Swindle (2002)

Movie
German title	Swindle
Original title	$ windle
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	91 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	KC Bascombe
script	KC Bascombe
production	Lee Faulkner
music	EP Bergen
camera	Bruce Chun
cut	Gaétan Huot
occupation
Tom Sizemore : Seth George Sherilyn Fenn : Sophie Zenn Dave Foley : Michael Barnes Conrad Pla : Cisco Alain Goulem : Curtis Locke Alan Fawcett : Lieutenant Dan Archer Katie Griffin : Judy Jack Daniel Wells : Lieutenant Jackson Craig Genevieve Sabourin : Samantha Erickson Vanya Rose : Cory Lee

Swindle (alternative title: Verdecktes Spiel ; original title: $ windle ) is an American thriller from 2002 . It was directed by KC Bascombe , who also wrote the script.

action

Seth George works as a police officer in New York City . He is considered cunning and brave among his colleagues, but also an outsider. The internal affairs department is investigating him.

George meets Sophie Zenn, with whom he falls in love. She pulls him into a bank robbery. The robbers take hostage, the leader enjoys media coverage. It turns out, however, that the robbery is only intended to distract from breaking into a safe, where samples of the banknotes are kept. The robbers discover that George is a cop.

Reviews

Filmdienst wrote that the film was a "largely entertaining, but conventionally developed thriller based on current patterns" . He offers "a few twists and turns" and "only surprises with his unexpected" happy ending "" .

The magazine Cinema wrote that the film “would like to be hip” , but that it was “only secondary use of ideas” . The conclusion of the editors: Swindle is "a weak copy of better crime novels" .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Montreal . It was released directly on DVD or video in most countries - including Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.

Web links

• Swindle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Swindle at rotten tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swindle in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed August 20, 2008
2. ↑ Cinema , accessed August 20, 2008
3. ↑ Filming locations for $ windle , accessed 20 August 2008
4. ↑ Release dates for $ windle , accessed August 20, 2008