Suicide Kings

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Movie
German title Suicide Kings
Original title Suicide Kings
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Peter O'Fallon
script Josh McKinney ,
Gina Goldman ,
Wayne Allan Rice
production Morrie Eisenman ,
Wayne Allan Rice
music Graeme Revell ,
Tim Simonec
camera Christopher Baffa
cut Chris Peppe
occupation

Suicide Kings is an American thriller by Peter O'Fallon from the year 1997 . The plot is based on the short story The Hostage by Don Stanford .

action

Avery Chasten's sister, Elise, is kidnapped. The kidnappers demand a $ 2 million ransom; a sum that Chasten does not have.

Chasten and his friends come up with the idea of ​​kidnapping the former leader of a crime organization Charlie Barret aka Carlo Bartolucci. He should track down the kidnappers through his contacts. Barret is anesthetized with chloroform and wakes up handcuffed; Guarded by Chasten, Max Minot, Brett Campbell and TK. One of his fingers is cut off and thrown into a container of ice. Barret gets upset and threatens his friends with death, but he accepts the demands: His release against Elise's. Barret learns that the kidnapping took place by an insider. There are various suspicions among the friends as to who this might be. Under pressure, Avery confesses to planning to kidnap Elise to pay off his debt with the ransom. When it comes to the kidnapping and the amount of the ransom, the hired kidnappers do not stick to the plan. Barret is freed by his colleague Lono, but promises to continue looking for Elise's kidnapper and to pay the ransom. Since Elise does not show up despite paying the ransom, Barret and Lono appear at the ransom extortionists and kill them after the ransom cannot be found with them.

In the end it turns out that Elise faked her kidnapping together with Max Minot. They settle down with the ransom. Barret, who finds them anyway, has them killed by his bodyguard Lono Veccio.

Reviews

Peter Stack wrote in the April 17, 1998 San Francisco Chronicle that Christopher Walken could carry a film even when he was tied up in a chair. The black comedy is "incredibly captivating" ("weirdly engaging"). The script is "clever", but also "implausible".

“Acceptable entertainment in a film photographed in subtle tones, whose young actors hardly gain any profile. With carefully considered visual effects, sophisticated parallel montages and touches of humor, friends of the genre will be satisfied despite some brutal slip-ups. "

- Lexicon of international film

“TV director Peter O'Fallon is following in Tarantino's footsteps without quite reaching his class. That is why this nasty chamber play remained his only feature film. Nevertheless, the work delights with black humor and a wicked Christopher Walken. Conclusion: Nervous psychological duel full of cool twists. "

- Cinema

background

Filming took place in Los Angeles , Long Beach and other locations in California . Production costs amounted to about 5 million US dollars . The film grossed just $ 1.7 million in US cinemas.

Several alternative film endings were shot and one of them was selected after the test screenings.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Peter Stack
  2. ↑ Suicide Kings. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Suicide Kings on cinema.de
  4. ↑ Filming locations for Suicide Kings
  5. ^ Business Data for Suicide Kings
  6. ↑ This and that for Suicide Kings

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