Judgment Night - Sentenced to Kill

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Movie
German title Judgment Night - Sentenced to Kill
Original title Judgment Night
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Stephen Hopkins
script Lewis Colick ,
Jere Cunningham
production Gene Levy
music Alan Silvestri
camera Peter Levy
cut Tim Wellburn
occupation

Judgment Night is a 1993 American film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Emilio Estevez , Cuba Gooding Jr. and Denis Leary .

action

Frank Wyatt, his brother John, Mike Peterson, and Ray Cochran drive a motor home to a boxing match. When they get stuck in a traffic jam, they take a shortcut through a disreputable residential area. An incident occurs there: While driving, a "figure" suddenly appears in front of the vehicle and shortly afterwards the four occupants feel a slight bump. You fear that you have run over a person and leave the motorhome to check. They find an injured young man, Teddy, a little way behind the vehicle and carry him into the mobile home. It turns out that Teddy was shot. Shortly afterwards, a police patrol with a running siren drove by on a street a block in front of them. They decide to follow the police and turn into a side street.

Once there, they did not find a police vehicle, but were hit by another car; the motorhome will be badly damaged. Teddy is pulled out of the car by members of a gang and shot by Fallon, their leader. When the gang decides to get rid of the friends who are still in the mobile home, they set their mobile home on fire and flee.

As they flee the gang through the homes and canal system of the neighborhood, Ray is killed by the gang; but they manage to eliminate a member of the persecution group. When they feel safe, they break into a grocery store to use its alarm siren to alert the police. They are found by their pursuers and a fight ensues in which all members of the persecutors except Fallon are killed, but Frank and John are wounded. Frank finally manages to push Fallon down a staircase and kill him. The friends are rescued by the police who arrive at the scene.

Background and reviews

The reactions from film critics were mixed. The Washington Post called the film "predictable" and "not very exciting," while Variety praised the direction and editing, but described its portrayal of the "inner-city nightmare" as "absurd" and "paranoid". With nearly $ 12 million in grossing, it wasn't a huge box office success either. The soundtrack of the film, however, was a bigger success.

"The oppressive atmosphere captured by the camera and the psychologically coherent character drawing of the people from two different worlds meeting each other is overlaid in the course of the film by violent action that justifies the use of weapons."

- Lexicon of international film

“With the logic of a nightmare, the little B-movie escalates into a claustrophobic orgy of violence, reminiscent of early John Carpenter films. The great soundtrack comes from Cypress Hill, Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth and Faith No More, among others. Conclusion: mean, small, well-made action cracker. "

- Cinema

In 2009 the film was re-examined by the FSK and approved for people aged 16 and over.

Soundtrack

Song Soundtrack (1993)

The soundtrack for the film was a sensational concept album . Various well-known hip-hop and rock artists were brought together to write and record songs together. The album is considered to be one of the most successful albums of the then popular crossover genre. The concept was copied in 1997 for the comic adaptation Spawn , but there with rock and electronica musicians.

Tracklist

  1. Helmet (Band) & House of Pain - Just Another Victim (4:21)
  2. Teenage Fan Club & De La Soul - Fallin ′ (4:25)
  3. Living Color & Run-DMC - Me, Myself & My Microphone (3:08)
  4. Biohazard & Onyx - Judgment Night (4:35)
  5. Slayer & Ice-T - Disorder (4:57)
  6. Faith No More & Boo-Yaa TRIBE - Another Body Murdered (4:22)
  7. Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill - I Love You Mary Jane (3:49)
  8. Mudhoney & Sir Mix-a-Lot - Freak Momma (3:57)
  9. Dinosaur Jr. & Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Missing Link (3:44)
  10. Therapy & Fatal - Come And Die (4:22)
  11. Pearl Jam & Cypress Hill - Real Thing (3:31)

Score Soundtrack (2005)

The score soundtrack with the soundtrack by Alan Silvestri was released in 2005 in a limited edition. He used the same score in the action movie Predator .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Judgment Night . Sentenced to Kill . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2009 (PDF; test number: 71 542-a DVD).
  2. ↑ Critique of the Washington Post
  3. ↑ Critique of Variety
  4. ^ Box office / business for Judgment Night. Sentenced to Kill
  5. Jump up ↑ Judgment Night. Sentenced to Kill. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  6. ↑ Judgment Night - Sentenced to Kill on cinema.de