginners

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Movie
German title Bad luck - kidnapping for beginners
Original title Screwed
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 78 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Scott Alexander ,
Larry Karaszewski
script Scott Alexander,
Larry Karaszewski
production Michael Jablow ,
Robert Simonds
music Michel Colombier
camera Robert Brinkmann
cut Michael Jablow
occupation

Bad luck - Kidnapping for Beginners (Original title: Screwed ) is an American comedy film from 2000 . Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski directed and wrote the screenplay.

action

Willard Fillmore works for the wealthy Ms. Crock as a driver. She refuses to buy him a new service uniform, whereupon he kidnaps her dog and demands a million dollar ransom. Since he doesn't get any money, he calls in Rusty P. Hayes as an accomplice. A corpse is said to be used to simulate the death of Fillmore.

Fillmore receives the money, but shortly afterwards loses it in favor of two children who rob him. He is found by the police and taken to a hospital. The mother of one of the children returns the purse, but she does not receive any more money, only scraps of newspaper. Fillmore and Hayes are already planning a long vacation, which they give up after discovering the loss.

The body is found by the police and given to the coroner Grover Cleaver. Cleaver demands part of the ransom from Fillmore. Cleaver and Fillmore find out that Fillmore has been betrayed by his accomplice.

Reviews

Bob Graham wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 13, 2000 that the film was "a complete misfire" and was one of the worst films starring Danny DeVito. The "stupid, vulgar comedy" is shameful for everyone involved.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “a slapstick comedy that completely misses its goals, creates neither humor nor tension” and “whose lack of actor management allows the chargeable leading actors” to “also kill the halfway successful gags through exaggeration ride".

background

The film was shot in Pittsburgh , Vancouver and Hollywood . Its production amounted to an estimated 10 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 7.03 million in US cinemas. It was published directly on video in numerous countries such as Argentina , Norway , Hungary and Germany .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A film review by Bob Graham, accessed March 19, 2008
  2. ↑ Bad luck - kidnapping for beginners. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 29, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Screwed, accessed March 19, 2008
  4. ↑ Box office results for Screwed, accessed March 19, 2008
  5. ↑ Screwed premiere dates, accessed March 19, 2008