Wedlock

This article is about an American science fiction thriller. For further meanings, see Wedlock (disambiguation) .

Movie
German title	Wedlock
Original title	Wedlock
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1991
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18 (abbreviated to FSK 16)
Rod
Director	Lewis Teague
script	Broderick Miller
production	Michael Jaffe , Branko Lustig , Frederick S. Pierce
music	Richard Gibbs
camera	Dietrich Lohmann
cut	Carl Kress
occupation
Rutger Hauer : Frank Warren Mimi Rogers : Tracy Riggs Joan Chen : Noelle James Remar : Sam Stephen Tobolowsky : Warden Holliday Basil Wallace : Emerald Grand L. Bush : Jasper Denis Forest : Puce Glenn Plummer : Teal Belle Avery : Deborah

Wedlock (Alternative title: deadlock ) is an American science fiction - thriller from 1991. The film opened on September 5, 1991 in the German cinemas.

action

Frank Warren participates in a robbery that steals multi-million dollar diamonds. His accomplices Sam and Noelle betray him and Frank goes to jail.

Every inmate in prison wears an electronic collar. The belts are electronically coupled in pairs; if one inmate moves more than 100 meters away from the others, both tapes explode. It is kept secret who is linked to whom.

Warren finds out that his collar is paired with Tracy Riggs' collar. Warren and Riggs flee together. It turns out that the prison director facilitated the escape because he wants to get to the hidden diamonds. Warren tricked him and gave him a suitcase with money, which also contained the explosives of one of the collars that have now been rendered harmless. He gives the second part of the explosives to his former partner hidden in a bunch of keys. When she finally triggers a remote detonator - assuming it kills both of them - she blows up the director's helicopter and herself.

background

The thriller was filmed in Los Angeles and on the Los Angeles River .

Reviews

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: “A cumbersome action film that lacks speed and tension. The one-dimensional story is unwound without any particular punchlines. "

Awards

The film was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1992 for sound editing .

Web links

• Wedlock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wedlock at rotten tomatoes (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - BBFC 18 by Wedlock at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. imdb
2. ↑ Filming locations on imdb
3. ↑ Wedlock. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .