The murderer's playground

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Movie
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

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

Individual evidence

  1. Playground of the Murderers in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on November 23, 2007
  2. Cinema, accessed November 23, 2007
  3. ^ TV feature film, accessed on November 23, 2007
  4. uk.rottentomatoes.com, accessed November 23, 2007
  5. ^ Filming locations for Below Utopia, accessed November 23, 2007