The murderer's playground
Movie | |
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German title | The murderer's playground |
Original title | Below Utopia |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1997 |
length | 85 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 18 |
Rod | |
Director | Kurt Voss |
script | David Diamond |
production |
Lisa M. Hansen , Paul Hertzberg |
music | Joseph Williams |
camera | Denis Maloney |
cut | John Rosenberg |
occupation | |
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Playground of the murderer (Below Utopia) is an American thriller from the year 1997 . Directed by Kurt Voss , the script was written by David Diamond .
action
Daniel Beckett and his girlfriend Susanne visit Daniel's parents for Thanksgiving . The death of Daniel's brother shortly before overshadows the celebration, the assembled family quarrel. A gang led by Jim intrudes into the house trying to steal valuable art objects. Most of the family members are murdered while Susanne and Daniel hide in the basement of the house. The couple tries to escape first, then fights the gangsters.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " erratic thriller with pale leading actors ". He suffers " from the weaknesses of the script and obvious shortcomings in staging and editing ".
Cinema magazine called the thriller " deadlocked ", but this made up for the " surprising finale ".
TV Spielfilm magazine described the film as a " standard thrill with a surprise ending ". “ The absolutely unoriginal story ” has “ at least enough twists and turns that undaunted viewers are somewhat rewarded ”.
Rotten Tomatoes described the representation of Ice-T as " spreading cold " ( "chilling" ).
backgrounds
The film was shot in Los Angeles .
Web links
- Playground of the murderer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Playground of the murderers in the lexicon of international films
- Playground the killer in rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Playground of the Murderers in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 23, 2007
- ↑ Cinema, accessed November 23, 2007
- ^ TV feature film, accessed on November 23, 2007
- ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com, accessed November 23, 2007
- ^ Filming locations for Below Utopia, accessed November 23, 2007