Second Skin - Murderous Puzzle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Second Skin - Murderous Puzzle |
| Original title | Second skin |
| Country of production | Canada , South Africa , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Darrell Roodt |
| script | John Lau |
| production | Marc Forby , David Lancaster , Jeffrey Morton , Patrice Theroux , David Wicht |
| music | Lisa Coleman , Wendy Melvoin |
| camera | Michael Brierley |
| cut | Avril Beukes |
| occupation | |
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Second Skin - murderous puzzle ( Second Skin ) is a Canadian-South African-British thriller by Darrell Roodt from the year 2000 .
action
John worked for the Mafia as a bookmaker in the past. He had a love affair with the mistress of the mafia boss. When he found out about the love affair, the mistress was killed and John was persecuted. John went into hiding with $ 2 million. With surgery and a different identity (Sam Kane) he now runs a bookstore. Kane meets Crystal Ball, who loses her memory after an accident. Kane and Ball fall in love.
It is later revealed that Ball is a killer who was charged with killing Kane prior to her accident. Crystal remembers but she can't kill Kane. When the love affair between Kane and Crystal is exposed during a meeting, Crystal's killer partner kills the mob boss and his company. Kane and Crystal move in together. When Kane Crystal shows the millions in the bookstore, a mysterious woman appears. It turns out she is both Crystal's lover and accomplice. Kane is killed by the mysterious woman in the bookstore.
Reviews
Kurt Dahlke wrote in the Apollo Guide that watching the film was such a waste of time that someone who was masochistic enough to do it would get angry. The dialogues were " hackneyed " and at the level of " primary school theater " ( " grade-school thespian "), the action leave no clichés. There is no plausible motivation for the characters' actions. One of the scenes that was unnecessarily filmed from three shots seems so “ stupid ” and “ ridiculous ” that you have to see it to believe it. The reviewer summarized that he had seen a lot of bad films; this is one of the “ worst of the worst ” (“ this humourless junker is among the worst of the worst ”).
Christopher Null wrote on efilmcritic.com that the film can only be recommended to masochists . It was designed as a star vehicle for Natasha Henstridge; his script is so bad (“ ultra low-grade material ”) that Null would be shocked if a computer did not prove to be the true scriptwriter.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " flimsy thriller " with an unoriginal script. The audience puzzles " why Natasha Henstridge and Peter Fonda attracted these mediocre roles ".
background
The film was shot in Cape Town . Its production amounted to an estimated 3.5 million US dollars .
Web links
- Second Skin - murderous puzzle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Second Skin - Murderous Puzzle at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Critique by Kurt Dahlke ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.filmcritic.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Second Skin - Murderous Puzzle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Filming locations for Second Skin
- ↑ Box office / business for Second Skin
