Split second

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Movie
German title Split second
Original title Split second
Country of production United Kingdom ,
United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Tony Maylam
script Gary Scott Thompson
production Laura Gregory
music Francis Haines ,
Stephen Parsons
camera Clive Tickner
cut Dan Rae
occupation

Split Second is a British - American dystopian science fiction film with Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall in 1992. It was directed by Tony Maylam ; the script was written by Gary Scott Thompson . The film did not come into German cinemas and was marketed on VHS from September 16, 1992 .

action

In 2008 , rising sea levels due to climate change submerged large parts of London . Harley Stone, a burned-out and cynical Homicide detective with an obvious weakness for large-caliber guns, is on the hunt for a brutal serial killer who is back on the road after a long hiatus. Its characteristic is that he always rips the heart out of his victims' bodies.

After another such murder in a discotheque, which he was unable to prevent despite his close proximity, he is summoned to his superior and assigned a new partner, police officer Dick Durkin. In the series of murders, Stone recognizes the handwriting of the murderer who killed his partner years ago. After further murders and mysterious messages written with blood on walls and ceilings, it turns out that the murders follow the tides or the lunar cycle , the murderer has several different strands of DNA, a lot of strength and an unusually large dentition.

When Stone's girlfriend Michelle, the widow of his ex-partner, is kidnapped, Stone and Durkin, heavily armed, pursue the sinister perpetrator in the flooded and disused subway . There they discover that the murderer is not of human nature, but an eerie creature armed with long, blade-like claws, who nevertheless acts intelligently and rationally. The upright being, which is mostly only shown in shadow or only partially, has to be killed from Stone, just as it did with his partner years ago. The previous murders were also part of his plan, which revolves around this unspecified reference to Stone.

After a final battle in the abandoned subway tunnel, Stone and Durkin are able to kill the monster. When Stone, Durkin and Michelle leave the scene of the bloody event, one sees larger bubbles rising in the water behind them, which should give the viewer the uncanny suspicion that there may be other similar threats here.

reception

Split Second was not very successful at the box office . The film grossed only $ 5.4 million on the US market. The reviews of the film are accordingly negative. The industry journal Variety spoke of an "extremely stupid monster film that offers enough violence and special effects" to convince "less critical video fans". The New York Times ruled the film "pretty stupid" even for the supernatural thriller genre, and the Los Angeles Times called the film a "monstrous disaster." The response from the critics was similar in Germany: Cinema said the “cheap plot” tried in vain to “mix the 'Predator' story with the 'Blade Runner' atmosphere”. The film service , however, judged that the film was a “horror film with an atmosphere that mixes different genre ingredients” and also incorporated “the climate catastrophe into the plot”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Split Second. Box Office Mojo, accessed May 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Lawrence Cohn: Review: 'Split Second'. Variety , May 1, 1992, accessed on May 13, 2015 (English): " Split Second is an extremely stupid monster film, boasting enough violence and special effects to satisfy less-discriminating vid fans."
  3. ↑ Stephen Holden: Movie Review: Split Second (1992). The New York Times , May 4, 1992, retrieved on May 13, 2015 : "Within the genre of supernatural thrillers," Split Second 'is fairly dull. "
  4. ↑ Chris Willman: Movie Review: 'Split Second': A Monstrous Disaster. Los Angeles Times , May 5, 1992, accessed May 13, 2015 .
  5. ^ Split Second. Cinema , accessed May 13, 2015 .
  6. ^ Split Second. film service , accessed May 13, 2015 .