Kill or die!
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German title | Kill or die! |
Original title | Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1995 |
length | 88 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Tim Matheson |
script | Miguel Tejada-Flores |
production | Julian Marks |
music | David Michael Frank |
camera | François Protat |
cut | Christopher Rouse |
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Kill or die! (Original title: Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead ) is an American thriller directed by Tim Matheson from 1995 and based on the short story Liar's Dice by Bill Pronzini .
action
Jeffrey Quint, a family man, goes to a bar where he meets Neil Jones. You pass the time with a game of dice. Jones reveals he is a serial killer and Quint is his next victim. At first Quint does not believe him; on the way home, however, he is followed by Jones.
Quint turns to the police, but they do not help him. He becomes active himself and hires a private detective. With his help, he learns the place of residence and the true identity of "Jones" (namely Roy Francis Netter, owner of a security company who had been fired from Quint's company), and lets him believe that his murder attempt on him was a success.
Then Quint, the private detective and a work colleague use the opportunity to break into Netter. There they can find evidence that he is a serial killer. However, Netter learns of the break-in, and so it finally comes to an armed showdown, in which Quint wins.
Reviews
“Unconventional thriller, which draws its tension for a long time from the uncertainty of the situation and provides solid entertainment,” was the lexicon of international films . According to Sandra Brennan of the All Movie Guide , in "the cool thriller [...] the ordinary life of a man takes an extraordinary turn".
Web links
- Kill or die! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kill or die! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kill or Die! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead in the All Movie Guide