Kill me again
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kill me again |
| Original title | Kill Me Again |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Dahl |
| script | John Dahl, David W. Warfield |
| production |
Steve Golin , David W. Warfield, Sigurjon Sighvatsson |
| music | William Olvis |
| camera | Jacques Steyn |
| cut |
Eric L. Beason , Frank E. Jimenez , Jonathan P. Shaw |
| occupation | |
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Kill me again (Alternative title: Fatal encounter , Kill me again - Fatal encounter , Kill me , Kill me again - Kill me ; Original title: Kill Me Again ) is an American thriller by John Dahl from 1989 .
action
Fay Forrester and her violent boyfriend Vince Miller steal a million dollars owned by the Mafia. Miller wants to keep all the money for himself, so Forrester flees with the money. She hires the shady private investigator Jack Andrews to fake her death. Forrester tells the detective that she is on the run from her ex-husband who allegedly abused her. Andrews agrees, even though he realizes she is lying.
The private detective, a widower, is accordingly suspected of murder by the police. The femme fatale , who likes to hang around in the casino, runs away again and again. Miller and the mafia are also interested in him now. He has an affair with Forrester who suggests staging death again - this time that of both lovers. Andrews is reportedly on his way to Maine , where his wife drowned in a traffic accident. Andrews is supposed to hide the money near the place where a boat accident is to be faked not far from the shore. Meanwhile, Miller tortures a friend of Andrews and learns his whereabouts in Nevada . Fay manages to kill Miller. Again, everything was just threaded: Miller shows up, reconciles with Fay and forces Andrews to hand over the suitcase with the money. Then Andrews jumps into the water, Miller and Fay shoot him and injure him badly. The accomplices flee from the police and discover on the way that there is not money in the suitcase, but waste paper. They ram a tank container that explodes.
At the end you see Andrews traveling with the money.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " first film with a harmonious atmosphere and figure drawing ". It is a " largely convincing homage to ' film noir ' "
Cinema magazine wrote that the film was a " cool film noir homage ".
The film debut " heralds great talent" in the genre , wrote Dragan Antulov in the rec.arts.movies.reviews newsgroup .
Awards
John Dahl won the Grand Prix of the French Cognac Festival du Film Policier in 1990 .
background
The film was shot in various locations in Nevada , including Las Vegas and Reno . Its production amounted to an estimated 4 million US dollars . The film grossed around 284 thousand US dollars in cinemas in the United States.
Web links
- Kill me again in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film information, criticism, poster at der-film-noir.de
- Kill me again at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kill me again in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on August 10, 2007
- ^ Cinema, accessed August 10, 2007
- ^ Dragan Antulov: Kill Me Again (1989). In: rec.arts.movies.reviews. February 5, 2001, accessed on April 24, 2008 (English, at IMDb ): "shows truly great talent at work"
- ^ Filming locations for Kill Me Again, accessed August 10, 2007
- ^ Box office / business for Kill Me Again, accessed August 10, 2007