Love and a .45

Movie
German title	Love and a .45
Original title	Love and a .45
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1994
length	96 ; abridged version (FSK 16): 89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18 ; shortened version: 16
Rod
Director	CM Talkington
script	CM Talkington
production	In it Scott
music	Tom Verlaine
camera	Tom Richmond
cut	Bob Ducsay
occupation
	Gil Bellows : Watty Watts; Renée Zellweger : Starlene Cheatham; Rory Cochrane : Billy Mack Black; Jeffrey Combs : Dinosaur Bob; Jace Alexander : Creepy Cody; Ann Wedgeworth : Thaylene Cheatham; Peter Fonda : Vergil Cheatham; Tammy Le Blanc : Stripper; Wiley Wiggins : Young employee; Jack Nance : Judge Thurman; The Reverend Horton Heat : Band;

Love and a .45 is a road movie from 1994. In its subject matter, Love and a .45 is similar to the film Natural Born Killers . The film was unindexed in September 2019.

action

Watty Watts is a petty criminal who lives in a trailer with his girlfriend Starlene and makes a living doing small robberies. His friend Billy Mack Black, whom he knows from prison, suggests that he rob a shop that is said to have $ 10,000 in the safe. Watty agrees because he owes a local gang boss that he has to pay off quickly. In the robbery, however, Billy loses his nerve and shoots a cashier. When he then threatens Watty with a pistol, the latter seriously injures him and leaves him behind.

Watty is then visited by two police officers who believe he is the cashier's murderer. They beat him up and threaten him, but are then shot by Starlene in self-defense. The couple then set off for Mexico. On the way they get married, threatening the judge with a pistol when he recognizes them - meanwhile the police are looking for them and their photos are shown on television. You visit Starlene's parents in San Antonio and then continue towards the Mexican border.

Dinosaur Bob and Creepy Cody, two debt collectors, and Billy, who survived Watty's attack and wants to take revenge, also visit Starlene's parents to find out from them what Watty is planning. The debt collectors are wounded. After Dinosaur Bob dies from his injuries, Billy also kills Creepy Cody. He catches up with Watty and Starlene at the border and forces them to take him to Mexico. There he threatens her again, but is overwhelmed and shot by Starlene. Watty and Starlene now want to start a new life.

criticism

The lexicon of international film describes the film as a Tarantino plagiarism, but it is still acceptable as a genre entertainment.

Awards

For her first leading role, Renée Zellweger was nominated at the Independent Spirit Awards 1995 in the category Best Screen Debut.

Web links

Love and a .45 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 - press case from Love & A.45 at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

↑ Janet Maslin: Two More Young Lovebirds On a Murderous Rampage . New York Times, November 23, 1994
↑ https://www.schnittberichte.com/news.php?ID=15164
↑ Love and a .45. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] Janet Maslin: Two More Young Lovebirds On a Murderous Rampage . New York Times, November 23, 1994

[2] ttps://www.schnittberichte.com/news.php?ID=15164

[3] Love and a .45. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .