Phoenix - Bloody City

Movie
German title	Phoenix - Bloody City
Original title	Phoenix
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1998
length	103 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Danny Cannon
script	Eddie Richey
production	Tracie Graham-Rice , Ray Liotta , Victoria Nevinny
music	Graeme Revell
camera	James L. Carter
cut	Zach Staenberg
occupation
Ray Liotta : Harry Collins Anthony LaPaglia : Mike Henshaw Anjelica Huston : Leila Daniel Baldwin : James Nutter Jeremy Piven : Fred Shuster Tom Noonan : Chicago Xander Berkeley : Lt. Clyde Webber Giancarlo Esposito : Louie Brittany Murphy : Veronica Kari Wuhrer : Katie Shuster Giovanni Ribisi : Joey Schneider Royce D. Applegate : Dickerman Tamara Clatterbuck : waitress Vanessa Munday : Betsy

Phoenix is a 1998 American crime film.

action

Police detective Harry Collins hunts criminals in Phoenix. In his spare time he likes to gamble, which is why he owes $ 32,000 to the bookmaker Chicago. Chicago suggests to Collins that if the cop commits Joey Schneider's murder for him, he should cancel the debt. A friend of the cop, Mike Henshaw, offers to kill Chicago.

Colleagues Collins, Henshaw, Fred Shuster and James Nutter decide to steal the money from the gangster Louie. Then Collins wants to start a new life together with the bartender Leila, who is raising her daughter Veronica on her own.

Tensions arise between Collins and his accomplices during the execution. Shuster's wife Katie learns of the plan and reveals it to Clyde Webber, the chief of the four police officers. Collins is shot; he later caught Katie in bed with Clyde and ordered the police over there.

Finally, already bleeding profusely, he meets Chicago at a diner in the desert and pays him his debt. He says they are quitt but mentioned that he still cut Joey Schneider's throat. Thereupon Collins shoots him and his bodyguards and pays the landlord. Shortly after leaving the diner, he collapses at the wheel of his car.

criticism

New York Times : The tone of the black detective film is similar to the other homages to the B-movies like Bad Lieutenant , Pulp Fiction and LA Confidential .

Noted

The filming locations were in Phoenix, Arizona . The thriller was shown in only three cinemas in the US, it hit television immediately in the UK, and it was released on video in some countries. In February 1999 he took part in the Portuguese film festival Fantasporto .

Web links

• Phoenix - Bloody City in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Phoenix - Bloody City at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions of the FSK 16 TV - Uncut DVD from Phoenix - Bloody City at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lawrence van Gelder: Phoenix (1998) - Review. New York Times, accessed October 8, 2014 .